Zephen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zephen by the numbers

Zephen was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zephen

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 Zephen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Zephangod has hidden; a form of Zephaniah7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zephyrwest wind; god of the west wind166 in the US (2017)
  • Zevenseven; numeric name11 in the US (2017)
  • Zichenself-cultivation; purple morning10 in the US (2017)
  • Zeplin9 in the US (2017)
  • Zethan7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zephen

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

Names about as common as Zephen

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