name
Ezra
EZ-rah
/ˈɛzrɑː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
Ezra
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Hebrew (Israel/Jewish diaspora)
- Meaning
- Help; helper
- Gender
- male
Pronunciation tips
From Hebrew 'ezra' (help/assistance); the biblical Ezra was a scribe who led the second wave of Jewish return from Babylonian exile; Ezra Pound (poet) and Ezra Klein (journalist); increasingly popular in English-speaking countries
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