Gideon

Gender Masculine
Scripts גִּדְעוֹן (Hebrew)
Pronounced Pron. /ɡid.ˈʔon/ (Hebrew) /ˈɡɪd.i.ən/ (English) /ˈɣi.deː.ˌɔn/ (Dutch) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

From the Hebrew name גִּדְעוֹן (Giḏʿon) meaning "feller, hewer", derived from גָּדַע (gaḏaʿ) meaning "to cut, to hew" [1] . Gideon is a hero and judge of the Old Testament. He led the vastly outnumbered Israelites against the Midianites, defeated them, and killed their two kings. In the English-speaking world, Gideon has been used as a given name since the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular among the Puritans.

Related Names

VariantGidon (Hebrew)
Other Languages & CulturesGedeon (Biblical Greek) Gid'on (Biblical Hebrew) Gedeon (Biblical Latin)
User SubmissionsGídeon, Gidéon

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Name Days

Austria: October 2
Croatia: September 26
  1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h1438, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h1438.

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