Ebenezer

• English:/ɛbəˈnizɚ/●(recorded in a dictionary) from Wiktionary
• Swahili:/eɓenezeɾ/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Ebenezer, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Carol
• Dorcas
• Christmas
• Cornelius
• Beulah

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Ebenezer is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Mexico, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Eben-Ezer, Ebenézer, Ebenezér

• Swahili given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, Ghana, United States, Kenya

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Eben-Ezer, Ebénézer

• Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Nigeria, United Kingdom

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Ebénezer

• French given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria

  Also written Ebénézer, Ébénézer, Ebenézer, Eben-Ezer

• Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Nigeria, Malaysia, Ghana

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Ebenézer, Èbenezer

• a separate name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Ebenézer, Ébénézer, Ebénezer, Ebénézer

• Amharic given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, United States

  Also written አቤንኤዘር, Ebenézer

• Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, United States

  Also written Ébénézer

58 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Ebenezer is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Biblical term, originally a place name -_— EDAN

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• Piedra que ayuda

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In English, The stone memorial in Israel erected by Samuel.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Dutch, a neighbourhood of Sint Maarten

  as a word·kaikki.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.

• Ebenezer Howardb. 1850GBBritish writer, founder of the garden city movement (1850–1928)
• Ebenezer Assifuahb. 1993GHGhanaian footballer
• Brian Brobbeyb. 2002NLnot in their usual nameDutch footballer (born 2002)

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).

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.

65 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 35 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Ebenezer mean, and where does it come from?

Hebrew; place name meaning "stone of help" in the Bible Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….

What are other forms of the name Ebenezer?

In the etymology graph, Eben is a form of the same name in other languages.

Is Ebenezer a male or female name?

Ebenezer is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Brazil (IBGE, 2022) and Norway (SSB).

How do you pronounce Ebenezer?

It depends on the language: in English /ɛbəˈnizɚ/ (Wiktionary); in Swahili /eɓenezeɾ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

How common is the name Ebenezer?

In the United States, the national register counted 2,244 people named Ebenezer in 2020, about 1 in 148 thousand residents.

How common is Ebenezer compared with other names?

In Ghana, Ebenezer is the 15th most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.

Which countries have the most people named Ebenezer?

In the United States, the national register counted about 2.2 thousand people named Ebenezer, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ebenezer. After it come Brazil, Sweden, Spain and Netherlands; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Ebenezer most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ebenezer is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 44 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.