Ezekiel (name)

Ezekiel
	Ezekiel
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"God will strengthen"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Ezequiel, Yehezkel, Ezechiel, Ezechiele
Short form(s)	Zeke

Ezekiel is a masculine Hebrew language name, meaning "God's Strength", and its popularity derives from Ezekiel, a figure is one of the Jewish prophets who prophesied during the exile around 593-571 BC.[2][3] He admonished, advised and comforted the Israelites in exile, where these words are written in the Book of Ezekiel, which is found in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament in the Christian Bible. It can be used as both a given name and a surname.

Variants

Arabic: حزقيال (Hizqial)
Bengali: ইজেকিয়েল (Ijēkiẏēla)
Chinese: 以西结 (Yǐxījié)
Czech: Ezechiel
Dutch: Ezechiël
English: Ezekiel
Ethiopia: ህዝቅኤል (Hizqael)
Eritrea: ህዝቅኤል
French: Ézéchiel
German: Hesekiel
Greek: εζεκιήλ (Iezekiḗl)
Hawaiian: Ekekiʻela, Ezekiʻela
Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל (Yəḥezqēʾl)
Hindi: ईजेकील (Eejekeel)
Hungarian: Ezékiel
Icelandic: Esekíel
Indonesian: Yehezkiel, Ezekiel
Italian: Ezechiele
Latin: Ezechiel
Japanese: イジイキエル (Ijiikieru)
Korean: 에스겔 (Eseugel)
Lithuanian: Ezekielis
Macedonian: Ezekiel
Norwegian: Esekiel
Polish: Ezechiel
Portuguese: Ezequiel
Romanian: Ezechiel
Russian: Иезекииль (Iyezekiil')
Slovak: Ezekiel
Slovenian: Ezekiel
Spanish: Ezequiel
Swedish: Ezekiel
Telugu: Ezekiel
Turkish: Ezekiel
Yiddish: Ezekiel

List of people

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Ezekiel (c. 622 – c. 570 BCE), Hebrew prophet of the Old Testament
Ezekiel (Nestorian patriarch), patriarch of the Church of the East 570–581
Ezekiel the Tragedian (2nd century BCE), author of Greek tragedies on biblical matters
Ezekiel Ansah (born 1989), Ghanaian football player
Ezekiel Bacon (1776–1870), American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts and New York
Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (1862–1944), American politician from Mississippi
Ezekiel F. Chambers (1788–1867), American politician from Maryland
Ezekiel Elliott (born 1995), American football player
Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel (1757–1806), English engraver
Ezekiel C. Gathings (1903–1979), American politician from Arkansas
Ezekiel Hart (1767–1843), British North America entrepreneur and politician
Ezekiel B. Hart (c. 1795–1814), American naval officer
Ezekiel Henty (born 1993), Nigerian footballer
Ezekiel Kemboi (born 1982), Kenyan athlete
Ezekiel Maige (born 1970), Tanzanian politician
Zeke Moreno (born 1978), American football player
Zeke Mowatt (born 1961), American football player

Surname

Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel (1757–1806), English engraver
Florence Ezekiel (1932–2006), known as Nadira, Indian actress
Imoh Ezekiel (born 1993), Nigerian football player
Judah bar Ezekiel (220–299 CE), Babylonian amora
Mordecai Ezekiel (1899–1974), American economist
Moses Jacob Ezekiel (1844–1917), American sculptor
Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004), Indian poet, playwright, and art critic
Sarah Ezekiel (born 1965), artist diagnosed with ALS

Stage name

Ezekiel Jackson (b. 1978), ring name of professional wrestler Rycklon Stephens, best known for competing in WWE
Ezekiel (b. 1987), ring name of professional wrestler Jeffrey Sciullo, currently signed to WWE and best known as Elias

Fictional characters

Ezekiel Sims, a character from Marvel's Spider-Man comics
Ezekiel Reyes, a fallen angel from the TV series Supernatural
Ezekiel Bloor, a character in Jenny Nimmo's Children of the Red King
Ezekiel Cheever, a character in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible
Ezekiel Rage, an overzealous antagonist from The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Ezekiel "Zeke" Stane, a character from Marvel's Iron Man comics
Ezekiel Zick from the Monster Allergy comic book and TV series
King Ezekiel, a character in The Walking Dead franchise
Ezekiel, a character from the Total Drama series
Ezekiel Figuero, the protagonist of The Get Down
Ezekiel Jones, a main character on the television series The Librarians, portrayed by John Harlan Kim
Ezekiel “Easy” Boudreau, lawyer and one of the main characters in the television series Proven Innocent, portrayed by Russell Hornsby
Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes, main character in the television series Mayans M.C., portrayed by J. D. Pardo
Ezekiel Pedrad, "Zeke" character in book series "Divergent"
Ezekiel Abaddon "the Despoiler", Warmaster of Chaos in Warhammer 40,000