Ezrah

Meaning of Ezrah

Ezrah, a masculine forename that functions as a contemporary orthographic variant of the Hebrew Ezra (עֶזְרָא, “help” or “support”), anchors its semantic weight in the biblical narrative of the priest–scribe who shepherded post-exilic Jerusalem, thereby inheriting associations of wisdom, restoration, and communal responsibility. Within Anglo-American naming practice, the terminal “h” emerged in the late twentieth century as parents sought to maintain the ancient cadence while imparting a subtle visual distinction, an impulse consonant with broader cultural tendencies to refresh time-honored scriptural names—Micah, Jonah, and Josiah providing analogous precedents. Vital-statistics data from the United States corroborate the name’s gradual yet sustained ascent: after registering single-digit occurrences as recently as 2002, Ezrah rose to 382 newborn bearers in 2023 and attained a national rank of 580, a trajectory that signals its growing appeal among families who value the equilibrium between historical gravitas and understated modernity.

Pronunciation

English

• Pronunced as EZ-ruh (/ˈɛzrə/)

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