Gender Masculine
Scripts מָרְדֳּכַי, מָרְדְּכַי(Hebrew)
Meaning & History
Means "servant of Marduk" in Persian. In the Old Testament Mordecai is the cousin and foster father of Esther. He thwarted a plot to kill the Persian king, though he made an enemy of the king's chief advisor Haman.
Related Names
VariantMordechai(Hebrew)
Other Languages & CulturesMardochée(Biblical French) Mardochaios(Biblical Greek) Mordokhay(Biblical Hebrew) Mardocheus(Biblical Latin) Mardoqueo(Biblical Spanish) Mardochée(French) Mardoqueo(Spanish) Motel, Motke(Yiddish)