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 [ syll. a-za-riah, az-ari-ah ] The boy name Azariah is pronounced AEZAARiyah- KEY. Azariah has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in English. The name Azariah means 'Yahweh has helped'. Biblical name derived from azar which means 'to help' ; el which means 'God, powerful'. Azarel (Hebrew) is an old form of the name. The name was borne by several persons in the Bible, including a companion of Daniel who was known by his Babylonian name Abednego, as well as a king of Judah known as Azaria. The name was adopted by English speakers in the 17th century. A variant of Azariah is Azarias (Greek). Azaria (spelling variant in English) and Azarya (spelling variant in Hebrew) are other forms of the name. Azariah is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Baby names that sound like Azariah include Azaria (English), Akihiro (Japanese), Azarya (Hebrew), Akira (Japanese), Asier (Spanish), Asmir (Slavic), Oskari (Finnish), Acar, Akar, Asger (Scandinavian), Asher (English and Hebrew), Ashur (English, Hebrew, and Swahili), Asser (German), Azher (Arabic), Oscar (English, French, and Irish), Osher (Hebrew), Oskar (German and Scandinavian), Oszkar (Hungarian), and Osgar (Scottish). KEY: approx pronunciation for Azariah: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
