Gideon (name)
Masculine given name
Gideon Pronunciation ˈ Gender Male Language(s) Hebrew, English, French Name day 26 September (Croatia ) Word/name Biblical military leader and judge Gideon Meaning Hewer, feller, One who has a stump in place of a hand, See also Gideon (Bible)Popularity see popular names
Gideon (Hebrew : גדעון) is a masculine given name and surname of Hebrew origin which translates to "feller" or "hewer" (i.e. 'great warrior') in Hebrew.[ 1] [ 2] Gideon , who impressed Calvinist groups like English Puritans and French Huguenots with his martial skill and utility. They then adopted it as a Christian name. The given name was first used in the 16th century when it became common to use 'Old Testament'-derived names.[ 3] [citation needed
The first name started gaining use in the United States in the 1880s and was one of the rarer given names of the late 19th and 20th century. In recent years it has fluctuated in popularity with 1,016 newborns given this name in 2019.[citation needed The name Gideon is the 308th most common name among U.S. social security statistics as of 2018.[ 4]
People with the given name
Gideon Acland (1777–1819), English merchantGideon Acquah (born 2000), Ghanaian footballerGideon Adams (1755–1834), Canadian farmer, soldier, and politicianGideon Adlon (born 1997), American actressGideon Aigbefoh (born 1990), Nigerian weightlifterGideon Winans Allen (1835–1912), American politicianGideon Amichay (born 1963), Israeli advertising executive, marketer, and authorGideon Ariel (born 1939), Israeli Olympic competitor in the shot put and discus throwGideon Asante (born 1992), Ghanaian footballerGideon Baah (born 1991), Ghanaian football coach and playerGideon Babalola (born 1994), Nigerian badminton playerGideon D. Bailey (1819–1879), Canadian farmer and politicianGideon Barstow (1783–1852), American politicianGideon Ben-Yisrael (1923–2014), Israeli politicianGideon Bickel (born 1944), Israeli businessmanGideon Biwott (born 1964), Kenyan athleteGideon Blackburn (1772–1838), American Presbyterian clergyman and educatorGideon Boateng (born 1991), Ghanaian footballerGideon Louis Boissevain (1870–1924), American businessman and hotelierGideon Bok (born 1966), American painterGideon Brecher (1797–1873), Austrian writer and physicianGideon Brooke (c. 1814–1881), American politician and businessmanGideon Buthelezi (born 1986), South African boxerGideon Byamugisha (born 1959), Ugandan priest and activistGideon D. Camden (1805–1891), American lawyer, judge, and politicianGideon J. Carpenter (1823–1910), American politicianGideon S. Case (1847–1931), American soldier and politicianGideon Asimulike Cheyo (born 1939), Tanzanian politicianGideon Chirchir (born 1966), Kenyan athleteGideon Coe (born 1967), British radio DJGideon Cohen , Israeli footballer and managerGideon Comstock (1709–1801), American politician and judgeGideon Conn (born 1980), English singer-songwriterGideon Cornell (1710–1766), American farmer, merchant, and judgeGideon Davies (born 1964), British biochemistGideon Defoe (born 1975), British writerGideon Jacques Denny (1830–1886), American marine artistGideon Doone , Micronesian politicianGideon Dreyfuss , American biochemistGideon Ebijitimi (born 1981), Nigerian-born Romanian footballerGideon Eilat (1924–2015), Israeli soldierGideon Eliot (1664–1713), Scottish surgeonGideon Elliott (1828–1869), Australian cricketerGideon Emery (born 1972), English actor, jazz musician, and voice actorGideon Ericsson (1871–1936), Swedish sport shooterGideon Ezra (1937–2012), Israeli politicianGideon Fisher (born 1965), Israeli lawyerGideon Freudmann , American cellistGideon Gadot (1941–2012), Israeli journalist and politicianGideon Gardner (1759–1832), American politicianGideon Gartner (1935–2020), Israeli entrepreneur and philanthropistGideon Gathimba (born 1980), Kenyan runnerGideon Gechtman (1942–2008), Israeli artist and sculptorGideon Gela-Mosby (born 1996), Australian rugby league footballerGideon Gibson Jr. (1721–1792), American slaveholder and RegulatorGideon Githiga , Kenyan Anglican bishopGideon Glick (born 1988), American actorGideon Gono (born 1959), Zimbabwean bankerGideon Gorrequer (c. 1780–1841), Anglo-French soldierGideon Greif (born 1951), Israeli historianGideon Gross , Israeli immunologist, inventor, and farmerGideon Lucas Gwani , Nigerian politicianGideon Haigh (born 1965), Australian sports journalistGideon Hard (1797–1885), American lawyer and politicianGideon Harvey (1630s–1700s), Dutch-English physicianGideon Hausner (1915–1990), Israeli jurist and politicianGideon Hawley (1727–1807), American missionaryGideon Henderson (born 1968), British geochemistGideon Hiram Hollister (1817–1881), American politician, diplomat, and authorGideon Hixon (1826–1892), American businessman and politicianGideon Holgate (1839–1895), English cricketerGideon Hudson (born 1944), English cricketerGideon Iitula (c. 1887–1971), Namibian Lutheran pastorGideon Ireri , Kenyan Anglican bishopGideon S. Ives (1846–1927), American politicianGideon Jablonka (born 1977), Israeli sprinterGideon Joubert (1923–2010), South African writer and journalistGideon Jung (born 1994), German footballerGideon Khobane (born 1977), South African businessmanGideon King , American musician and businessmanGideon Gee-Bum Kim (born 1964), Korean-Canadian classical musicianGideon G. King (c. 1820–1860s), American politicianGideon Kipketer , Kenyan runnerGideon Klein (1919–1945), Czechoslovakian pianist and composerGideon Kleinman (born 1955), Israeli footballerGideon Kliger (born 1980), Israeli Olympic sailorGideon Koegelenberg (born 1994), South African rugby union playerGideon Koren (born 1947), Israeli-Canadian physician and musicianGideon Kouoru , Papua New Guinean rugby league footballerGideon Obeng Kyeremeh (born 2003), Ghanaian footballerGideon Kailipalaki Laanui (1840–1871), Hawaiian royalGideon Peleioholani Laanui (1797–1849), Hawaiian chief and royalGideon Gee-Bum Kim (born 1964), Korean-Canadian composerGideon Lang (1819–1880), Australian pastoralist and politicianGideon Lee (1778–1841), American politicianGideon Lester (born 1972), British artistic directorGideon Levy (born 1953), Israeli journalist and authorGideon Levy (Dutch journalist) (born 1969), Dutch journalist and filmmakerGideon Lichfield (born 1971), British journalistGideon Lincecum (1793–1874), American pioneer, historian, and naturalistGideon E. Livingston (1927–2000), American food scientistGideon London (1961–2010), British artistGideon Louw (born 1987), South African swimmerGideon Macon (c. 1648–1702), early American settler and politicianGideon Mantell (1790–1852), English geologistGideon J. Mellenbergh (1938–2021), Dutch psychologistGideon Mensah (disambiguation) , various peopleGideon Meir (1947–2021), Israeli diplomatGideon Meitlis (1941–2001), Israeli footballerGideon Mendel (born 1959), South African photographerGideon Mer (1894–1961), Israeli scientistGideon Moi (born 1963), Kenyan politicianGideon C. Moody (1832–1904), American attorney and politicianGideon Morris (1745–1798), American settler and pioneerGideon Mthembu (born 1963), Swazi runner and sports officialGideon Mung'aro , Kenyan politicianGideon Murray (died 1621), Scottish courtier and landownerGideon Mwiti (born 1960), Kenyan politicianGideon Ndambuki (born 1947), Kenyan politicianGideon Ellis Newman (1823–1911), American politicianGideon Nieuwoudt (1951–2005), South African security policemanGideon Nkojo (1936–2020), Ugandan economistGideon Njoku (1940s–2011), Nigerian footballer and football coachGideon Nxumalo (1929–1970), South African musicianGideon Nye (1812–1888), American diplomat, art collector, writer, and merchantGideon Obarzanek (born 1966), Australian choreographer, director, and performing arts curatorGideon Obhakhan , Nigerian politicianGideon Ochieng (born 1967), Kenyan football coach and former playerGideon Ofrat (born 1945), Israeli art historian, curator and criticGideon Okeke , Nigerian actorGideon Olanrewaju (born 1993), Nigerian social entrepreneurGideon Olin (1743–1823), American politicianGideon Oliphant-Murray (1877–1951), Scottish colonial administrator, politician, and noblemanGideon Omokirio (born 1976), Solomon Islands football coach and playerGideon Orkar (1952–1990), Nigerian military officer and coup participantGeorge Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 1971), British Conservative politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 2010–2016, newspaper editor and investment bankerGideon Ouseley (1762–1839), Anglo-Irish Methodist missionaryGideon Patt (1933–2020), Israeli politicianGideon Peters , South African cricketerGideon Johnson Pillow (1806–1878), American lawyer and generalGideon Hollister Pond (1810–1878), American Presbyterian missionary, clergyman, and territorial legislatorGideon Putnam (1763–1812), American miller, entrepreneur, and city founderGideon Quarcoo , Ghanaian politicianGideon Rachman (born 1963), British