Sephora

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 45 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
45
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies

Sephora by the numbers

In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Sephora. In the US, 45 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 59 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Sephora

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sephora. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Sephirasphere or emanation in kabbalah8 in the US (2017)
  • Saphirasapphire; precious blue stone; a form of Sapphira141 in the US (2017)
  • Seforabird; a form of Zipporah15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Saphyra11 in the US (2017)
  • Sophira5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Sephora

Names that are said the same way as Sephora, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Severastrict, severe; feminine form of severus5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Sephora

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