Zebulon

Hebrew

"exaltation or little dwelling"

Zebulon Origin and Meaning

The name Zebulon is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "exaltation or little dwelling".

An Old Testament name with a Puritan feel and post-Zachary possibilities--one of several routes to the cool nickname Zeb.

Pike's Peak was named for Zebulon Pike, the best known bearer of the name.

In the Bible, Zebulon--or Zebulun-- was the son of Jacob and Leah, the ancestor of the tribe of Israel which bore his name and settled around Nazareth. The Zebulunites mustered the single largest army to fight for David's installation as king.

Zebulon is the name of a song by Rufus Wainwright, and Margaret Atwood used it for a character in her MaddAddam trilogy. It was also the name of the grandpa on The Waltons.

Zebulon Rank in US Top 1000

# 981 in the US

Zebulon Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1721 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Zebulon

• 1721 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Zebulon

• Zebulon Montgomery Pike U.S. general and explorer
• Zebulon Baird Vance U.S. general; governor and senator from North Carolina
• Zebulon Weaver U.S. Congressman from North Carolina
• Zebulon Butler American Revolutionary soldier and politician
• Zebulon Reed Brockway American prison reformer
• Zebulon Vance "Zeb" Eaton American baseball player
• Zebulon Alexander "Zeb" Terry American baseball player
• Zebulon Jeremiah Bogue (b. 2003) son of actor Robert Bogue

The name Zebulon in Pop Culture

• Zebulon Tyler Walton grandpa character on TV's "The Waltons"
• Zébulon Canadian band
• "Zebulon " song by Rufus Wainwright
• "Zebulon " song by Einstürzende Neubauten
• Zavulon or Zebulon character in the "Night Watch" series by Sergei Lukyanenko
• Zebulon town in North Carolina, USA
• Zebulon character in "MaddAddam" and "The Year of the Flood" by Margaret Atwood