Forename Gedeon

Around the world, Gedeon (Gideon , Gedeon , Гедеон ) is a widespread primarily boy's, but scarcely girly forename. The first name Gedeon is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common male name, Ghana, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ghana. Also, Gedeon is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Gedeon is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Gedeon

name Gèdeon, name Gèdèon, name Gédeon, name جدعون, name Gideon, name Gédéon, name Gedeoñ, name Gedeone, name Гидеон, name Gedeón, name גדעון, name Gedeon, name Гедеон, name Gedèon, name Gidon, name Gedeòn, name Gedéon

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Gideon	Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania
Gedeon	Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania
Гедеон	Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Armenia, Russia
Gedeón	Spain, Chile, Colombia, Peru

First names said to be same

Gedeone, Gedeoñ, Gedeòn, Gedèon, Gedéon, Gidon, Gèdeon, Gèdèon, Gédeon, Gédéon, Гидеон, גדעון, and جدعون

First name Gedeon in the context

Gedeon is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gideon , the personality in the Biblical book of Judges; Gideon Fell , the Fictional English amateur detective; Gideon , the fictional cat from Disney's Pinocchio; Gideon Malick , the fictional character from 2012 film 'The Avengers' and Gideon McDuck , the brother of Scrooge McDuck, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	gedeon van der gracht Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1480)
	gedeon stricker (1549-1616), CH (b. 1549)
	gedeon sarasin (1573-1636), CH (b. 1573)
	gedeon sigwart (b. 1589)
	gedeon rajecki (b. 1589)
	gedeon morris (b. 1610)
	gedeon woyna-orański Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1652)
	gedeon michał frąckiewicz radzimiński (b. 1650)
	ráday gedeon writer (1713-1792), HU (b. 1713)
	gedeon romandon court painter in Brandenburg (1667-1697), FR (b. 1667)
	gedeon jeleński (b. 1712)
	gedeon horbacki (b. 1724)
	ráday gedeon HU (b. 1745)
	ráday gedeon Hungarian politician (1806-1873), HU (b. 1806)
	tanárky gedeon Hungarian politician (1815-1887), HU (b. 1815)

Forename Gedeon

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Gedeon

First names said to be same

First name Gedeon in the context

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames