Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Gideon

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GIDEON

GENDER: Masculine

USAGE: Biblical, English, Hebrew

OTHER SCRIPTS: גִּדְעוֹן (Hebrew)

PRONOUNCED: GID-ee-ən (English) [key]

Meaning & History

Means "feller" or "hewer" in Hebrew. Gideon was a hero of the Old Testament who led the Israelites against the Midianites. In the English-speaking world, Gideon has been used as a given name since the Protestant Reformation, and it was popular among the Puritans.

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