journalistGideon Rafael (1913–1999), Israeli diplomatGideon Raff (born 1972), Israeli film and television director, screenwriter, and writerGideon Ray (born 1973), American mixed martial artistGideon Remez (born 1946), Israeli journalistGideon Reynolds (1813–1896), American politicianGideon Robertson (1874–1933), Canadian politicianGideon Rodan (1934–2006), American biochemistGideon Rose (born 1964), American academic and magazine editorGideon Rosen (born 1962), American philosopherGideon Frank Rothwell (1836–1894), American politicianGideon Rubin (born 1973), Israeli artistGideon Sagi (born 1939), Israeli politicianGideon Samson (born 1985), Dutch children's writerGideon Sani (born 1990), Nigerian footballerGideon Schechtman (born 1947), Israeli mathematicianGideon Scheepers (1878–1902), South African military leaderGideon Schocken (1919–1981), Israeli generalGideon Daniel Searle (1846–1917), American pharmacist and businessmanGideon Shryock (1802–1880), American architectGideon Singer (1926–2015), Israeli actor and singerGideon Lane Soule (1796–1879), American educatorGideon Smith (1889–1968), American football player and coachGideon Smith, of Gideon Smith & the Dixie Damned , American rock musician
Gideon Spiro (born 1935), Israeli journalist and left-wing activistGideon Ståhlberg (1908–1967), Swedish chess playerGideon Stein (born 1971), American entrepreneur and philanthropistGideon Striker (c. 1825–1886), Canadian businessman and politicianGideon Sundback (1880–1954), Swedish-American electrical engineerGid Tanner (1885–1960), American fiddlerGideon Telpaz (1936–2017), Israeli authorGideon W. Thompson (1823–1902), American Civil War officerGideon Tinsley (1927–2022), American politicianGideon Tish (born 1939), Israeli footballerGideon Tomaschoff (born c. 1956), Israeli-Canadian painterGideon Tomlinson (1780–1854), American politicianGideon Toury (1942–2016), Israeli translation scholarGideon Trotter (born 1992), South African sprinterGideon J. Tucker (1826–1899), American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politicianGideon van der Merwe (born 1995), South African rugby union playerGideon van Meijeren (born 1988), Dutch politician and civil servantGideon van Wyk (born 2001), South African rugby union playerGideon van Zyl (born 1989), South African judokaGideon Brand van Zyl (1873–1956), South African politicianGideon Wahlberg (1890–1948), Swedish actor, screenwriter, director, and theater managerGideon Waja (born 1996), Ghanaian footballerGideon Wanton (1693–1767), American politicianGideon Watts , South African rugby league footballerGideon V. Way (born 1984), Indonesian footballerGideon A. Weed (1833–1905), American politician and physicianGideon Welles (1802–1878), United States Secretary of the NavyGideon Were (1934–1995), Kenyan historianGideon White (1753–1833), American military officer and Canadian politicianGideon O. Whittemore (1800–1863), American lawyer and politicianGideon B. Williamson (1898–1981), American Nazarene minister and college presidentGideon Wrampling (born 2001), New Zealand rugby union playerGideon Yago (born 1978), American writer and news correspondentGideon Yego (born 1965), Kenyan athlete
People with the surname
Alexis Gideon (born 1980), American visual artist, director, composer, and performerBlake Gideon (born 1989), American football coach and former playerBrett Gideon (born 1963), American baseball playerClarence Earl Gideon (1910–1972), prisoner who brought Gideon v. Wainwright to the Supreme CourtElmo Gideon (1924–2010), American artist known for the Gideon Holocaust CollectionJim Gideon (born 1953), American baseball playerJo Gideon (born 1952), British politicianLlewella Gideon (born 1967), British actress, comedian, and writerLouan Gideon (1955–2014), American actressMarcus Fernaldi Gideon (born 1991), Indonesian badminton playerMary Gideon (born 1989), Nigerian badminton playerMelville Gideon (1884–1933), American ragtime composer, lyricist, and performerMiriam Gideon (1906–1996), American composerRon Gideon (born 1964), American baseball coachSampson Gideon (1699–1762), British banker and philanthropistSamuel E. Gideon (1875–1945), American architect and architectural historianSara Gideon (born 1971), American politicianSherrod Gideon (born 1977), American football playerWes Gideon (born 1937), Canadian football playerWilhelm Gideon (1898–1977), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant
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