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Zephaniah

Zephaniah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“the Lord has hidden”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
zef-uh-NYE-uh · 4 syllables
Used for
Boys (88% of all uses)

Biblical name from Hebrew Tsefanyah, traditionally interpreted as 'Yahweh has hidden' or 'protected.' Zephaniah is one of the Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible.

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How popular is Zephaniah?

202447.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Zephaniah in 2024157

2024 rank#1,338 boys

Peak year2019

Total US babies since 18803,710

Zephaniah has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Zephaniah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Noahrest; comfort · Hebrew
  • Jamessupplanter · Hebrew
  • Elijahmy God is Yahweh · Hebrew
  • JohnYahweh is gracious · Hebrew
  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Benjaminson of the right hand · Hebrew
  • Levijoined, attached · Hebrew
  • DanielGod is my judge · Hebrew

Zephaniah questions

What does the name Zephaniah mean?

Zephaniah means "the Lord has hidden". It comes from Hebrew. Biblical name from Hebrew Tsefanyah, traditionally interpreted as 'Yahweh has hidden' or 'protected.' Zephaniah is one of the Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible.

Is Zephaniah a boy or girl name?

Zephaniah is mainly a boy's name in US records (88% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Zephaniah?

157 US babies were named Zephaniah in 2024. Its peak year was 2019.

How do you pronounce Zephaniah?

Zephaniah is usually pronounced zef-uh-NYE-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.