Jabez Forename
119,524th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,522 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Montserrat
Jabez Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘height’. This name came into use in the 17th C and continued to be used, especially by Dissenters, until the 19th C.
Jabez Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 100% | 785 | 1:58,990 | 3,784 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 572 | 1:310,427 | 11,433 |
| Ghana | 100% | 449 | 1:60,103 | 3,023 |
| Jamaica | - | 326 | 1:8,844 | 1,067 |
| Brazil | 100% | 278 | 1:770,634 | 21,973 |
| United States | 93% | 275 | 1:1,318,316 | 25,181 |
| India | 100% | 243 | 1:4,999,498 | 191,159 |
| Philippines | 93% | 152 | 1:697,431 | 21,111 |
| England | 100% | 85 | 1:654,152 | 12,679 |
| Canada | 100% | 78 | 1:424,787 | 11,869 |
| South Africa | 100% | 72 | 1:757,398 | 31,665 |
| Uganda | 94% | 26 | 1:1,575,266 | 22,772 |
| South Korea | 91% | 16 | 1:346,526 | 10,365 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 14 | 1:97,244 | 6,816 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 12 | 1:1,285,318 | 41,030 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11 | 1:650,181 | 20,553 |
| Australia | - | 9 | 1:1,517,514 | 15,297 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 8 | 1:72,620 | 4,185 |
| Zambia | - | 8 | 1:1,981,849 | 20,512 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 8 | 1:1,019,039 | 71,574 |
| Wales | 100% | 8 | 1:386,789 | 5,520 |
| Thailand | 100% | 8 | 1:8,758,227 | 128,595 |
| China | - | 6 | 1:227,675,964 | 74,319 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 6 | 1:5,074,990 | 119,899 |
| Singapore | - | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5 | 1:1,070,073 | 10,235 |
| Guyana | - | 4 | 1:190,816 | 11,826 |
| DR Congo | 50% | 4 | 1:18,456,901 | 95,891 |
| Cameroon | - | 4 | 1:5,402,626 | 68,032 |
| Mexico | 100% | 4 | 1:31,036,107 | 61,748 |
| Indonesia | - | 3 | 1:85,987,889 | 1,072,651 |
| Germany | - | 3 | 1:32,225,959 | 64,270 |
| Hong Kong | - | 3 | 1:2,584,242 | 11,307 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2 | 1:15,100,946 | 147,145 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2 | 1:4,928,954 | 52,965 |
| Belgium | - | 1 | 1:11,490,041 | 43,727 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Netherlands | - | 1 | 1:16,902,083 | 43,152 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Italy | - | 1 | 1:61,062,090 | 83,289 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Liberia | 100% | 1 | 1:4,412,061 | 36,340 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Panama | - | 1 | 1:3,906,557 | 40,800 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1 | 1:2,369,605 | 59,530 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
Jabez (235) may also be a surname.
Jabez Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘height’. This name came into use in the 17th C and continued to be used, especially by Dissenters, until the 19th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
M. Hebrew, ‘sorrow.’ Cf. Ita and Celtic Una, qq. v.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Hebrew יַעְבֵץ, Yabéts, which Simonis renders, ‘he will cause pain’ ( i. e. to his mother).
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Jay'-bez, sorrow, trouble. l. The name of a city. 1 Chron. ii. 55. 2. The name of a person. 1 Chron. iv. 9.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: whiteness swept away: mire swept away: shovel of mire.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Sorrow: He gives pain.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Jabez Forename Popularity
Jabez Demographics
Jabez Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 3 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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