Baby name
RISING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 Ezekiel
/ih · ZEE · kee · el/
Meaning
“God strengthens”
Hebrew prophetic name meaning God will strengthen; one of the major Hebrew prophets, whose book of visions and the valley of dry bones is among the most vivid in the Bible.
Nicknames
zeke · zeki
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Biblical with real backbone; riding a strong current revival in the US as Old Testament names return.
The cultural moment.
Rising in the US since the early 2010s; now in the top 50 male names, also popular in Nigeria and Kenya.