Zephaniah Forename
Approximately 6,653 people bear this name
Zephaniah Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ‘Jah is darkness’ or ‘Jah is hid’, the name of a Hebrew prophet, sometimes used as a christian name in the 17th C and later.
Zephaniah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,503 | 1:118,140 | 6,256 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,471 | 1:31,480 | 2,589 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 883 | 1:17,468 | 1,981 |
| Jamaica | - | 674 | 1:4,278 | 730 |
| South Africa | 99% | 481 | 1:113,373 | 8,807 |
| Malawi | 94% | 381 | 1:44,914 | 3,117 |
| United States | 89% | 226 | 1:1,604,146 | 28,890 |
| Uganda | 100% | 211 | 1:194,109 | 6,787 |
| Israel | 100% | 199 | 1:42,226 | 2,855 |
| Liberia | 100% | 96 | 1:45,959 | 2,506 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 95 | 1:555,667 | 15,115 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 83 | 1:6,999 | 770 |
| Philippines | 67% | 58 | 1:1,827,750 | 41,703 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 57 | 1:379,132 | 13,350 |
| England | 99% | 47 | 1:1,183,041 | 18,393 |
| India | 99% | 43 | 1:28,252,976 | 592,402 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 32 | 1:3,106 | 634 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 13 | 1:627,101 | 46,379 |
| Zambia | - | 13 | 1:1,219,600 | 16,711 |
| Belize | - | 11 | 1:32,210 | 2,977 |
| Malaysia | 67% | 5 | 1:6,089,988 | 140,568 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Saint Lucia | 80% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Ghana | - | 4 | 1:6,746,554 | 8,075 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 4 | 1:340,355 | 15,394 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 4 | 1:27,437 | 2,836 |
| Brazil | - | 3 | 1:71,412,051 | 442,691 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 3 | 1:37,193 | 3,592 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Germany | 100% | 2 | 1:48,338,938 | 72,742 |
| Australia | - | 2 | 1:6,828,811 | 37,569 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2 | 1:35,032,906 | 298,615 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| New Zealand | - | 2 | 1:2,268,022 | 12,390 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Indonesia | - | 1 | 1:257,963,668 | 1,335,696 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Czechia | - | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| China | - | 1 | 1:1,366,055,782 | 109,249 |
| Canada | - | 1 | 1:33,133,372 | 113,810 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
Zephaniah (1,722) may also be a surname.
Zephaniah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ‘Jah is darkness’ or ‘Jah is hid’, the name of a Hebrew prophet, sometimes used as a christian name in the 17th C and later.
Hebrew (masculine) - The secret of God.
Hebrew (masculine) - The secret or counsel of God.
Zef-a-ny'-ah, the Lord is my secret, the mouth of the Lord. 1. The son of Maaseiah, called the second priest 2 Kings xxv. 18. He was put to death at Riblah by Nebuchadnezzar. Jer. xxxvii. 3. 2. The son of Cushi, a prophet of the Lord. See his Prophecy.
Meaning: treasured of Jehovah.
A Hebrew name, meaning: Protected by God: God-hidden. Some authorities claim the etymology is not known.
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