Herodias Forename

445,512th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 379 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Herodias Forename Definition:

Hebrew (feminine) - Fiery dragon.

Herodias Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil
100%
1471:1,457,38933,965
Indonesia-661:3,908,540166,311
DR Congo
100%
271:2,734,35659,996
Cameroon
100%
251:864,42023,819
Papua New Guinea
 
92%
181:452,90634,619
Ivory Coast
100%
131:1,775,07242,958
United States
100%
91:40,281,886265,873
Ghana
100%
91:2,998,4685,965
Mexico
100%
81:15,518,05339,880
Liberia
100%
71:630,29415,835
Philippines
80%
 
61:17,668,246211,341
Nigeria
100%
61:29,594,060217,150
Venezuela
 
60%
51:6,040,37977,223
Malaysia
50%
 
51:6,089,988140,568
India
50%
 
51:242,975,5942,326,743
Benin
100%
51:2,115,16940,564
Argentina
50%
 
21:21,386,62229,627
Peru
100%
21:15,895,72774,652
Honduras-21:4,408,73423,808
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nicaragua
100%
11:6,018,33634,175
Niger
100%
11:19,183,99477,442
France-11:66,470,34085,030
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Chad
100%
11:13,598,39815,363
Guatemala
100%
11:16,108,42913,998
Burkina Faso
100%
11:18,379,469100,219
Solomon Islands-11:580,9578,641
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Uganda
100%
11:40,956,920131,348
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921

Herodias (305) may also be a surname.

Herodias Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Hebrew (feminine) - Fiery dragon.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

He-ro'-de-as. The daughter of Aristobulus and Bernice, sister to king Agrippa, and grandaughter to Herod the Great, Matt. xiv. 3.

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

Meaning: feminine of Herod.

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

A Greek name, meaning: Of a hero.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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