Skip to main content

Updated July 4, 2024

Table of contents

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Hebrew : Warrior

Boy name variations

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).

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe