Ezekiel
eh-ZEE-kee-el
A prophetic biblical name meaning “strength of God.”
Meaning
Ezekiel comes from Hebrew and is traditionally understood as “strength of God.” The name is best known from the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel, which helped make it a long-standing Christian name. The excerpts also show it treated simply as a biblical male name in 19th- and early 20th-century name lists.
Origin
Hebrewmasculine
Fun fact
The name’s enduring use in English owes a lot to the prophet Ezekiel, but it also pops up in older English literature as a comic or character name.