Entry № 0982 · Hurrian origin

Hebat Hebat — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HEH-baht /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hurrian
Meaning
"Hurrian-Hittite mother-goddess (queen of heaven)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Hurrian)

A name that means "hurrian-hittite mother-goddess (queen of heaven)".

Hebat was the **Hurrian-Hittite sun-goddess and queen of heaven** — wife of the storm-god Teshub. **The principal goddess of the Hittite state pantheon**, depicted standing on her sacred lion. **Puduhepa called herself "servant of Hebat"** and Hebat appears prominently in the great rock-cut sanctuary of Yazılıkaya outside Hattusa. **Possibly the etymological ancestor of the name Eve via Hurrian-Aramaic transmission.**

Featured at the Yazılıkaya rock sanctuary and in Hittite cuneiform tablets.

Hurrian-Hittite queen of heaven. Standing on her lion at the Yazılıkaya sanctuary.

The name in its native script.

𒀭𒃶𒁁𒀜
Transliteration
Ḫebat
Pronunciation
/ ˈhɛ.bɑːt /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hebat stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Hebat · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Hebats before her.

Real people
Hebat
Hurrian-Hittite goddess.
In fiction
Hebat
Yazılıkaya sanctuary.

Names connected to Hebat.

The number behind Hebat.

8

The Authority

Hebat reduces to eight — the number of Hittite queen of heaven.

Why families chose this name.

"Hittite queen of heaven. Five letters. Hebat."
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