Jedediah
| Gender | male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | beloved of the Lord, friend of God |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Jed, Jedd, Jeddy, Jededish, Jedi, Jedidias |
Jedediah (Template:Lang-he-n) or Jedidiah is a Hebrew male given name, which is derived from the name Yedidyah, meaning "friend of God". In the Hebrew Bible, Jedidiah (Jeddedi in Brenton's Septuagint Translation) was the second or "blessing" name given by God through the prophet Nathan in infancy to Solomon, second son of King David and Bathsheba.[1]
The name may also refer to:
People
- Jedediah Berry (born 1977), American writer
- Jedediah Bila (born 1979), American writer and commentator
- Jedediah Buxton (1707–1772), English mathematician
- Jedediah Slason Carvell (1832–1894), Canadian businessman and politician
- Jedediah Dupree (born 1979), American fencer and fencing coach
- Jedediah Foster (1726–1779), American judge
- Jedediah M. Grant (1816–1856), American religious leader
- Jedediah Herrick (1780–1847), American general
- Jedediah Hinkle, American politician
- Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828–1899), American educator and topographer
- Jedediah Huntington (1743–1818), American general
- Jedediah Vincent Huntington (1815–1862), American clergyman and novelist
- Jedidiah Morse (1761–1826), American geographer
- Jedidiah Norzi (1560–1626), Italian rabbi
- Jedediah Peck (1748–1821), American politician
- Jedediah Purdy (born 1974), American law professor and writer
- Jedediah Sanger (1751-1829), American politician
- Jedediah Smith (1799–1831), American trader and explorer
- Jedediah K. Smith (1770–1828), American politician
- Jedidiah Strutt (1726–1797), English inventor
Fiction
- Jedediah, fictional cowboy diorama piece, played by Owen Wilson in Night at the Museum.
- Jedediah Leland, fictional character played by Joseph Cotten in the film Citizen Kane.
- Jebediah Morningside, known as "The Tall Man" is a fictional character and main antagonist of the Phantasm series of horror films.
- Jedediah Cooper, fictional main character in the film Hang 'Em High
- Jebediah Guthrie, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe
- Jedediah the Pilot in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
- Jebediah Springfield, fictional character and town founder in the television series The Simpsons
- Jedediah Shine, fictional police officer in UK TV series Ripper Street
- Jebediah Kerman, fictional character in the computer game Kerbal Space Program
- Levi Jedediah Calder, one of the main characters of novel Unwind