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Zephyr

Zephyr: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“west wind”
Origin
Greek
Say it
ZEF-er · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (22% girls, 78% boys since 1880)

From Greek Zephyros, the god and personification of the west wind. Used in English as a rare given name with mythological associations.

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How popular is Zephyr?

202466.0 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 Zephyr in 2024219

2024 rank#1,130 boys

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18803,021

Zephyr is rising: use over the last five years is 2.4× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Zephyr

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Angelmessenger · Greek
  • Phoenixdark red · Greek
  • Onyxclaw; black gemstone · Greek
  • Oceanocean, great sea · Greek
  • Parisuncertain meaning · Greek
  • Cleoglory · Greek
  • IndigoIndian dye, indigo blue · Greek
  • Psalmsacred song · Greek

Zephyr questions

What does the name Zephyr mean?

Zephyr means "west wind". It comes from Greek. From Greek Zephyros, the god and personification of the west wind. Used in English as a rare given name with mythological associations.

Is Zephyr a boy or girl name?

Zephyr is used for both: about 22% of US babies named Zephyr since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Zephyr?

219 US babies were named Zephyr in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Zephyr?

Zephyr is usually pronounced ZEF-er.

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.