Hiram

Hebrew

"brother of the exalted one"

Hiram Origin and Meaning

The name Hiram is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "brother of the exalted one".

Hiram is the kind of forgotten biblical name that adventurous parents who wish to move beyond David and Daniel are beginning to reconsider--even though it has bits of its old stiff-collared image clinging to it, along with a little hillbilly feel as well.

The name belonged to an Old Testament king of Tyre who helped David and Solomon plan and build the temple in Jerusalem, and was a favorite in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, though a couple of well-known bearers dropped it--Ulysses S. Grant was orignially Hiram Ulysses Grant, but he didn't like having the initials H.U.G., and country singer Hank Williams was also born Hiram.

With its definite funk factor, and its friendly nickname Hi, Hiram would make a distinctive choice.

Hiram Rank in US Top 1000

# 969 in the US

Hiram Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 633 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Hiram

• 633 Nameberry 2025
• 763 Unique 2024

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Famous People Named Hiram

• (Hiram) Ulysses S. Grant 18th United States President
• Hiram King "Hank" Williams American singer
• Hiram Warren Johnson U.S Senator and governor of California
• Hiram Powers American sculptor
• Hiram Gill first U.S. mayor to undergo a recall election
• Hiram Bithorn first Puerto Rican MLB baseball player
• Hiram Stevens Maxim American inventor
• Hiram Percy Maxim American inventor
• Hiram Bingham I American missionary to Hawaii
• Hiram Bingham III explorer and U.S. Senator from Connecticut
• Hiram Leong Fong first Asian,American U.S. Senator (Hawaii)
• Hiram F. Smith early U.S. Pacific Northwest settler
• Hiram Walker American inventor of Canadian Club Whiskey
• Hiram Law Bullock American jazz guitarist

The name Hiram in Pop Culture

• Hiram Lodge father of Veronica Lodge in Archie comics and TV's Riverdale
• Hiram Berry Rachel's father on TV's "Glee"
• Hiram "Hi" Flagston character in comic strip "Hi and Lois"
• Hiram Flaversham Olivia's father in Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective"
• Hiram Baker doctor on TV's "Little House on the Prairie"
• Hiram McDaniels five,headed dragon in "Welcome to Night Vale"
• Hiram a very popular name for Masonic Temples
• Hiram character in movie & novel "The 19th Wife"
• Hiram Stolowitski character in Kathy Reich's "Virals"
• "The Adventures of Hiram Holliday " TV series
• Hiram Roth aka Alistair Fergus Federation President in 1986 film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• Hiram Burrows character in the video game Dishonored