Ezra - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Ezra \e-z

is pronounced AIRZ-rah. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "helper". Biblical: a fifth century BC Jewish priest, scholar, copyist, and historian who wrote the two Chronicles and the Book of Ezra and began the compiling and cataloguing of the Old Testament. Poet Ezra Pound.

Baby names that sound like Ezra are Azria and Ezar.

Ezra is a somewhat common first name for men (#847 out of 1220) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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