Zipporah

Where Zipporah comes from

From Biblical Hebrew צִפֹּרָה (ṣippōrā), a feminization of ציפור / צִפֹּר (ṣippōr, “bird”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Zipporah
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,979 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2018
    Peak, #2,179
    86 babies named Zipporah — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes

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