All around the world, Mordecai (מרדכי 
, Mordecai 
, بين 
) is quite a rare epicene forename. The given name Mordecai is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a rare male name, Libya, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, and Sudan. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Egypt, Israel, and Sudan. Likewise, Mordecai is the last name as well as the forename.
Mordecai is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
Mordecai is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mordecai , the player character from the 2009 video game Borderlands, Borderlands 3; Mordecai , the Jewish Biblical character, Book of Esther; Thing , the fictional character in Marvel Comics; Mordecai Sahmbi , the fictional character from the television series Time Trax and Ben Reilly , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, and in many other works.
| mordecai najar 15th-century rabbi, ES (b. 1400) |
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| mordecai comtino Turkish astronomer (b. 1500) |
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| mordecai ben judah dato (b. 1525) |
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| mordecai yoffe Bohemian rabbi (c. 1530 – 1612), CZ (b. 1535) |
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mordecai cary Irish Anglican bishop (b. 1687) |
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| mordecai mokiach False messiah, FR (b. 1650) |
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| mordecai ben nissan Karaite Jewish scholar who lived at Krasnoi-Ostrog, Poland, in the 17th and 18th centuries (b. 1650) |
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| mordecai lincoln (1657-1727) (b. 1657) |
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| mordecai cooke 1680 - 1715 (b. 1680) |
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| mordecai lincoln, jr. (1686-1736) (b. 1686) |
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mordecai gist American general (1743–1792), US (b. 1743) |
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| mordecai assaban Moroccan rabbi, MA (b. 1700) |
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| mordecai baruch carvalho Tunisian rabbi (b. 1700) |
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mordecai bartley American politician (1783-1870), US (b. 1783) |
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mordecai manuel noah American playwright, diplomat, journalist, and utopian, US (b. 1785) |
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