Melquisedec
In the Hebrew Bible, Melchizedek was the king of Salem and priest of El Elyon. He is mentioned in Genesis 14:18–20, where he brings out bread and wine and blesses Abram (Abraham), following the Battle of the Vale of Siddim and Abram's subsequent rescue of the captives and plunder taken in the battle, and in Psalm 110:4.
Meaning & Origin of Melquisedec
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
In the Hebrew Bible, Melchizedek was the king of Salem and priest of El Elyon. He is mentioned in Genesis 14:18–20, where he brings out bread and wine and blesses Abram (Abraham), following the Battle of the Vale of Siddim and Abram's subsequent rescue of the captives and plunder taken in the battle, and in Psalm 110:4.
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The Story of Melquisedec
The earliest SSA record of Melquisedec as a baby boy name dates back to 1994, when 6 babies received it. 2012 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Melquisedec — #8,158 in the national rankings. About 33% of every Melquisedec on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Melquisedec last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 130 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Melquisedec
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- Melchizedek
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About the name Melquisedec
Melquisedec is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 130 births in the dataset. Melquisedec's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #8,158. Use the chart and map above to compare Melquisedec's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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