Kalmar nan “Ezechiel” wataƙila mabanbantan rubutun sunan “Ezekiel” ne, wanda sunan Ibrananci ne ma’ana “Allah yana ƙarfafawa” ko kuma “Allah ya ƙarfafa shi”. An samo sunan daga kalmomin Ibrananci "yehezqel" (יְחֶזְקֵאל), wanda ya haɗu da "yehez" (יְחֶז), ma'ana "zai ƙarfafa," da "el" (אֵל), ma'ana "Allah." Ezekiel kuma sunan babban annabi ne a cikin Tsohon Alkawari na Littafi Mai-Tsarki, wanda aka sani da wahayinsa na annabci da saƙon hukunci da maidowa ga mutanen Isra'ila.