Ezekiel
given name · Latin script
Meaning: London, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires; Chronicles 24:16
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɛzɪˌkiɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ezekiel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 1K(inferred from the name graph)
- TZTanzania≈1 in 1.1K
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 6.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 386 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈210,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
London, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires; Chronicles 24:16
Sources 1
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ezekiel 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | #197 | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Ezekiel | 118 |
| TZ Tanzania | #627 | ≈55,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | 4 | Ezekiel | 31 |
| US United States | — | 40,784 | 1 in 8.2K | 41K | Ezekiel | 386 |
| KE Kenya | — | ≈33,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Ezekiel | 21 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 6.6K | — | Ezekiel | 41 |
| GY Guyana | — | 250 | 1 in 3K | 250 | — | 5 |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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)
Ezekiel 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 Ezekiel is of Hebrew origin and means 'God strengthens.' It is the name of a major biblical prophet known for his powerful visions and messages of hope and restoration.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Ezekiel (Hebrew: Yəḥezqēʾl) means "God strengthens" or "God is strong".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Hebrew; God strengthens or the strength of God.
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In English, A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Hebraic name as Hesekiel or Ezechiel.
as a nameThe Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History
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)
- Yehezkel Abramskyb. 1886ILnot in their usual nameLithuanian rabbi and scholar (1888-1976)
- Yehezkel Kaufmannb. 1889ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli academic (1889-1963)
- Ezekiel Alebuab. 1947SBPrime Minister of the Solomon Islands (1947-2022)
- Ezekiel Emanuelb. 1957USAmerican physician
- Ezekiel Nortonb. 1970CACanadian film director and actor
- Ezekiel Jacksonb. 1978GYGuyanese professional wrestler and bodybuilder
- Sunday Chibeze Ezekielb. 1979GHGhanaian Climate Activist and Founder of Strategic Youth Network for Development
- Ezekiel Kemboib. 1982KEKenyan runner
- Zeki Fryersb. 1992GBnot in their usual nameEnglish footballer (born 1992)
- Zeke Nnajib. 2001USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 94 sources across 48 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 41K | #1,032 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 5.1K | — |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 250 | #352 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 99 | #1,032 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 7 | — |
| TZ Tanzania | INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results | 2020 | 4 | #26 |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Ezekiel mean, and where does it come from?
- London, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires; Chronicles 24:16 Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- In which country does Ezekiel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 214 thousand people named Ezekiel in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ezekiel.
- How do you pronounce Ezekiel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɛzɪˌkiɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Ezekiel a male or female name?
- Ezekiel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Ezekiel?
- In the etymology graph, Ezequiel, Haskel and Ezechiel are forms of the same name in other languages; Zeke is a recorded short or pet form.
- How common is the name Ezekiel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 40,784 people named Ezekiel in 2020, about 1 in 8.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Ezekiel compared with other names?
- In Nigeria, Ezekiel is the 197th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ezekielThe 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, “Ezekiel” — the 197th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.