Habakkuk Forename

150,546th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 2,423 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Habakkuk Forename Definition:

Hab'-a-kuk, he that embraces, a wrestler. The author of the book of that name. Of the tribe of Simeon, and native of Bethzacar. Hab. i. 1, &c.

Habakkuk Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia
99%
 
1,1021:4,004509
Nigeria
100%
8731:203,3968,779
Ghana
100%
2811:96,0364,158
United States
100%
401:9,063,42494,297
Zimbabwe
100%
381:405,89019,693
Kenya
100%
311:1,493,77819,856
Uganda
100%
131:3,150,53234,391
Zambia-61:2,642,46623,928
England
100%
61:9,267,15467,986
Philippines
83%
 
61:17,668,246211,341
India
100%
41:303,719,4932,628,057
Brazil-31:71,412,051442,691
Cameroon-31:7,203,50173,722
South Africa
100%
31:18,177,550242,026
Solomon Islands-21:290,4786,813
Norway-21:2,566,16424,989
Jamaica-21:1,441,61415,741
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Burundi
100%
11:9,906,5592,558
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606

Habakkuk (683) may also be a surname.

Habakkuk Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Hab'-a-kuk, he that embraces, a wrestler. The author of the book of that name. Of the tribe of Simeon, and native of Bethzacar. Hab. i. 1, &c.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: ardently embraced.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

Habakkuk Forename Popularity

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