Baby name
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🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Hezekiah
/hez · uh · KY · uh/
Meaning
“Yahweh strengthens”
From the Hebrew name Chizkiyahu (חִזְקִיָּהוּ), meaning 'Yahweh strengthens', built from the root chazaq ('to strengthen') and Yah, a short form of the Hebrew name for God. Hezekiah was a king of Judah in the 8th-7th century BC in the Old Testament.
Vibe
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How it ages.
A strong biblical name that reads as traditional and distinctive at once, with weight that does not feel old-fashioned.
The cultural moment.
Climbing in the United States, where its SSA rank rose from #673 in 2015 to #485 in 2025 among boys' names; much rarer in the United Kingdom, where it last ranked #856 in England and Wales in 2025.