Zerubbabel Forename

673,127th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 183 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Zerubbabel Forename Definition:

Ze-rub'-ba-bel, banished, a stranger at Babylon, dispersion of confusion. The son of Salathiel, of the royal race of David. Matt. i. 12; 1 Chron. iii. 19. He returned to Jerusalem from Babylon under the reign of Cyrus, A. M. 3468; and had the care of the sacred vessels.

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Zerubbabel Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel
100%
491:171,4885,740
Nigeria
100%
361:4,932,34372,844
Philippines
50%
 
171:6,235,852101,317
Uganda
100%
171:2,409,23129,243
Kenya-141:3,307,65122,394
United States-131:27,887,460205,684
Liberia
100%
101:441,20612,452
Ghana-91:2,998,4685,965
Qatar
100%
51:473,92138,106
India
100%
31:404,959,3243,244,417
South Africa
100%
31:18,177,550242,026
Zimbabwe-31:5,141,27276,754
England-21:27,801,460132,211
Cameroon
100%
11:21,610,503119,836
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608

Zerubbabel (167) may also be a surname.

Zerubbabel Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Ze-rub'-ba-bel, banished, a stranger at Babylon, dispersion of confusion. The son of Salathiel, of the royal race of David. Matt. i. 12; 1 Chron. iii. 19. He returned to Jerusalem from Babylon under the reign of Cyrus, A. M. 3468; and had the care of the sacred vessels. Ezra i. 11.

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

Meaning: melted by Babylon.

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

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