Ezra

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā). Doublet of Esdras.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ezra (countable and uncountable, plural Ezras)

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Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

  1. (biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
  2. (biblical) A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  4. A surname from Hebrew.

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Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Ezra is the 37341st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Ezra is most common among White (70.35%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.24%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Danish

Proper noun

Ezra

  1. Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
  2. Ezra (a Biblical character)

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛs.raː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ez‧ra

Proper noun

Ezra m

  1. Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
  2. Ezra (a Jewish high priest and Biblical character)

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈezra]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: E‧zra

Proper noun

Ezra (accusative Ezran)

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Latvian

Proper noun

Ezra m (4th declension)

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Declension

Slovene

Proper noun

Ezra ?

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Swahili

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ezra

  1. (biblical) Ezra (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible)

See also

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ezra (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇ)

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras