Barzillai
surname · Latin script
Meaning: The name Barzillai, meaning "man of iron," suggests strength and resilience
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country
Barzillai is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Italy.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 6 (measured from records)
no count published
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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 Barzillai, meaning "man of iron," suggests strength and resilience. While associated with a complex story of priestly lineage, it is connected to a noble family known for its steadfast loyalty.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Barzillai counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | — | listed | — |
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.
Registers cited: the xinhua-italian-manual register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
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)Barzillai 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.
The name Barzillai is derived from the Hebrew word for iron (barzel) and is generally understood to mean "man of iron," "iron-hearted," or "of iron," suggesting strength.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Derived from the Hebrew word 'barzel' (iron), meaning 'man of iron' or 'my iron'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A rare biblical name implying strength and endurance, meaning 'man of iron'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The story of Barzillai's descendants highlights the critical importance of maintaining genealogical purity and adherence to established lineage for the priesthood in the post-exilic community, ensuring the sanctity of worship and covenant faithfulness during the restoration of the Temple.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Barzillai represents the virtue of hospitality and steadfast loyalty to God's anointed leader during times of adversity.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
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.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Mirit BarzillaiUSAmerican psychologist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)2 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Barzillai mean, and where does it come from?
- The name Barzillai, meaning "man of iron," suggests strength and resilience. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- In which country does Barzillai have the most bearers?
- Barzillai is most frequently recorded in Italy.
What do you want to know about Barzillai?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/barzillaiThe 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, “Barzillai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.