Iddo

Hebrew and Arabic

"to evaporate and to be mighty"

Iddo Origin and Meaning

The name Iddo is a boy's name meaning "to evaporate and to be mighty".

This Old Testament name, also translated as Ido, is well-used in the modern Middle East but nearly unknown in the US. The Biblical Iddo was a minor prophet who lived in the time of Solomon.

Famous People Named Iddo

• Iddo father of Zerah, son of Joah, of the House of Gershom (1 Chr. 6:21)
• Iddo father of King Solomon's officer Ahinadab (1 Kin. 4:14)
• Iddo minor Biblical prophet
• Iddo grandfather of minor prophet Zechariah (Zechariah 1:1)
• Iddo "chief at the place Casiphia" (Ezra 8:17)
• Iddo Netanyahu Israeli novelist and physician, brother of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
• Iddo Goldberg Israeli,English actor
• Iddo Patt American film director and advertiser