Ebenezer (given name)

Ebenezer, less commonly spelled Ebenezar, is a male given name of Hebrew origin meaning "stone of the help" (derived from the phrase Even ha-Ezer). The name is sometimes abbreviated as Eben. Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol has given the name a negative connotation.

List of people with the given name Ebenezer

• Ebenezer Adam (1919–2011), Ghanaian teacher and politician
• Ebenezer Adams (1765–1841), American educator
• Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo, Ghanaian politician
• Ebenezer Addy (born 1940), Ghanaian sociologist and former sprinter
• Ebenezer Ackon (born 1996), Ghanaian footballer
• Ebenezer Ako-Adjei (1916–2002), Ghanaian politician
• Ebenezer Ato Ayirebi-Acquah (fl.1993–1997), Ghanaian politician
• Ebenezer Akinsanmiro (born 2004), Nigerian footballer
• Ebenezer Akuete (born 1935), Ghanaian diplomat and economist
• Ebenezer Akwanga (born 1970), Ambazonian independence activist
• Ebenezer Alden (1788–1881), American medical biographer and physician
• Ebenezer Allen (Vermont politician) (1743–1806), American patriot
• Ebenezer Allen (Texas politician) (1804–1863), American politician
• Eben Allen (1868–1931), Australian businessman and politician
• Ebenezer Assifuah (born 1993), Ghanaian footballer
• Ebenezer Theophilus Odartei Ayeh (born 1920), Ghanaian politician
• Ebenezer Thompson Baird (1821–1887), American minister
• Ebenezer Baldwin (1745–1776), American religious leader
• E.T. Barnette (1863–1933), American swindler
• Ebenezer Bassett (1833–1908), American ambassador
• Ebenezer Battelle (1754–1815), American politician and soldier
• Ebenezer Battle (fl.1779), American politician
• Ebenezer Bailey (1795–1839), American educator
• Ebenezer Beesley (1840–1906), writer and composer of Mormon religious music
• Ebenezer Blakely (1806–1889), American lawyer and politician
• Ebenezer Bradbury (1793–1864), American politician
• Ebenezer N. Briggs (1801–1873), American lawyer and politician
• Ebenezer Brigham (1789–1861), American pioneer and politician
• Ebenezer Brown (c.1824–1883), English-Canadian merchant and politician
• Ebenezer Bryce (1830–1913), Mormon pioneer
• Ebenezer John Buchanan (1844–1930), South African journalist and politician
• Ebenezer Burgess (1790–1870), American minister
• Ebenezer Butterick (1826–1903), American tailor and inventor
• Eben Byers (1880–1932), Socialite, industrialist, athlete
• Ebenezer Calendar, (1912–1985), Sierra Leonean musician
• Ebenezer Child (1770–1886), American composer
• Ebenezer Childs (1797–1864), American pioneer and legislator
• Ebenezer Coker (died 1783), English silversmith
• Ebenezer Colls (1812–1887), English painter
• Ebenezer Cooke (disambiguation), several people
• Ebenezer Crafts (1740–1810), American businessman
• Ebenezer Cunningham (1881–1977), British mathematician
• Ebenezer Dadzie (born 1975), Ghanaian footballer
• Ebenezer Moses Debrah (1928–2023), Ghanaian diplomat
• Ebenezer Denny (1761–1822), American soldier and politician
• Ebenezer V. Dickey (1821–1857), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Ebenezer Dimieari (fl.1948–1960), Nigerian Anglican priest
• Ebenezer Doan (1772–1866), American-Canadian builder
• Ebenezer Donkor (1938–2016), Ghanaian actor
• Ebenezer P. Dorr (1817–1881), American merchant
• Ebenezer Dumont (1814–1871), American politician and general
• Ebby Edwards (1884–1961), English politician
• Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849), English poet
• Ebenezer Erskine (1680–1754), Scottish minister
• Ebenezer Ekuban (born 1976), American football player
• Ebenezer Elmer (1752–1843), American physician and politician
• Ebenezer Emmons (1799–1863), American geologist
• Eben Etzebeth (born 1991), South African rugby player
• Ebenezer Olatunde Farombi, Nigerian professor of biochemistry
• Ebenezer B. Finley (1833–1916), American Congressman
