Uzziah Forename

367,169th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 528 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Uzziah Forename Definition:

Now rare, it derives from Hebrew, ‘might of the Lord.’ Uzziah (or Azariah) was the Jewish king who, in C8 B. C., was visited with leprosy for having tried to burn incense on the altar: which makes one think of Gilbert’s ‘making the punishment fit the crime’.

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Uzziah Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda
96%
 
1701:240,9237,671
United States
100%
661:5,492,98466,678
Israel
88%
 
601:140,0495,171
Nigeria
100%
511:3,481,65459,120
Liberia
100%
381:116,1074,813
Namibia-361:66,7833,675
Philippines
82%
 
221:4,818,61384,327
Solomon Islands-151:38,7302,561
Jamaica-141:205,9456,774
Papua New Guinea
100%
121:679,36049,627
Zambia-81:1,981,84920,512
England
100%
71:7,943,27461,515
South Africa
100%
61:9,088,775152,087
Malawi
100%
41:4,278,07813,569
Trinidad and Tobago-41:340,35515,394
Saint Lucia
100%
21:88,9085,280
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
India
100%
11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Guyana-11:763,26224,238
China-11:1,366,055,782109,249
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904

Uzziah (53) may also be a surname.

Uzziah Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Now rare, it derives from Hebrew, ‘might of the Lord.’ Uzziah (or Azariah) was the Jewish king who, in C8 B. C., was visited with leprosy for having tried to burn incense on the altar: which makes one think of Gilbert’s ‘making the punishment fit the crime’.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

Found as a male name. The Scripture name, in Hebrew עֻזִּיָּה, Uzziyyáh, from oz-Yah, strength of Jehovah.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Uz-zy'-ah, the strength of the Lord. The same as Azariah, king of Judah. 2 Kings xv. 13.

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

Meaning: my strength is Jehovah.

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

A Hebrew name, meaning: The Lord gives strength.

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

Uzziah Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uzzah9126/
Izziah8357/
Uzzaih833/
Huzzah831/
Uzza8029/
Izzah733,788/
Huzza7327/
Uzzai735/
Ouzza735/
Uzzay734/
Uzzaj731/
Euzza731/
Uzcia731/
Houzza6796/
Hizzah675/
Auzzea671/
Izzzah671/
Izzaha671/
Ouzzay671/
Ouhzza671/
Uzhzha671/
Uzzhea671/

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