Entry № 6702 · Hebrew origin

Mehetabel Mehetabel — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ meh-HET-ah-bel /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"God benefits (Edomite princess)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "god benefits (edomite princess)".

Mehetabel (מְהֵיטַבְאֵל) is the Hebrew name meaning "God benefits" or "God does good." In Genesis 36:39, Mehetabel was the wife of Hadar, king of Edom — one of the few named queens in the Edomite royal line.

Mehetabel is rare but iconic in biblical scholarship.

God benefits. The Edomite queen.

The name in its native script.

מְהֵיטַבְאֵל
Transliteration
Məhêṭaḇʾēl
Pronunciation
/ məˈhɛt.ə.bɛl /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mehetabel stands.

Mehetabel 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.

Mehetabels before her.

Real people
Mehetabel
Edomite queen in Genesis 36.
In fiction
Mehitabel
Cat in Don Marquis's archy and mehitabel.
1927

Names connected to Mehetabel.

The number behind Mehetabel.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mehetabel reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.