Ezra (name)

Ezra (עזרא in Hebrew) is a unisex forename, or Jewish surname of Hebrew origin, Which means "help" or "helper" in the Hebrew language.[2] The name originated from the Biblical prophet Ezra who authored the Book of Ezra ( a book of the bible).[3] The name is a probable abbreviation of the name Azaryahu which means (God helps).[4] The name alternatively has the Greek-Latin form Esdras which was used for the prophet Ezra which comes from the Greek word (Ἔσδρας).[5] The masculine name has seen recent popularity growth in recent years, from 2000-2018 it has gone from 431st to the 59th in popularity only dropping in 2002 to 438th from 427th according to the United States social security statistics.[6]

The name gained major use in England in the 17th century and is still used in the world today being most prevalent in the country of Kenya. 118,252 in the world bear this name making Ezra is the 8,733rd most common name in the world in 2014.