Ezra

EHZ-ruh

Hebrew

"help"

Ezra Origin and Meaning

The name Ezra is a girl's name meaning "help".

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.

Ezra Rank in US Top 1000

# 705 in the US

Ezra Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 616 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ezra

• 705 US 2024
• 616 Nameberry 2025
• 754 Future 2028
• 992 England 2021

20 Names Similar to Ezra

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Ezra.

• Shiloh
• Fallon
• Waverly
• Shea
• Mika
• Rae
• Haven
• Raine
• Bryn
• Kai
• Remy
• Lennox
• Luca
• Nola
• Noa
• Monroe
• Capri
• Khai
• Micah
• Indie

Famous People Named Ezra

• Ezra Key great,granddaughter of Mick Jagger
• Ezra Weston Loomis Pound American poet
• Ezra Jack Keats American author/illustrator
• Ezra biblical prophet/priest
• George Ezra (Barnett) English singer and songwriter
• Ezra Butler American NFL football player
• Ezra Butler American politician; 11th Governor of Vermont
• Ezra Dean U.S. Congressman from Ohio
• Ezra Bartlett French U.S. Congressman from Maine
• Ezra Cornell American, founder of Cornell University
• Ezra Stiles American, minister and president of Yale College
• Ezra Manning Meeker American pioneer
• Ezra Hervey Heywood American abolitionist and suffragist
• Ezra Taft Benson American, former leader of the Mormon Church
• Ezra Michael Koenig American musician; member of "Vampire Weekend"
• Ezra Kire lead singer of American punk band "Morning Glory"
• Ezra Hendrickson Vincentian footballer
• Ezra Yitzhak Nawi Israeli activist
• Ezra Isaac Levant Canadian media personality
• Ezra Stone (born Ezra Chaim Feinstone) American actor
• Ezra Horton English footballer
• Ezra Edelman American TV producer and director
• Ezra Nahmad Lebanese billionaire art patron
• Ezra Reich (b. 1978) son of composer Steve Reich and artist Beryl Korot
• Ezra Jordan son 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 Miller American actor
• Leo Ezra Egan (b. 2015) late son of TV chef Kelsey Nixon and Robby Egan

The name Ezra in Pop Culture

• Erza Scarlet female character in the Anime, "Fairy Tail"
• Ezra Bridger Jedi,Padawan, main protagonist on Disney's animated TV show, "Star Wars: Rebels"
• Ezra main,antagonist in the Anime movie, "Space Pirate Captain Harlock"
• Ezra Fitz character on "Pretty Little Liars"
• Ezra main character on "Dark Intensions" and "Dark Vows"
• Ezra Cohen character in George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda"
• Ezra "Mordecai" Lapidoph character in George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda"
• Ezra character in "High School Story"
• Ezra Mason character in "Illuminae"
• Ezra Standish character on TV's "The Magnificent Seven"
• Ezra character in "Seven Pounds"
• Ezra Ezekiel Baxter character in "The Yearling"
• Ezra character in comic books by Sean O'Reilly
• Ezra character in "The Haunted Mansion"
• Ezra Friedken character in "Higher Ground"
• "Ezra" a song by Flume
• "Ezra" 2007 movie
• Better Than Ezra an American alt,rock band