Updated February 1, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : Warrior

Boy name variations

Mordechai

Mordechai

- 3% this year
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Mort

Mort

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Mordy

Mordy

- 33% this year
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Morty

Morty

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How Popular Is The Name Mordecai

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish : from a Hebrew Biblical personal name, etymologically related to that of the Babylonian god Marduk. Mordecai was the name of a captive Jew in the palace of the Persian king Ahasuerus; he was guardian to his orphaned cousin Esther, who became Ahasuerus’s queen and saved the Jews in his kingdom from threatened destruction (as recorded in the Old Testament Book of Esther).
  • Welsh : from the Biblical personal name (see 1).