Zabdiel

Zabdiel: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“gift of God”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
ZAB-dee-el · 3 syllables
Used for
Boys

From Hebrew Zebadiel, combining a root meaning 'to bestow, give' with El 'God'. It appears in the Hebrew Bible as a masculine name.

How popular is Zabdiel?

202436.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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 Zabdiel in 2024119

2024 rank#1,504 boys

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18801,399

Zabdiel is rising: use over the last five years is 6.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Zabdiel

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • 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
  • DanielGod is my judge · Hebrew

Zabdiel questions

What does the name Zabdiel mean?

Zabdiel means "gift of God". It comes from Hebrew. From Hebrew Zebadiel, combining a root meaning 'to bestow, give' with El 'God'. It appears in the Hebrew Bible as a masculine name.

Is Zabdiel a boy or girl name?

Zabdiel is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Zabdiel?

119 US babies were named Zabdiel in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Zabdiel?

Zabdiel is usually pronounced ZAB-dee-el.

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.