Yedidyah

יְדִידְיָה

• Gender: Male
• Origin: Biblical / Rabbinic Hebrew
• Meaning: beloved of God

• When King Solomon was born, the prophet Nathan arrived with a special name from God: Yedidyah, meaning "beloved of God." It was a divine seal of affection for the child who would grow up to build the First Temple in Jerusalem and become legendary for his wisdom. Few names in the Hebrew Bible carry such a direct and personal endorsement from above.

  Grand and four-syllabled, Yedidyah feels both ancient and surprisingly wearable. It comes with the ready-made nickname Yedi, which has a warm and playful energy all its own. A name that literally means God's beloved, spoken at Solomon's birth — that is a story worth telling at every birthday party.

• Alternate Spellings: Yedidiah, Yedidya, Yedidia
• English Equivalent:
  Jed
• Potential Sibling Name:
  Tzipora
  ,
  Elisheva
  ,
  Ovadiah
  ,
  Nachum
• Theme: God