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What does Ezekiel mean?
Ezekiel 
▲ as a boys' name is pronounced ez-EE-kee-el. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Ezekiel is "God strengthens". Biblical name from Yechezqel. Ezekiel was a prophet who was among the captives taken to Babylon at the first fall of Jerusalem; he wrote the Book of Ezekiel while in captivity.
ENDS WITH -iel
Variations
VARIANTS Esequiel, Ezechiel, Eziechiele, Eziequel, Ezequiel▲, Haskel, Iezekiel, Jesekijel, Yechezkel, Zeke▲
SEE ALSO Chico
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
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How popular is Ezekiel?
Ezekiel is a somewhat prominent first name for men (#1075 out of 1220, Top 88%) and an even more prominent surname for all people (#28751 out of 150436, Top 19%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Ezekiel reached its apex position of #82 in the U.S. in the year 2017, and is at #87 presently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Ezekiel (#87 FROM RECENT DATA) rated in the Top 2000 are Ezequiel (#426), Zeke (#642), Chico, Esequiel and Haskel. These forms of Ezekiel were favored as baby names less than a decade ago (USAGE OF 0.3%) and have remained as common to this day (USAGE 0.3%, 5% LESS). Ezekiel, Ezequiel and Zeke are three of the more chic boy names here.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Aeriel, Azriel, Dekel, Eskel, Eskil, Jeriel, Malkiel, Uziel and Uzziel. These names tend to be less commonly used than Ezekiel.
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