Bezalel
surname · Latin script
Meaning: The name Bezalel is of Hebrew origin and means "in the shadow of God," suggesting divine protection
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bɛzələɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bezalel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Israel than in any other country.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 5.8Kas בצלאל(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 1.2Mas Betzalel
- CYCyprus≈1 in 218K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Bezalel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Israel (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 84 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 218K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,500 named בצלאל, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Cyprus, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled בצלאל in IL Israel, LB Lebanon, RO Romania and 2 more.
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)
The name Bezalel is of Hebrew origin and means "in the shadow of God," suggesting divine protection. While there are two biblical figures with this name, the more famous is the master artisan who built the Tabernacle, associating the name with creativity, wisdom, and divine inspiration.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bezalel 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IL Israel | #590 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 5.8K | 3K | בצלאל | 54 |
| RO Romania | — | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 20K | — | בצלאל | 2 |
| US United States | — | 267as Betzalel | 1 in 1.2M | 262 | Bezalel | 84 |
| BG Bulgaria | — | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | בצלאל | 3 |
| LB Lebanon | — | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 36K | — | בצלאל | 3 |
| BR Brazil | — | 84 | 1 in 2.5M | 84 | — | 3 |
| LV Latvia | — | ≈69 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | בצלאל | 3 |
| CY Cyprus | — | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 218K | — | Bezalel | 4 |
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 — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror). 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)
Bezalel 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 Bezalel means "in the shadow of God" or "under the protection of God," derived from the Hebrew elements 'be-tzel' (in the shadow of) and 'El' (God).
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
A Hebrew name meaning 'in the shadow of God', symbolizing divine protection and artistic creativity.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Bezalel's compliance in divorcing his foreign wife represents an act of communal repentance and obedience to the Law, highlighting the post-exilic Jewish community's effort to restore its covenant relationship with God and preserve its religious identity.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
He represents the sanctification of the arts and craftsmanship for the glory of God, demonstrating that the Holy Spirit empowers practical skills as well as prophetic ones.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, The chief artisan of the tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Bezalel Ashkenazib. 1520ILrabbi and Talmudic scholar (1520-1591)
- Bezalel Ronsburgb. 1760CZPrague German rabbi
- Bezalel Sternb. 1798UARussian educationist (1798-1853)
- Jacob Zallel Lauterbachb. 1873UAnot in their usual nameAmerican Judaica scholar and author (1873–1942)
- Bezalel Schatzb. 1912ILpainter (1912-1978)
- Bezalel Narkissb. 1926ILIsraeli art historian
- Bezalel Rakowb. 1927CHSwiss rabbi (1927-2003)
- Bezalel Alonib. 1940ILIsraeli impresario, songwriter and composer
- Bezalel Bar Kochvab. 1941ILIsraeli historian
- Bezalel Smotrichb. 1981ILIsraeli far-right politician and lawyer (born 1980)
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 84 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 83 | #46,608 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2020 | 51 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 33 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2010 | 33 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 20 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 18 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 9 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- 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
- How do you pronounce Bezalel?
- A machine transcription gives /bɛzələɫ/ (IPA) for Hebrew.
- What does the name Bezalel mean, and where does it come from?
- The name Bezalel is of Hebrew origin and means "in the shadow of God," suggesting divine protection. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- In which country does Bezalel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.5 thousand people named בצלאל in Israel, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Bezalel?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 84 people named Bezalel in 2022, about 1 in 2.5 million residents.
- How common is Bezalel compared with other names?
- In Israel, Bezalel is the 590th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bezalelThe 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, “Bezalel” — the 590th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.