Ezra \e-zra, ez-ra\ as a boy's name is pronounced AIRZ-rah. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Ezra is "helper". Biblical: a fifth century BC Jewish priest, scholar, copyist, and historian who wrote the two Chronicles and the Book of Ezra and began the compiling and cataloguing of the Old Testament. Poet Ezra Pound.
Ezra has 7 variant forms: Azariah, Azur, Esdras, Esra, Ezer, Ezrah and Ezri.