Zephaniah is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “God has hidden.” In 2024 it was given to 143 boys in the United States.
Zephaniah belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “God has hidden” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Zephaniah first appears in Social Security records in 1972. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1150 in 2019, and in 2024 143 babies received the name — 3,254 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Zephaniah means “God has hidden” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Zephaniah is a boy name. In 2024, 143 babies received the name in the US.
Zephaniah comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Zephaniah first appears in US records in 1972. Its best-ever ranking was #1150 in 2019, and 143 babies were given the name in 2024.
Zephaniah is pronounced /zɛfəˈnaɪə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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