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Maccabee - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Maccabee

[ 3 syll. mac-ca-bee, ma-ccab-ee ] The boy name Maccabee is pronounced MAEKahBIY KEY. Maccabee is of Aramaic origin and it is used mainly in the Hebrew language. The name's meaning is 'hammer'.

Maccabee is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names.

A baby name that sounds like Maccabee is the Swahili Machupa.

KEY: English pronunciation for Maccabee: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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Meaning of Maccabee