Seph
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning gatherer; short form of Joseph.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Seph by the numbers
Seph was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 1991, making it a 1990s name.
Other names that come from Joseph
Like Seph, each of these traces back to Joseph: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Josephhe will add10,379 in the US (2017)
- JoseGod will increase; Spanish form of Joseph4,781 in the US (2017)
- Joeygod will increase; a form of Joseph324 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yosefgod will increase; a form of Joseph366 in the US (2017)
- Joegod will increase; a form of Joseph362 in the US (2017)
- Yousefgod increases; arabic form of Joseph95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Youssefgod increases; Arabic form of Joseph35 in England and Wales (2025)
- Joseygod increases; form of Joseph116 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Seph. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sethappointed or placed1,051 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Seph
Names that are said the same way as Seph, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Seph
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