Ezequiel

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ezequiel is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name160K records spelled Ezequiel8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Venezuela, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ëzëqüïël, Ezequiël

• Catalan given name14K records spelled Ezequiel12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Paraguay

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Ezéquiel, Ézéquiel, Ezèquiel, Ezequïel, Ezequíel

• a separate given name8.6K records spelled Ezequiel2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Ezequíel

• Danish given name542 records spelled Ezequiel7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Spain, Norway

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Ezequièl

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ezequiel is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, Ezekiel (book of the Bible)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, Hebreo; 'la fortaleza de Dios' o 'Dios fortalecerá'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• Fuerza de Dios

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 125 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Fernando Solanasb. 1936ARnot in their usual nameArgentine film director, screenwriter and politician (1936–2020)
• Ezequiel Rodríguezb. 1977ARArgentine actor
• Ezequiel Lavezzib. 1985ARArgentine association football player (born 1985)
• Ezequiel Garayb. 1986ARArgentine association football player
• Ezequiel Schelottob. 1989ARassociation football player
• Ezequiel Ávilab. 1994ARArgentinian association football player
• Dukib. 1996ARnot in their usual nameArgentine rapper and singer (born 1996)
• Ezequiel Ponceb. 1997ARArgentine association football player
• Paulo Londrab. 1998ARnot in their usual nameArgentinian rapper and singer
• Lucas Beltránb. 2001BRnot in their usual nameArgentine association football player (born 2001)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 745 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ezequiel?

We estimate roughly 120 thousand people bear Ezequiel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Ezequiel have the most bearers?

Ezequiel is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled ezequiel.

How common is Ezequiel compared with other names?

In Argentina, Ezequiel is the 25th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Ezequiel a male or female name?

Ezequiel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ezequiel mean?

Recorded meaning: Ezekiel (biblical character)