Gedaliah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Gedaliah is a Hebrew boy's name meaning "God is great" (Biblical Names Compiled Database)
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country · latest register: SSA, 2019
Gedaliah is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country. Gedaliah is also written גדליה in Hebrew.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 16Kas גדליה(inferred from the name graph)
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 Gedaliah itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 21 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)
≈620 named גדליה, est.
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Israel, est., as גדליה
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Gedaliah in other scripts: Hebrew
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled גדליה in IL Israel, RO Romania, LB Lebanon and 1 more and גדליהו in PL Poland.
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)Gedaliah is a Hebrew boy's name meaning "God is great." It is a biblical name associated with strength and leadership, most famously borne by the governor of Judah after the Babylonian exile. While not common, it carries a sense of deep historical and spiritual significance.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Gedaliah 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.
Registers cited: CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present). 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)Gedaliah 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 Hebrew name Gedaliah means "Yahweh is great." It is a historic name from the Old Testament, associated with several figures, including a governor of Judah known for his wisdom. The name carries a strong religious and traditional significance.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Gedaliah means "Yahweh is great" or "Yahweh has made great" in Hebrew. It is derived from the Hebrew root "gadal," meaning "to become great," and "Yah," a shortened form of the divine name YHWH.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A Hebrew name meaning "Yahweh is Great," Gedaliah is associated with leadership and a pivotal, though tragic, moment in biblical history, making it a choice that reflects a deep connection to tradition.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Gedaliah (Hebrew: גְּדַלְיָהוּ) is derived from the Hebrew root 'gadal' (גָּדַל), meaning 'to grow' or 'to become great', combined with 'Yah' (יָהּ), a shortened form of the divine name YHWH.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A strong and historic biblical name, Gedaliah means "Great is the Lord." It belonged to a musician in King David's court, making it a fitting choice for a family that values faith and music.
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.
Evidence
(measured from records)3 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Gedaliah come from?
- Gedaliah is a Hebrew boy's name meaning "God is great." It is a biblical name associated with strength and leadership, most famously borne by the governor of Judah after the Babylonian exile. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What are other forms of the name Gedaliah?
- In the etymology graph, Gedalyahu is a form of the same name in other languages.
- Is Gedaliah a male or female name?
- Gedaliah 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 does the name Gedaliah mean?
- Recorded meaning: Gedaliah is a Hebrew boy's name meaning "God is great."
- In which country does Gedaliah have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 624 people named גדליה in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Gedaliah?
- Mondonomo estimates about 620 people in Israel have גדליה as their first given name, about 1 in 16 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
- How common is Gedaliah compared with other names?
- In Israel, Gedaliah is the 658th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gedaliahThe 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, “Gedaliah” — ranked 2946th in Israel (CBS Israel). Data snapshot 2026-10-13.