Jedediah is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “beloved of Jah.” In 2024 it was given to 48 boys in the United States.
Jedediah belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “beloved of Jah” — 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, Jedediah first appears in Social Security records in 1970. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #542 in 1979, and in 2024 48 babies received the name — 3,253 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Jedediah means “beloved of Jah” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Jedediah is a boy name. In 2024, 48 babies received the name in the US.
Jedediah comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Jedediah first appears in US records in 1970. Its best-ever ranking was #542 in 1979, and 48 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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