Jedediah

For the band, see Jebediah.

Jedidiah
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	beloved of the Lord, friend of God
Other names
Related names	Jed, Jedd, Jeddy, Jededish, Jedi

Jedediah (Hebrew: יְדִידְיָה‎) or Jedidiah is a Hebrew male given name, which is derived from the name Yedidyah, meaning "friend/beloved of God". In the Hebrew Bible, Jedidiah was the "blessing" name given by God, through the prophet Nathan, in infancy to Solomon, King David's second son by Bathsheba. The name may refer to:

People

• Jedediah Berry (born 1977), American writer
• Jedediah Bila (born 1979), American writer and commentator
• Jedediah Buxton (1707–1772), English mathematician
• Jedediah Slason Carvell (1832–1894), Canadian businessman and politician
• Jedediah Dupree (born 1979), American fencer and fencing coach
• Jedediah Foster (1726–1779), American judge
• Jedediah M. Grant (1816–1856), American religious leader
• Jedediah Herrick (1780–1847), American general
• Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828–1899), American educator and topographer
• Jedediah Huntington (1743–1818), American general
• Jedediah Vincent Huntington (1815–1862), American clergyman and novelist
• Jedidiah Morse (1761–1826), American geographer
• Jedidiah Norzi (1560–1626), Italian rabbi
• Jedediah Peck (1748–1821), American politician
• Jedediah Purdy (born 1974), American law professor and writer
• Jedediah Smith (1799–1831), American trader and explorer
• Jedediah K. Smith (1770–1828), American politician
• Jedidiah Strutt (1726–1797), English inventor

Fiction

• Jebediah Guthrie, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe.
• Jebediah Kerman, fictional character in the computer game Kerbal Space Program
• Jedediah Leland, fictional character played by Joseph Cotten in the film Citizen Kane.
• Jebediah Springfield, fictional character and town founder in the television series The Simpsons

See also

• Jed (given name)