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Ezrah

Ezrah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“help”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
EZ-ruh · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (83% of all uses)

Variant spelling of Ezra, from Hebrew Ezrā. The added -h is modern in English usage; the traditional biblical form is Ezra.

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How popular is Ezrah?

2024100 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Ezrah in 2024332

2024 rank#815 boys

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18803,014

Ezrah is rising: use over the last five years is 3.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Ezrah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Ezrahelp · Hebrew
  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew

Ezrah questions

What does the name Ezrah mean?

Ezrah means "help". It comes from Hebrew. Variant spelling of Ezra, from Hebrew Ezrā. The added -h is modern in English usage; the traditional biblical form is Ezra.

Is Ezrah a boy or girl name?

Ezrah is mainly a boy's name in US records (83% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ezrah?

332 US babies were named Ezrah in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Ezrah?

Ezrah is usually pronounced EZ-ruh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.