Sennacherib
surname · Latin script
Meaning: The name Sennacherib is the Hebrew rendering of the Akkadian name Sîn-aḥḥī-erība, which means "Sîn (the moon-god) has replaced the brothers"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Sennacherib is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 5Mas Senaquerib(inferred from the name graph)
- BRBrazil≈1 in 35Mas Senaqueribe
carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sennacherib itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 11 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.0M (inferred from the name graph)
≈6 named Senaqueribe, est.
Highest-authority source
Venezuela, est., as Senaquerib
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Senaquerib in VE Venezuela, MX Mexico and Senaqueribe in BR Brazil.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
The name Sennacherib is the Hebrew rendering of the Akkadian name Sîn-aḥḥī-erība, which means "Sîn (the moon-god) has replaced the brothers". This likely indicates that he was not his father's firstborn son and that his older brothers had died by the time of his birth.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Sennacherib counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Sennacherib is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Sennacherib is not typically used as a personal name today. Its strong association with a powerful and often ruthless ancient Assyrian king, known for his brutal military campaigns, makes it an unconventional choice for a baby name.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Assyrian king
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, The king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 705 BCE to 681 BCE, famous for the role he plays in the Bible which describes his campaign in the Levant.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latin, A king of Assyria
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Sennacherib mean, and where does it come from?
- The name Sennacherib is the Hebrew rendering of the Akkadian name Sîn-aḥḥī-erība, which means "Sîn (the moon-god) has replaced the brothers". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- In which country does Sennacherib have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6 people named Senaqueribe in Brazil, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Sennacherib?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6 people in Brazil have Senaqueribe as their first given name, about 1 in 35 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sennacheribThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sennacherib”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.