Yedidya
Yedidia, Yedidya, Yedidiah, etc. is both a given name and a surname, the original Hebrew of Jedediah.The Hebrew name of the Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria Yedidia Be'eri (1931–2004), Israeli politician Yedidia Shofet (1908–2005), Iranian rabbi Yedidya Ya'ari, former commander of the Israeli Navy Yedidya Eisenshtat, Israeli architect, author of the Anzac Memorial,…
- Hebrew
- Biblical Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Yedidya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yedidia, Yedidya, Yedidiah, etc. is both a given name and a surname, the original Hebrew of Jedediah.The Hebrew name of the Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria Yedidia Be'eri (1931–2004), Israeli politician Yedidia Shofet (1908–2005), Iranian rabbi Yedidya Ya'ari, former commander of the Israeli Navy Yedidya Eisenshtat, Israeli architect, author of the Anzac Memorial,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
- Biblical Hebrew
The Story of Yedidya
Yedidya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1985, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 11 Yedidyas were born — ranking #7,170 that year. As of 2026, Yedidya ranks #10,889 for baby boys with 6 births, gradually rising (+14%). In total, more than 145 Yedidyas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Yedidya
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Yedidya. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Yedidia
- Yedidyah
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About the name Yedidya
Yedidya is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 145 births in the dataset. Yedidya's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #7,170. Use the chart and map above to compare Yedidya'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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