Ebenezer

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Ebenezer

Gender: Masculine
Language: English
Etymology:
Ebenezer comes from a Hebrew place name meaning ”Stone of Help.”

History:
Ebenezer was not actually a personal name, but a name of a stone in the Bible. However, this did not matter to 17th century Puritans in search of Biblical names. Ebenezer was fairly common until the mid-19th century when popular author Charles Dickens gave it to his skinflint character Ebenezer Scrooge.

Pronunciation: ebb-enn-eez-urr.

Diminutives:
English: Eb, Eben.

Alternates: Benezer, Benezar, Ebanezer, Ebeneezer, Ebenezar.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Ebenezer Landells (1808-1860)
English wood-engraver.

Educators, Scholar, and Social Workers:
Ebenezer Gay (1696-1787)
Colonial American teacher.

Fictional Characters:
Ebenezer Scrooge
Stingy skinflint in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.

Miscellaneous:
Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (1816-1895)
American judge.

Religious Figures:
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1810-1897)
English clergyman.

Scientists:
Eben Norton Horsford (1818-1893)
American chemist.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
less than 0.004 % named Ebenezer

Popularity of Ebenezer:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1900-2000: N/A