Zebedee - Meaning of Zebedee

What does Zebedee mean?

[ 3 syll. ze-be-dee, zeb-ed-ee ] The baby boy name Zebedee is pronounced as ZEHB-ih-Diy in English †. Zebedee is mainly used in English and it is of Hebrew origin. Biblical name: Zebedee is of the meaning my gift; given by God. The name was borne in the Bible by the father of the apostles James and John. It was adopted in the 17th century by the English Puritans.

The name Zebadee, the English Zebadiah, the name Zebede, the Hebrew Zev, and the Hebrew Zevadiah are variant forms of Zebedee.

Another variant of the name is the English contracted form Zeb.

See also the related categories, god, puritans, english, apostles (teacher), gift (wise), biblical, hebrew, and john.

Zebedee is an uncommon baby name for boys. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2018, within the group of boy names directly related to Zebedee, Zev was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Zebedee include Zavadi, Zebadee, Zebadeo, Zebedeo, Zebedia, Zebedio, Zebidiah, Zevadiah, Zaavad, Zabad, Zabdi, Zavaad, Zavad, Zavade, Zavdi, Zaved, and Zebede.

† Pronunciation for Zebedee: Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"



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