Ezra (name) explained

Ezra
Gender:	Male or female
Language:	Hebrew
Origin:	Ancient Hebrew priest Ezra
Meaning:	Help, Helpful and Helper
See Also:	Ezra, Esdras (Greek-Latin variant)
Popularity:	59th (as of 2018)
Name Day:	July 13^[1]

Ezra (Hebrew: עֶזְרָא) is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, derived from the root ע-ז-ר meaning "help".^[2]

The name originated from the Biblical figure Ezra the Scribe, who is traditionally credited as the author of Ezra-Nehemiah and the Books of Chronicles of the Hebrew Bible.^[3] The name is a probable abbreviation of the name Azaryahu (עזריהו) which means "Yahweh helps".^[4] The name alternatively has the Greek-Latin form Esdras which was used for Ezra the Scribe which comes from the Greek word (Ἔσδρας).^[5] The name grew in popularity in the United States between 2000 and 2018, its ranking climbing from 431st to 59th.^[6]

Given name

• Ezra Abbot (1819–1884), American biblical scholar
• Ezra Ames (1768–1836), American portrait painter
• Ezra Attiya (1885–1970), Rosh yeshiva, Porat Yosef Yeshiva, Jerusalem
• Ezra Baker (c. 1765-?), American politician
• Ezra Bartlett (1861–1942), English cricketer
• Ezra T. Benson (1811–1869), American religious leader
• Ezra Taft Benson (1899–1994), American politician and religious leader
• Charles Ezra Beury (1879–1953), American academic administrator
• Ezra Booth (1792–1873), American religious leader
• Ezra Brainerd (1844–1924), American academic administrator
• Ezra A. Burrell (1867–?), American politician
• Ezra Butler (1763–1838), American politician
• Ezra Butler (American football) (born 1984), American footballer born in South Africa
• Ezra C. Carleton (1838–1911), American politician
• Ezra A. Carman (1834–1909), American military officer
• Ezra Chitando, Zimbabwean academic
• Ezra Churchill (1806–1874), Canadian industrialist
• Ezra Clark, Jr. (1813–1896), American politician
• Ezra Cleveland (born 1998), American football player
• Ezra Cline (1907–1984), American bluegrass bassist
• Ezra Danolds Cole (1902–1992), American philatelist
• Ezra Convis (died 1838), American politician
• Ezra Cornell (1807–1874), American businessman, co-founder of Cornell University
• Ezra C. Dalby (1869–1934), American academic administrator
• Ezra Darby (1768–1808), American politician
• Ezra Dean (1795–1872), American politician
• Ezra Butler Eddy (1827–1906), Canadian businessman and political figure
• Ezra Fitch (1865–1930), American businessman, co-founder of Abercrombie & Fitch
• Ezra Bartlett French (1810–1880), American politician
• Ezra Furman (born 1986), American musician and songwriter
• Ezra C. Gross (1787–1829), American politician
• Ezra Heywood (1829–1893), American anarchist
• Ezra Johnson (born 1955), American football player
• Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983), American author
• Ezra Kendall (1861–1910), American actor-comedian, humorist, playwright and author
• Ezra Otis Kendall (1818–1899), American professor, astronomer and mathematician
• Ezra Kire (born 1975), American musician
• Ezra Klein (born 1984), American blogger and journalist
• Ezra Koenig (born 1984), American musician
• Ezra Levant (born 1972), Canadian writer
• Ezra Meeker (1830–1928), American pioneer
• Ezra Miller (born 1992), American actor
• Ezra Nawi (1951–2021), Israeli peace activist
• Ezra T. Newman (1929–2021), American physicist, known for his many contributions to general relativity theory
• Ezra Pound (1885–1972), American poet
• Ezra Schochet, rosh yeshiva, Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad/West Coast Talmudical Seminary, Los Angeles
• Ezra Solomon (1920–2002), American economist
• Ezra Stiles (1727–1795), American educator, president of Yale University
• Ezra C. Stiles (1891–1974), American landscape architect
• Ezra Clark Stillman (1907–1995), American linguist
• Ezra Stoller (1915–2004), American photographer
• Ezra Stone (1917–1994), American actor
• Ezra Sutton (1849–1907), American baseball player
• Ezra B. Taylor (1823–1912), American politician
• Ezra Vogel (1930–2020), American scholar of East Asia
• Ezra Weisz (born 1971), American voice actor

Surname

• Daniel Ezra (born 1991), British actor
• David Ezra (born 1947), American judge
• Edward Isaac Ezra (1883–1921), Shanghai hotelier
• George Ezra, British singer
• Gideon Ezra (1937–2012), Israeli politician
• Hen Ezra (born 1989), Israeli footballer
• Michael Ezra (born 1973), Ugandan philanthropist
• N.E.B. Ezra (1883–1936), founder of the Shanghai Zionist Association and Israel's Messenger
• Members of the ibn Ezra family of Spanish Jews

Notes and References

1. Web site: American Nameday Calendar of First Names - Male Names E. 2020-06-02. www.americannamedaycalendar.com. 2023-02-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20230223121623/http://americannamedaycalendar.com/male_e.html. dead.
2. Web site: See which royal, heroic names top most popular baby names of 2015 list. TODAY.com. 26 December 2015 . en. 2020-06-01.
3. Web site: Ezra Hebrew religious leader. 2020-06-03. Encyclopedia Britannica. en.
4. Web site: EZRA THE SCRIBE - JewishEncyclopedia.com. jewishencyclopedia.com. 2020-06-01.
5. Web site: Esdras Definition and Meaning - Bible Dictionary. 2020-06-04. Bible Study Tools.
6. Web site: Popular Baby Names. OACT. www.ssa.gov. 2020-06-01. 2018-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180202070118/https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi. dead.