Jewish: from the Hebrew personal name Ezra, meaning
‘help’. Ezra was a Biblical prophet of the 5th century bc who
played an important role in the rebuilding of Jerusalem after the
Babylonian exile.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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