Zebedee
Zebedee is a boy name of Hebrew origin, meaning Gift of God.
What Zebedee means
Gift of God.
Zebedee sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Zebedee comes from
Hebrew names are frequently built as short phrases rather than single words, and many are theophoric — they contain a name of God as one element. This is why so many carry a full sentence of meaning.
Zebedee is recorded as Hebrew in origin. Browse other Hebrew names.
How popular is Zebedee?
In the boy name rankings we track, Zebedee falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Zebedee
We group Zebedee under scripture and Gift — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Zebedee
These share Zebedee's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Matthew — Gift of God.
- Nathaniel — Gift of God.
- Nathan — Gift; He gave.
- Mateo — Gift of God.
- Mathias — Gift of God.
- Theo — Gift of God; divine.
- Theodore — Gift of God.
- Asher — Happy, blessed, fortunate.
- Benjamin — Son of the right hand.
- Caleb — Whole-hearted; faithful.
- Daniel — God is my judge.
- David — Beloved.