Mordecai
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning worshipper of Marduk; dedicated to the god.
Mordecai by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Mordecai. In the US, 64 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 68 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mordecai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mordechaiwarrior or follower of Marduk191 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Mordecai, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Mordecai
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