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    Usher

    USH-er

    English
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Doorkeeper; One who guides
    Origin
    English
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Usher does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Doorkeeper; One who guides", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Usher.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Usher keeps the door of God's house — choosing the threshold over wickedness, receiving grace and glory, the doorkeeper who walks uprightly.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Psalm 84:10

      "I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness."

    • Psalm 84:11

      "For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly."

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