Gideon: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced GID-ee-uhn · 3 syllables

Gideon means “feller; hewer”, from Hebrew.

Borrowed from Hebrew (gid'on, “Gideon”) ("feller", "hewer", "mighty warrior").

How popular is Gideon?

Gideon was the #337 name in the US in 2025, given to 993 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Gideon in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Gideon are older than 25; most are between 18 and 62. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Gideon have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Gideon means “feller; hewer”. It comes from Hebrew.

Gideon is pronounced GID-ee-uhn.

Gideon was the #337 name in the US in 2025, given to 993 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Gideon are older than 25. Most are between 18 and 62.