Zeke - Meaning of Zeke

What does Zeke mean?

[ 1 syll. ze-ke, zek-e ] The baby boy name Zeke is pronounced Ziy-K †. Zeke has its origins in the Hebrew and Aramaic languages. It is used largely in the English and Hebrew languages. From Aramaic roots, its meaning is 'shooting star; spark'.

In addition, Zeke is an English and Hebrew short form of Ezekiel (English).

Zeke is also an English and Hebrew diminutive of Zachary (English).

Variation transcriptions of Zeke include Zeak, Zeake, Zeek, Zeeke, Zeeq, Zek, Zekiel, and Zieke.

See also the related categories, star (moon), english, aramaic, and hebrew.

Zeke is rather popular as a baby boy name, and it is also considered fairly trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 2010s; before that, it was of only very modest use. At the recent peak of its usage in 2017, 0.021% of baby boys were given the name Zeke. It had a ranking of #617 then. In 2018, it ranked at #642 with a usage of 0.021%. Out of the family of boy names directly linked to Zeke, Ezekiel was the most widely used. It was more regularly used than Zeke by 11 times in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Zeke include Zeak, Zeake, Zeek, Zeeke, Zek, Zieke, Zac, Zach, Zack, Zah, Zak, Zakkae, Ze, Zeg, Zeuc, Zeuce, Zeus, Zeuse, Zeuss, and Zews.

† Pronunciation for Zeke: Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"



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