Methuselah
given name · Latin script
Meaning: He represents the longevity of the antediluvian patriarchs and serves as the genealogical link between Enoch's walk with God and Noah's preservation during the Flood
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/məθˈjuzəɫə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Methuselah is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the Philippines.
- KEKenya
- PHPhilippines
- NGNigeria
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
He represents the longevity of the antediluvian patriarchs and serves as the genealogical link between Enoch's walk with God and Noah's preservation during the Flood.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Methuselah 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.
Man of the javelin; alternatively interpreted as 'his death shall send' or 'man of the dart'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A rare name historically associated with extreme longevity, though seldom used in modern times due to its length and archaic sound.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, The oldest person whose age is recorded in the Hebrew Bible, having reportedly lived 969 years.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, elderly ancestor of Noah; large wine
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, bottle
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
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.
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 8 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 5 | #589 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 5 | — |
| DM Dominica | Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025 | 2025 | 1 | #159 |
| GD Grenada | Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025 | 2025 | 1 | #149 |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2008 | 1 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020) | — | — | — |
| NG Nigeria | MasakhaNER 2.0 — Zimbabwe (sna) | — | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Methuselah a male or female name?
- Methuselah is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Methuselah mean, and where does it come from?
- He represents the longevity of the antediluvian patriarchs and serves as the genealogical link between Enoch's walk with God and Noah's preservation during the Flood. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What are other forms of the name Methuselah?
- In the etymology graph, Mathusalem, Mathusalam and Matusalén are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Methuselah?
- A machine transcription gives /məθˈjuzəɫə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Methuselah have the most bearers?
- Methuselah is most frequently recorded in the Philippines.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Methuselah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.