Entry № 1032 · Hebrew origin

Athaliah Athaliah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ath-ah-LIE-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"God is exalted"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "god is exalted".

Athaliah (עֲתַלְיָה) is a Hebrew name meaning "God is exalted." In the Hebrew Bible, Athaliah was the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel who became queen of Judah and reigned for six years (2 Kings 11) — the only woman to rule Judah in her own right.

Athaliah is rare but distinctive.

God is exalted. The only queen-regnant of Judah.

The name in its native script.

עֲתַלְיָה
Transliteration
ʿĂṯalyāh
Pronunciation
/ ˌæ.θəˈlaɪ.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Athaliah stands.

Athaliah does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Athaliahs before her.

Real people
Athaliah
Common in religious Jewish families.
In fiction
Athaliah
Queen of Judah in 2 Kings.
Hebrew Bible
Athalie
Heroine of Racine's tragedy Athalie.
1691 play

Names connected to Athaliah.

The number behind Athaliah.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Athaliah reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.