What does Ezra mean?

Ezra means "help, God is help"

How do we pronounce Ezra?

Ezra \e-zra, ez-ra\ is a boy's name. It consists of 4 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Ezra is also used as a name girl name meaning, but the use for boys is much more common. Its pronunciation is EHZRah in English 1.

1 Pronunciation for Ezra: EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"

What is the origin of Ezra?

Ezra is largely used in the English, French, German, Hebrew, and Spanish languages, and its origin is Hebrew. The name is of the meaning help, God is help. Biblical name derived from the element 'ezer' meaning help. The name was borne in the Bible by a prophet who wrote the Book of Ezra. It was therefore adopted by English Puritans in the 17th century. In Apocryphal texts, the Greek spelling used is Esdras. Ezra has 11 variants that are used in both English and other languages.

used in English include meaning of Azariah, name Azur origin, name Etera origin, baby name Ez, Ezer definition, Ezrah name, Ezri meaning, and name Ezryah origin. Esdras meaning (French, Greek, and Spanish), Esra name (German), and Ezera name variations (Hawaiian) are foreign variants of Ezra. Ezra is a popular baby name for boys, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1960s. At the modest height of its usage in 2010, 0.070% of baby boys were given the name Ezra. Its ranking then was #243. Within all boy names in its group, Ezra was the most widely used in 2010. In the past century Ezra has predominantly been a baby boy name.

A famous person named Ezra is Poet, Ezra Pound, born 30 October 1885 - 1 November 1972, Hailey, Idaho.

List of baby names that sound like Ezra:

Ezrah name, Edghur name variations, name Edgur meaning, Edgyr name variations, short names for Eka (Indian), nicknames for Eser (Turkish), Eshkar meaning and origin (Hebrew), baby name Eshwar, Esra name popularity (German), Ezer name popularity (Hebrew), Ezri name popularity (Hebrew), nicknames for Acer, what does the name Achyshar mean, name Agar meaning, what does the name Edgir mean, and Ezryah meaning and origin.

The baby name Ezra fun facts:

The name Ezra in reverse order is "Arze".

The numerological value of the name Ezra is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Ezra?

Ezra is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.18%
20130.15%
20120.11%
20110.09%
20100.08%
20090.07%
20080.06%
20070.05%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames