Ebenezer (first name)
Ebenezer is a male name .
Origin and meaning
The name is of biblical origin ( 1 Sam 7,12 EU ). It means stone of help .
variants
The short form Eben exists in English .
Well-known namesake
- Ebenezer Afriyie Acquah (* 1992), Ghanaian soccer player
- Ebenezer Ako-Adjei (1916–2002), Ghanaian politician, lawyer, publisher and journalist
- Ebenezer Bryce (1830–1913), namesake of Bryce Canyon
- Ebenezer M. Chamberlain (1805–1861), American politician
- Ebenezer Cook (around 1667, † around 1732), English poet
- Ebenezer Cunningham (1881–1977), British mathematician and theoretical physicist
- Ebenezer Sumner Draper (1858–1914), American politician
- Ebenezer Dumont (1814–1871), American politician
- Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849), English poet
- Ebenezer Elmer (1752–1843), American politician
- Ebenezer Emmons (1799–1863), American geologist
- Ebenezer B. Finley (1833-1916), American politician
- Ebenezer Grant (1882–1961), English football player
- Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (1820–1910), American politician
- Ebenezer Hazard (1744–1817), third Postmaster General of the United States
- Ebenezer Herrick (1785–1839), American politician
- Ebenezer J. Hill (1845-1917), American politician
- Ebenezer R. Hoar (1816–1895), American lawyer, politician and Attorney General
- Ebenezer Howard (1850–1928), inventor of the garden city
- Ebenezer Huntington (1754–1834), American politician
- Ebenezer Jackson (1796–1874), American politician
- Ebenezer Kinnersley (1711–1778), British researcher and professor
- Ebenezer Knowlton (1815–1874), American politician
- Ebenezer Mattoon (1755–1843), American politician
- Ebenezer McJunkin (1819–1907), American politician
- Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831-1924), British athlete and sports official, founder of the Football Association
- Ebenezer F. Norton (1774-1851), American politician
- Ebenezer Obey (* 1942), Nigerian musician and evangelist
- Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (1834-1924), American politician
- Ebenezer J. Penniman (1804–1890), American politician
- Ebenezer Pettigrew (1783–1848), American politician
- Ebenezer Sage (1755–1834), American doctor and politician
- Ebenezer Seaver (1763-1844), American politician
- Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi-Hughes (* 1939), Ghanaian politician and lawyer
- Ebenezer J. Shields (1778–1846), American politician
- Ebenezer Stoddard (1785–1847), American politician
- Ebenezer Syme (1826-1860), Scottish-Australian journalist
- Ebenezer Young (1783-1851), American politician
- Ebenezer Zane (1747–1811), American pioneer, road builder and property speculator
- Jean-Louis-Ebenezer Reynier (1771-1814), French general
Fictional people
- Ebenezer Scrooge, character in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens