Zipporah
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning bird, sparrow.
Babies a year
13
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2138
13 babies
Zipporah by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Zipporah. In the US, 73 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 79 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Names that come from Zipporah
Forms of Zipporah in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that mean a bird
Like Zipporah, 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 Zipporah
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