Zabdiel
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Zabdiel is a unique biblical name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God"
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 13 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
/sabdjel/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Zabdiel is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mexico than in any other country.
- ECEcuador1 in 17K(measured from records)
- PAPanama≈1 in 27Kfew records
- VEVenezuela≈1 in 120Kfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). 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.
- Mexico (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 96 (measured from records)
- 1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Ecuador
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Zabdiel is a unique biblical name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God." In the Old Testament, he was the father of Jashobeam, one of King David's chief military commanders. The name carries a rich spiritual significance and is a distinctive choice for parents valuing heritage and tradition.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Where in the world
(measured from records)Zabdiel 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MX Mexico | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 127K | 6 | Zabdiel | 85 |
| EC Ecuador | 1,007 | 1 in 17K | 1K | Zabdiel | 9 |
| US United States | 746 | 1 in 446K | 737 | Zabdiel | 96 |
| VE Venezuela | ≈240 est. | ≈1 in 119K | — | Zabdiel | 18 |
| PA Panama | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Zabdiel | 7 |
| PR Puerto Rico | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 164K | 16 | — | 9 |
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: RENAPO — name frequencies (eduardofv dataset); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INEC — civil registry names; SSA Baby Names — Puerto Rico (state file PR.txt). 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)Zabdiel 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 Zabdiel is Hebrew and means "gift of God" or "God has bestowed". It is a theophoric name, incorporating the name of God ('El') to express divine blessing or favor.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Zabdiel comes from the Hebrew elements 'zabad' (זָבַד), meaning 'to bestow' or 'to give,' and 'El' (אֵל), meaning 'God'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
The name Zabdiel is of Hebrew origin and means "gift of God" or "God has bestowed".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In Jewish and Christian traditions, Zabdiel represents the theme of restoration and faithful leadership. His presence in Jerusalem after the exile is a testament to God's faithfulness in returning His people to their land and re-establishing the priesthood and community life as part of the renewed covenant.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
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.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Zabdiel Boylstonb. 1680USAmerican physician and the first inoculator for smallpox in the United States (1679-1766)
- Zabdiel Adamsb. 1739USminister of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, United States (1739-1801)
- Zabdiel Sampsonb. 1781USAmerican politician (1781-1828)
- Zabdiel Boylston Adamsb. 1829USAmerican surgeon
- Zabdiel Boylston AdamsAmerican art collector and orthopedic surgeon 1875-1940
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)20 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | — | 1K | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 1K | #711 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 737 | #15,428 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 205 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 174 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2022 | 166 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2023 | 164 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 134 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2019 | 125 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 119 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2017 | 113 | — |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) | 2018 | 112 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- Where does the name Zabdiel come from?
- Zabdiel is a unique biblical name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God." In the Old Testament, he was the father of Jashobeam, one of King David's chief military commanders. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Zabdiel?
- In Spanish /sabdjel/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- Is Zabdiel a male or female name?
- Zabdiel is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: Ecuador (INEC, 2024) and United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- What does the name Zabdiel mean?
- Recorded meaning: Zabdiel is a unique biblical name of Hebrew origin meaning "gift of God."
- In which country does Zabdiel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Zabdiel in Mexico, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zabdiel.
- Where is Zabdiel most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zabdiel is densest in Ecuador — about 1 in 17 thousand people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Zabdiel?
- In Ecuador, the national register counted 1,007 people named Zabdiel in 2024, about 1 in 17 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zabdielThe 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, “Zabdiel”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.