Forename Gedeon

Around the world, Gedeon (Gideon , Gedeon , Гедеон ) is a widespread primarily boy's, but scarcely girly forename. The first name Gedeon is characteristic of Israel, where it is quite a common male name, Ghana, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ghana. Also, Gedeon is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Gedeon is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Gedeon

name جدعون, name Гедеон, name Gedeoñ, name Gedeone, name Gédéon, name Gideon, name Gedèon, name Gedeon, name Gidon, name Gèdèon, name Гидеон, name Gedeòn, name גדעון, name Gedeón, name Gèdeon, name Gedéon, name Gédeon

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Gideon	Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria
Gedeon	Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria
Гедеон	Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan
Gedeón	Chile, Peru, Colombia, Spain

First names said to be same

Gedeone, Gedeoñ, Gedeòn, Gedèon, Gedéon, Gidon, Gèdeon, Gèdèon, Gédeon, Gédéon, Гидеон, גדעון, and جدعون

First name Gedeon in the context

Gedeon is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gideon , the personality in the Biblical book of Judges; Gideon Fell , the Fictional English amateur detective; Gideon , the fictional cat from Disney's Pinocchio; Gideon Malick , the fictional character from 2012 film 'The Avengers' and Gideon McDuck , the brother of Scrooge McDuck, and in many other works.

Notable namesakes

	gedeon van der gracht Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1480)
	gedeon stricker (1549-1616), CH (b. 1549)
	gedeon sarasin (1573-1636), CH (b. 1573)
	gedeon sigwart (b. 1589)
	gedeon rajecki (b. 1589)
	gedeon morris (b. 1610)
	gedeon woyna-orański Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1652)
	gedeon michał frąckiewicz radzimiński (b. 1650)
	ráday gedeon writer (1713-1792), HU (b. 1713)
	gedeon romandon court painter in Brandenburg (1667-1697), FR (b. 1667)
	gedeon jeleński (b. 1712)
	gedeon horbacki (b. 1724)
	ráday gedeon HU (b. 1745)
	ráday gedeon Hungarian politician (1806-1873), HU (b. 1806)
	tanárky gedeon Hungarian politician (1815-1887), HU (b. 1815)

Characteristic surnames

Cruz, Junior, Vieira, Flores, Yakubu, Martins, Moreira, Santana, Almeida, Andrade, Cardoso, Barbosa, Batista, Pereira, Ribeiro, Freitas, Medeiros, Carvalho, Ferreira, Oliveira, Rodrigues, Goncalves, Garcia, Campos, Castro, Araujo, Rosa, Reis, Dias, Lima, Neto, Silva, Sousa, Souza, Alves, Costa, Fernandes, Brito, Ramos, Rocha, Gomes, Lopes, Jesus, Filho, Morais, Mendes, Santos, Soares, Pinto, and Nascimento