Zephaniah

Where Zephaniah comes from

From Hebrew צְפַנְיָה (ts'fanyá).
— Wiktionary's entry for Zephaniah
  • Hebrew
  • 4 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1972
    First appearance
    #3,963 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2019
    Peak, #1,136
    171 babies named Zephaniah — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.