Hezekiah rolls in like thunder from the Old Testament, a Hebrew name meaning "Yahweh strengthens," borne by the king of Judah who refused to bow to the Assyrians. Long the provenance of Puritan ledgers and Appalachian tombstones, it has, in the last decade, become one of the most striking biblical revivals in American naming. Currently ranked 490, it rides the same wave as Ezekiel and Josiah but stands apart, four syllables deep, with that hissing middle "zek" that gives the name its spine. Serious, handsome, and just a little prophetic.
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1880 to today
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- Finnegan
- Emanuel
- Rodrigo
- Esteban
- Marcelo
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