Sefora
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning bird; a form of Zipporah.
Sefora by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Sefora. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 17 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Zipporah
Like Sefora, each of these traces back to Zipporah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sefora. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sonorasonorous or melodious53 in the US (2017)
- Semirafertile; fruitful; an alternate form of Samira33 in the US (2017)
- Serrasaw; ridge19 in the US (2017)
- Safiraa form of Sapphire or Safire9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sedraorder or arrangement; Torah portion5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Senarasaint of the sea; feminine form of Senan9 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Sefora
Names that are said the same way as Sefora, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a bird
Like Sefora, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Avalife; bird15,914 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Alondralark; a form of Alondra844 in the US (2017)
- Jennasmall bird or paradise; form of Jinn804 in the US (2017)
- Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sefora
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