Habakkuk

Hebrew

"embrace"

Habakkuk Origin and Meaning

The name Habakkuk is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "embrace".

A minor Old Testament prophet, and a (deservedly) even more minor name.

Famous People Named Habakkuk

• Habakkuk minor Biblical prophet
• (Hrothgar) John Habakkuk Welsh economic historian
• Habakkuk "Paul" Guldin Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer

The name Habakkuk in Pop Culture

• Habakkuk thirty,fifth book in the Bible
• Habakkuk Gilfillian ("Gifted Gilfillian") leader of the Cameronians in "Waverley" (1814) by Sir Walter Scott
• Habakkuk Mucklewrath the most extreme and violent of the Covenanting preachers in Scott's 1816 novel "Old Mortality"