At a Glance
- Meaning
- Embrace (a less common alternate theory traces it to an Akkadian word for a garden herb)
- Origin
- Hebrew (biblical)
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- huh-BAK-uk
Habakkuk is a Hebrew (biblical) boy's name meaning “embrace (a less common alternate theory traces it to an Akkadian word for a garden herb)”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Habakkuk
Meaning: Embrace (a less common alternate theory traces it to an Akkadian word for a garden herb).
Origin: Hebrew (biblical).
A common claim: Embrace / wrestle Actually: Habakkuk means 'embrace' (a less common theory traces it to an Akkadian word for a garden herb) — not 'wrestle.'
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Habakkuk
huh-BAK-ukIPA /həˈbækək/
Popularity of Habakkuk
Habakkuk doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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