Name meaning & stats
Jedediah
Jedediah means “beloved of Jah” (Hebrew origin). 3,298 US babies since 1940, peak 1979.
What it means
“beloved of Jah”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1979
3,298 US babies were named Jedediah between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jedediah (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 4 Jedidiahs spell it Jedediah
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1979)