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Boy name Hebrew origin Jewish tradition

Mordechai

mor-deh-KHAI · 9 letters · 4 syllables
What it means
warrior; servant of Marduk
Language
Hebrew
Culture
Jewish/Hebrew
Religion
Jewish
Style era
timeless
Themes
religious · biblical
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#966
2024 births233
Peak year2018
First appeared1950
Total US births6,578
2018 peak19501969198720062024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Mordy
Alternate spellings
MordecaiMordkhe
In other languages
Mordechai (Hebrew)Mordecai (English)

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