• Ebenezer Fitch (1756–1833), American Calvinist clergyman
• Ebenezer Fisher (fl.1785), American politician
• Ebenezer Fontes Braga (born 1969), Brazilian mixed martial artist
• Ebb Ford (1890–1974), British marine zoologist
• Ebenezer Forrest (fl.1774), English attorney
• Ebenezer Foster (fl.1783), English politician
• Ebenezer Fox (died 1886), English journalist
• Ebenezer Albert Fox (1857–1926), English poacher
• Ebenezer Ghansah (born 1959), British taekwondo practitioner
• Ebenezer Goddard (1816–1882), English engineer, businessman, and politician
• Ebenezer Grant (1882–1962), English footballer
• Ebenezer O. Grosvenor (1820–1910), American politician
• Ebenezer Hagan (born 1975), Ghanaian footballer
• Eben Hayes (1798–1881), American preacher and politician
• Ebenezer Hamlin (1844–1900), New Zealand politician
• Ebenezer Hazard (1744–1817), American businessman and publisher
• Ebenezer Henderson (1784–1858), Scottish minister and missionary
• Ebenezer Henderson (writer) (1809–1879), Scottish historian and writer
• Ebenezer Herrick (1785–1839), American politician
• Ebenezer J. Hill (1845–1917), American politician
• Ebenezer R. Hoar (1816–1895), American politician and lawyer
• Ebenezer Howard (1850–1928), British urbanist
• Ebenezer Kingsbury Hunt (1810–1889), American physician
• Ebenezer Kobina Fosu (born 1952), Ghanaian politician
• Ebenezer Huntington (1754–1834), American politician and soldier
• Ebenezer Jackson Jr. (1796–1874), American politician
• Ebenezer Johnson (1786–1849), American businessman and politician
• Ebenezer Alfred Johnson (1813–1891), American classical scholar
• Ebenezer Joshua (1908–1991), Vincentian politician
• Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860), English poet
• Ebenezer Kendell (1886–1966), Australian politician
• Ebenezer Kinnersley (1711–1778), English scientist, inventor, and lecturer
• Ebenezer Knowlton (1815–1784), American politician and minister
• Ebenezer Kojo Kum (born 1967), Ghanaian politician
• Ebenezer Laing (1931–2015), Ghanaian botanist and geneticist
• Ebenezer Landells (1808–1860), English wood-engraver, illustrator, and magazine proprietor
• Ebenezer Lane (1793–1866), American politician
• Ebenezer Learned (1728–1801), American soldier
• Ebenezer Lounsbery (c.1787–1868), American politician
• Ebenezer Mack (1791–1849), New York politician
• Ebenezer Mackintosh (1737–1816), American shoemaker and protester
• Ebenezer James MacRae (1881–1951), Scottish architect
• Ebenezer Maitland (1780–1858), English landowner and politician
• Ebenezer Magoffin (1817–1865), Confederate officer
• Ebenezer E. Mason (1829–1910), American farmer and magistrate
• Ebenezer Joseph Mather (1849–1927), English activist and writer
• Ebenezer Mattoon (1755–1843), American politician
• Ebenezer Cobb Morley (1831–1924), English sportsman
• Ebenezer Moseley (1813–1903), American-Canadian shipbuilder
• Ebby Nelson-Addy (born 1992), English footballer
• Ebenezer Norman (born 1981), Liberian philanthropist
• Ebenezer F. Norton (1774–1851), American politician
• Ebenezer Ntlali (born 1954), South African Anglican bishop
• Ebenezer Obey (born 1942), Nigerian pop musician
• Ebenezer Oduro Owusu (born 1960), Ghanaian entomologist
• Ebenezer Ofori (born 1995), Ghanaian footballer
• Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (1834–1924), American politician
• Ebenezer Parkes (1848–1919), English politician
• Ebenezer Peck (1805–1881), American attorney and politician
• Ebenezer W. Peirce (1822–1902), American soldier
• Ebenezer Pemberton (1746–1835), American educator
• Ebenezer Pemberton (minister) (1671–1717), colonial American clergyman
• Ebenezer J. Penniman (1804–1890), American politician
• Ebenezer Perry (1788–1876), Canadian merchant and politician
• Ebenezer Pettigrew (1783–1848), American politician
• Ebenezer Picken (1769–1816), Scottish poet
