Ebenezer is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “stone of the help.” In 2024 it was given to 51 boys in the United States.
Ebenezer at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Biblical & Christian
Meaning
“stone of the help”
Pronunciation
/ɛbəˈnizɚ/
About the name Ebenezer
Ebenezer belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “stone of the help” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ebenezer first appears in Social Security records in 1884. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #792 in 1884, and in 2024 51 babies received the name — 1,164 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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