Ezekiel (name)

Ezekiel

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	"God will strengthen"
Other names
Variant form(s)	Ezequiel, Yehezkel, Ezechiel, Ezechiele
Short form(s)	Zeke

Ezekiel is a masculine Hebrew language name, meaning "God's Strength." It can be used as both a given name and a surname.

List of people

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Ezekiel (c. 622 – c. 570 BCE), Hebrew prophet of the Old Testament
• Ezekiel (Nestorian patriarch), patriarch of the Church of the East 570–581
• Ezekiel the Tragedian (2nd century BCE), author of Greek tragedies on biblical matters
• Ezekiel Afon, Nigerian politician
• Ezekiel Ansah (born 1989), Ghanaian football player
• Ezekiel Bacon (1776–1870), American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts and New York
• Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (1862–1944), American politician from Mississippi
• Ezekiel F. Chambers (1788–1867), American politician from Maryland
• Ezekiel Elliott (born 1995), American football player
• Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel (1757–1806), English engraver
• Ezekiel C. Gathings (1903–1979), American politician from Arkansas
• Ezekiel Hart (1767–1843), British North America entrepreneur and politician
• Ezekiel B. Hart (c. 1795–1814), American naval officer
• Ezekiel Henty (born 1993), Nigerian footballer
• Ezekiel Kemboi (born 1982), Kenyan athlete
• Ezekiel Maige (born 1970), Tanzanian politician
• Zeke Moreno (born 1978), American football player
• Zeke Mowatt (born 1961), American football player

Surname

• Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel (1757–1806), English engraver
• Florence Ezekiel (1932–2006), known as Nadira, Indian actress
• Imoh Ezekiel (born 1993), Nigerian football player
• Judah bar Ezekiel (220–299 CE), Babylonian amora
• Mordecai Ezekiel (1899–1974), American economist
• Moses Jacob Ezekiel (1844–1917), American sculptor
• Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004), Indian poet, playwright, and art critic
• Sarah Ezekiel (born 1965), artist diagnosed with ALS

Stage name

• Ezekiel Jackson (b. 1978), ring name of professional wrestler Rycklon Stephens, best known for competing in WWE
• Ezekiel (b. 1987), ring name of professional wrestler Jeffrey Sciullo, currently signed to WWE and best known as Elias

Fictional characters

• Ezekiel Sims, a character from Marvel's Spider-Man comics
• Ezekiel, a fallen angel from the TV series Supernatural
• Ezekiel Bloor, a character in Jenny Nimmo's Children of the Red King
• Ezekiel Cheever, a character in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible
• Ezekiel Rage, an overzealous antagonist from The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
• Ezekiel "Zeke" Stane, a character from Marvel's Iron Man comics
• Ezekiel Zick from the Monster Allergy comic book and TV series
• King Ezekiel, a character in The Walking Dead franchise
• Ezekiel, a character from the Total Drama series
• Ezekiel Figuero, the protagonist of The Get Down
• Ezekiel Jones, a main character on the television series The Librarians , portrayed by John Harlan Kim
• Ezekiel “Easy” Boudreau, lawyer and one of the main characters in the television series Proven Innocent , portrayed by Russell Hornsby
• Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes, main character in the television series Mayans M.C. , portrayed by J. D. Pardo
• Ezekiel Pedrad, "Zeke" character in book series "Divergent"
• Ezekiel Abaddon "the Despoiler", Warmaster of Chaos in Warhammer 40,000
• Ezekiel is a character who only appears once in the adult animation series Aqua Teen Hunger Force

See also

• Ezekiel (disambiguation)
• Hezekiah ("YHWH" version of the name)
• Yehezkel (name)