Habakkuk

Hebrew
"embrace"

Habakkuk Origin and Meaning

The name Habakkuk is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "embrace".

A minor Old Testament prophet, and a (deservedly) even more minor name.

Famous People Named Habakkuk

  • Habakkuk
    minor Biblical prophet
  • (Hrothgar) John Habakkuk
    Welsh economic historian
  • Habakkuk "Paul" Guldin
    Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer

Habakkuk in Pop Culture

  • Habakkuk
    thirty,fifth book in the Bible
  • Habakkuk Gilfillian ("Gifted Gilfillian")
    leader of the Cameronians in "Waverley" (1814) by Sir Walter Scott
  • Habakkuk Mucklewrath
    the most extreme and violent of the Covenanting preachers in Scott's 1816 novel "Old Mortality"