Ezra

Hebrew

"help"

Ezra Origin and Meaning

The name Ezra is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "help".

Ezra has a lot going for it: the strength of its heroic Biblical legacy, its quirky sound, and its fresh but familiar feel. Ezra is now at its highest point ever, but its intuitive streamlined spelling and deep roots could make it a worth successor to Elijah in the Top 10 -- or even to Liam or Noah at Number 1.

Ezra just misses being among the elite group of male names that's always been in the US Top 1000, having dipped below the cutoff in 1964 and '67. Ezra also makes the Top 100 for boys in other English-speaking countries along with the Netherlands.

Ezra is an abbreviation for the Hebrew phrase Azaryahu, meaning "Yah helps". In the bible, Ezra led a group of fifteen hundred Israelites out of slavery in Babylon and back to Jerusalem.

Other notable Ezras include poet Ezra Pound and New York Times political columnist Ezra Klein. Ezra Cornell was a founder of Western Union and co-founder of the university that bears his name and Ezra Jack Keats is a popular children's book author-illustrator.

Both Paul Reiser and Taylor Hanson are dads to boys named Ezra, and there are Ezras to be found in Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone and Daniel Deronda by George Eliot.

And let's not forget the band—Better Than Ezra—along with rising actor Ezra Miller, Vampire Weekend musician Ezra Koenig or the character Ezra Fitz from Pretty Little Liars.

As unlikely as it may seem, Ezra is also growing in popularity as a girls' name, making the girls' Top 1000 in 2018 ad still rising. About 450 baby girls were named Ezra last year, but about 8000 baby boys, which puts Ezra below our 10% minimum to be considered a unisex name.

Ezra Rank in US Top 1000

# 15 in the US

Ezra Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 13 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ezra

• 15 US 2023
• 13 Nameberry 2025
• 60 Canada 2023
• 4 Future 2035
• 38 England 2023
• 93 Scotland 2024
• 47 Australia 2024
• 21 New Zealand 2024
• 77 Netherlands 2024
• 193 Switzerland 2022

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Famous People Named Ezra

• Ezra Weston Loomis Pound American poet
• Ezra Jack Keats American author/illustrator
• George Ezra (Barnett) English singer and songwriter
• Ezra Butler American NFL football player
• Ezra Matthew Miller American actor
• Ezra Butler American politician; 11th Governor of Vermont
• Ezra Dean U.S. Congressman from Ohio
• Ezra Bartlett French U.S. Congressman from Maine
• Ezra Cornell American, founder of Cornell University
• Ezra Stiles American, minister and president of Yale College
• Ezra Manning Meeker American pioneer
• Ezra Hervey Heywood American abolitionist and suffragist
• Ezra Taft Benson American, former leader of the Mormon Church
• Ezra biblical prophet/priest
• Ezra Michael Koenig American musician; member of "Vampire Weekend"
• Ezra Kire lead singer of American punk band "Morning Glory"
• Ezra Hendrickson Vincentian footballer
• Ezra Yitzhak Nawi Israeli activist
• Ezra Isaac Levant Canadian media personality
• Ezra Stone (born Ezra Chaim Feinstone) American actor
• Ezra Horton English footballer
• Ezra Edelman American TV producer and director
• Ezra Nahmad Lebanese billionaire art patron
• Ezra Reich (b. 1978) son of composer Steve Reich and artist Beryl Korot
• Ezra Jordan son of songwriters Amy Sky and Marc Jordan
• Ezra Samuel Reiser (b. 1995) son of actor Paul Reiser
• Ezra Baddiel (b. 2004) son of actors Morwenna Banks and David Baddiel
• Ezra Quinn (b. 2008) son of actor Brandon Quinn
• Ezra Youngsma (b. 2010) son of drummer Derek Youngsma of band Bleeding Through
• Jordan Ezra Hanson (b. 2002) son of singer Taylor Hanson
• Leo Ezra Egan (b. 2015) late son of TV chef Kelsey Nixon and Robby Egan
• Ezra Furman lead singer of Ezra Furman and the Visions

The name Ezra in Pop Culture

• Ezra Bridger Jedi,Padawan, main protagonist on Disney's animated TV show, "Star Wars: Rebels"
• Ezra main,antagonist in the Anime movie, "Space Pirate Captain Harlock"
• Ezra Fitz character on "Pretty Little Liars"
• Ezra main character on "Dark Intensions" and "Dark Vows"
• Ezra Cohen character in George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda"
• Ezra "Mordecai" Lapidoph character in George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda"
• Ezra character in "High School Story"
• Ezra Mason character in the "Illuminae Trilogy"
• Ezra Standish character on TV's "The Magnificent Seven"
• Ezra character in "Seven Pounds"
• Ezra Ezekiel Baxter character in "The Yearling"
• Ezra character in comic books by Sean O'Reilly
• Ezra character in "The Haunted Mansion"
• Ezra Friedken character in "Higher Ground"
• "Ezra" a song by Flume
• "Ezra" 2007 movie
• Better Than Ezra an American alt,rock band
• Ezra Bloom character in "Imposters"

International Variations of the name Ezra

• Esdras Spanish
• Ezri Israeli
• Esdra Arabic
• Esdras Arabic
• Esra Arabic
• Ezer Arabic
• Ezzret Arabic
• Uzair Arabic
• Ezera Hawaiian