Yedidia, Yedidya, Yedidiah, etc. ( he, יְדִידְיָה) is both a given name and a surname, a variant of

Jedediah Jedediah ( he, יְדִידְיָה) or Jedidiah is a Hebrew male given name, which is derived from the name ''Yedidyah'', meaning "beloved of Jah". In the Hebrew Bible, Jedidiah (''Jeddedi'' in Brenton's Septuagint Translation) was the second or ...

. *The Hebrew name of the Hellenistic Jewish philosopher

Philo Philo of Alexandria (; grc, Φίλων, Phílōn; he, יְדִידְיָה, Yəḏīḏyāh (Jedediah); ), also called Philo Judaeus, was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt. Philo's deplo ...

of Alexandria * Yedidia Be'eri (1931–2004), Israeli politician *

Yedidia Shofet Yedidia Shofet (also spelled ''Shophet'', and often referred to as Hakham Yedidia; November 14, 1908 – June 24, 2005) was the former Chief Rabbi of Iran and the worldwide spiritual leader of Persian Jewry. Early life Yedidia Shofet was bor ...

(1908–2005), Iranian rabbi * Yedidya Ya'ari (born 1947) Former commander of the Israeli Navy *Yedidya Eisenshtat, Israeli architect, author of the Anzac Memorial (Israel)

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