• Ebenezer Platt Rogers (1817–1881), American minister and author
• Ebenezer W. Poe (1846–1898), American politician
• Ebenezer Porter (1772–1834), American minister and writer
• Ebenezer Erskine Pressly (1808–1860), American theologian
• Ebenezer Prout (1835–1909), English musical theorist, writer, teacher, and composer
• Ebenezer Quartey (born 1934), Ghanaian sprinter
• Ebenezer Raynale (1804–1881), American physician and politician
• Ebenezer Rhodes (1762–1839), English topographer
• Ebenezer Russell (1747–1836), American politician
• Ebenezer Sandford (1848–1897), New Zealand politician
• Ebenezer Sage (1755–1834), American politician
• Ebenezer Seaver (1763–1844), American politician
• Ebenezer Seeley (1793–1866), American lawyer and politician
• Ebenezer Sekyi-Hughes (born 1939), Ghanaian politician
• Ebenezer J. Shields (1778–1846), American politician
• Ebenezer Shoobridge (1820–1901), Australian politician
• Ebenezer Sibly (1751–c.1799), English philosopher, astrologer, and writer
• Ebenezer Sunder Singh (born 1967), Indian-American visual artist
• Ebenezer Skellie (1842–1898), American soldier
• Ebenezer "Slick" Smith (1929–1997), American stock car racer
• Ebenezer Sproat (1752–1805), American soldier
• Ebenezer Stevens (1751–1823), American soldier and merchant
• Ebenezer Stoddard (1785–1847), American politician
• Ebenezer Syme (1825–1860), Scottish-Australian journalist
• Ebenezer Teichelmann (1859–1938), surgeon, mountaineer and photographer
• Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi] (born 1969), Ghanaian politician
• Ebenezer Thayer (1746–1809), American politician
• Ebenezer Thomas (1802–1863), Welsh teacher and poet
• Ebenezer Trotman (1809–1865), English architect
• Ebenezer Tucker (1758–1845), American politician
• Ebenezer Vickery (1827–1906), Australian businessman, pastoralist, and philanthropist
• Ebenezer Wake Cook (1843–1926), English painter
• Ebenezer Walden (1777–1857), American politician
• Ebenezer A. Warner (fl.1858–1862), American politician
• Ebenezer Ward (1837–1917), Australian politician and journalist
• Ebenezer Washburn (1756–1826), Canadian businessman and politician
• Ebenezer Webster (1739–1808), Father of Daniel Webster
• Ebenezer T. Wells (1835–1923), American jurist
• Ebenezer Whatley (1878–1933), English-Canadian farmer and politician
• Ebenezer Wilson (fl.1707–1710), American politician
• Ebenezer Young (1783–1851), American politician
• Ebenezer Zane (1747–1811), American pioneer

Fictional characters

• Ebenezer Scrooge, fictional character in Charles Dickens' 1843 novella A Christmas Carol. Scrooge is widely known in the English-speaking world as a cold-hearted miser who becomes redeemed after being visited by three ghosts on Christmas.
• Ebenezer Dorset, fictional character in O. Henry's 1907 story "The Ransom of Red Chief"
• Ebenezer Le Page, the chief protagonist and fictional author of The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G. B. Edwards
• Ebenezer Blackadder, Blackadder character from Victorian England, introduced in 1988
• Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, character in Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel Kidnapped
• Ebenezer Loomer (Ebby), one of the two villains (along with his brother Jacob) in the 19th Famous Five book by Enid Blyton, Five Go to Demon's Rocks
• Ebenezer T. Squint, puppet character in the TV series Pinwheel
• Ebenezar McCoy, character from The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher.
• Ebenezer, weird character in the Shamen song "Ebenezer Goode"
• Ebenezer Von Clutch, character from the video game Crash Bandicoot
• Ebenezer Lynxley, character from the 2025 animated film Zootopia 2.

See also

• Eben-Ezer – A place mentioned as the site of two battles in the Books of Samuel of the Old Testament
• "Ebeneezer Goode" – A 1992 song by The Shamen