Zipporah is a girl's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “bird.” In 2024 it was given to 57 girls in the United States.
Zipporah belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “bird” — 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, Zipporah first appears in Social Security records in 1912. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2187 in 2018, and in 2024 57 babies received the name — 2,549 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Zipporah means “bird” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Zipporah is a girl name. In 2024, 57 babies received the name in the US.
Zipporah comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Zipporah first appears in US records in 1912. Its best-ever ranking was #2187 in 2018, and 57 babies were given the name in 2024.
Zipporah is pronounced /ˈzɪpəɹə/ (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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