Hiram

Hebrew
"brother of the exalted one"

Hiram Origin and Meaning

The name Hiram is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "brother of the exalted one".

Hiram is the kind of forgotten biblical name that adventurous parents who wish to move beyond David and Daniel are beginning to reconsider--even though it has bits of its old stiff-collared image clinging to it, along with a little hillbilly feel as well. The name belonged to an Old Testament king of Tyre who helped David and Solomon plan and build the temple in Jerusalem, and was a favorite in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, though a couple of well-known bearers dropped it--Ulysses S. Grant was orignially Hiram Ulysses Grant, but he didn't like having the initials H.U.G., and country singer Hank Williams was also born Hiram. With its definite funk factor, and its friendly nickname Hi, Hiram would make a distinctive choice.

# 969 in the US

Hiram Rank in US Top 1000

# 938 on Nameberry

Hiram Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Hiram Popularity

Famous People Named Hiram

  • (Hiram) Ulysses S. Grant
    18th United States President
  • Hiram King "Hank" Williams
    American singer
  • Hiram Warren Johnson
    U.S Senator and governor of California
  • Hiram Powers
    American sculptor
  • Hiram Gill
    first U.S. mayor to undergo a recall election
  • Hiram Bithorn
    first Puerto Rican MLB baseball player
  • Hiram Stevens Maxim
    American inventor
  • Hiram Percy Maxim
    American inventor
  • Hiram Bingham I
    American missionary to Hawaii
  • Hiram Bingham III
    explorer and U.S. Senator from Connecticut
  • Hiram Leong Fong
    first Asian,American U.S. Senator (Hawaii)
  • Hiram F. Smith
    early U.S. Pacific Northwest settler
  • Hiram Walker
    American inventor of Canadian Club Whiskey
  • Hiram Law Bullock
    American jazz guitarist

Hiram in Pop Culture

  • Hiram Lodge
    father of Veronica Lodge in Archie comics and TV's Riverdale
  • Hiram Berry
    Rachel's father on TV's "Glee"
  • Hiram "Hi" Flagston
    character in comic strip "Hi and Lois"
  • Hiram Flaversham
    Olivia's father in Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective"
  • Hiram Baker
    doctor on TV's "Little House on the Prairie"
  • Hiram McDaniels
    five,headed dragon in "Welcome to Night Vale"
  • Hiram
    a very popular name for Masonic Temples
  • Hiram
    character in movie & novel "The 19th Wife"
  • Hiram Stolowitski
    character in Kathy Reich's "Virals"
  • "The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
    " TV series
  • Hiram Roth aka Alistair Fergus
    Federation President in 1986 film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  • Hiram Burrows
    character in the video game Dishonored