Entry № 5413 · Hebrew origin

Keturah Keturah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ keh-TOO-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Incense, fragrance"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "incense, fragrance".

Keturah (קְטוּרָה) comes from the Hebrew qetoreth, meaning "incense" or "fragrance." In the Book of Genesis, Keturah was Abraham's second wife after Sarah's death.

Keturah is widely used in religious Jewish and Christian families.

Incense. Abraham's second wife.

The name in its native script.

קְטוּרָה
Transliteration
Qĕṭūrāh
Pronunciation
/ kəˈtuː.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Keturah stands.

Keturah 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.

Keturahs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Keturah
Wife of Abraham in Genesis.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Keturah.

The number behind Keturah.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Keturah reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.