Meaning & Origin
A biblical character, the last king of Judah before the destruction of the kingdom by Babylon.
Zedekiah is a boy's baby name of Hebrew origin, from the Hebrew Tzidkiyahu, meaning 'God is righteous' or 'Yahweh is righteousness,' combining tzedek (justice, righteousness) and Yah (God). Zedekiah was the last king of Judah before the Babylonian exile.
Zedekiah's tragic reign — he was captured, witnessed his sons' execution, then was blinded and taken to Babylon — makes his name one of profound historical weight. As a given name, the meaning 'God is righteous' is beautiful and the biblical association is powerful. It belongs to the family of rare, grand Old Testament names that parents seeking something genuinely uncommon are discovering.