Ezra
Ezra Origin and Meaning
Ezra is a biblical favorite for boys that's been making inroads into the girls' Top 1000 since 2018 and it's easy to see why. With its soft sounds and -a ending, it holds the same appeal as Noa, Sasha, Micah, and Luka do: short, sweet, and solid. 2024 saw Ezra climb 61 places up the US charts, placing it just outside the Top 700.
Though it was given to nearly 400 baby girls in 2024, that's still below the 10% cutoff required to make a name truly unisex. More than 8770 baby boys were named Ezra last year, meaning only 5% of Ezras born in the US were girls.
Lovers of Ezra for a girl might like the pretty Turkish name Esra, a variant of Arabic Isra meaning "she who travels by night". There's also Ezri, which, thanks to pop culture, is now more popular for girls.
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Ezra Rank in US Top 1000
Ezra Rank in Nameberry Top 1000
Popularity of the name Ezra
20 Names Similar to Ezra
Famous People Named Ezra
- Ezra Keygreat,granddaughter of Mick Jagger
- Ezra Weston Loomis PoundAmerican poet
- Ezra Jack KeatsAmerican author/illustrator
- Ezrabiblical prophet/priest
- George Ezra (Barnett)English singer and songwriter
- Ezra ButlerAmerican NFL football player
- Ezra ButlerAmerican politician; 11th Governor of Vermont
- Ezra DeanU.S. Congressman from Ohio
- Ezra Bartlett FrenchU.S. Congressman from Maine
- Ezra CornellAmerican, founder of Cornell University
- Ezra StilesAmerican, minister and president of Yale College
- Ezra Manning MeekerAmerican pioneer
- Ezra Hervey HeywoodAmerican abolitionist and suffragist
- Ezra Taft BensonAmerican, former leader of the Mormon Church
- Ezra Michael KoenigAmerican musician; member of "Vampire Weekend"
- Ezra Kirelead singer of American punk band "Morning Glory"
- Ezra HendricksonVincentian footballer
- Ezra Yitzhak NawiIsraeli activist
- Ezra Isaac LevantCanadian media personality
- Ezra Stone (born Ezra Chaim Feinstone)American actor
- Ezra HortonEnglish footballer
- Ezra EdelmanAmerican TV producer and director
- Ezra NahmadLebanese billionaire art patron
- Ezra Reich (b. 1978)son of composer Steve Reich and artist Beryl Korot
- Ezra Jordanson of songwriters Amy Sky and Marc Jordan
- Ezra Samuel Reiser (b. 1995)son of actor Paul Reiser
- Ezra Baddiel (b. 2004)son of actors Morwenna Banks and David Baddiel
- Ezra Quinn (b. 2008)son of actor Brandon Quinn
- Ezra Youngsma (b. 2010)son of drummer Derek Youngsma of band Bleeding Through
- Jordan Ezra Hanson (b. 2002)son of singer Taylor Hanson
- Ezra Matthew MillerAmerican actor
- Leo Ezra Egan (b. 2015)late son of TV chef Kelsey Nixon and Robby Egan
The name Ezra in Pop Culture
- Erza Scarletfemale character in the Anime, "Fairy Tail"
- Ezra BridgerJedi,Padawan, main protagonist on Disney's animated TV show, "Star Wars: Rebels"
- Ezramain,antagonist in the Anime movie, "Space Pirate Captain Harlock"
- Ezra Fitzcharacter on "Pretty Little Liars"
- Ezramain character on "Dark Intensions" and "Dark Vows"
- Ezra Cohencharacter in George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda"
- Ezra "Mordecai" Lapidophcharacter in George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda"
- Ezracharacter in "High School Story"
- Ezra Masoncharacter in "Illuminae"
- Ezra Standishcharacter on TV's "The Magnificent Seven"
- Ezracharacter in "Seven Pounds"
- Ezra Ezekiel Baxtercharacter in "The Yearling"
- Ezracharacter in comic books by Sean O'Reilly
- Ezracharacter in "The Haunted Mansion"
- Ezra Friedkencharacter in "Higher Ground"
- "Ezra"a song by Flume
- "Ezra"2007 movie
- Better Than Ezraan American alt,rock band
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