Zipporah Forename

21,499th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 41,666 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Zipporah Forename Definition:

Hebrew (feminine) - A bird.

Zipporah Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya
100%
29,8501:1,551295
Nigeria
100%
6,0981:29,1182,590
Israel
100%
1,5901:5,285875
United States
100%
1,0451:346,92510,315
South Africa
100%
6021:90,5867,618
Uganda
100%
4631:88,4604,252
Cameroon
100%
4521:47,8113,180
Jamaica-3051:9,4531,112
Ghana
100%
2251:119,9394,817
Tanzania
100%
1981:266,6089,817
Malawi
100%
1481:115,6246,115
Philippines
 
99%
1421:746,54622,180
England
100%
1331:418,0679,487
Papua New Guinea
100%
711:114,82110,324
Liberia
100%
521:84,8473,850
Canada
100%
351:946,66819,375
India
100%
331:36,814,484702,984
Botswana
100%
261:84,0177,219
Zambia-241:660,61613,295
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
221:61,8835,136
Solomon Islands-161:36,3102,446
Guyana
100%
131:58,7125,245
Thailand
 
89%
101:7,006,581112,087
United Arab Emirates-101:715,19924,449
Antigua and Barbuda-91:11,0441,733
Poland-91:4,225,2354,388
Qatar
100%
81:296,20131,456
Australia-71:1,951,08917,897
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
61:18,5972,290
Brazil-51:42,847,231319,361
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
DR Congo
100%
41:18,456,90195,891
Saint Lucia
100%
41:44,4543,465
Sweden
100%
31:3,285,96941,581
Malaysia
100%
31:10,149,980208,386
Benin-31:3,525,28151,145
Singapore
100%
21:3,143,52727,876
Senegal-21:7,290,67824,413
Afghanistan-21:16,311,75848,279
Zimbabwe
100%
21:7,711,90884,647
Bahamas-21:199,6852,758
China-21:683,027,89194,999
France-21:33,235,17058,100
Germany
100%
21:48,338,93872,742
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Wales-11:3,094,30916,222
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Belize-11:354,3097,663
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Switzerland-11:8,213,49636,387
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Mexico-11:124,144,427140,512
Monaco
100%
11:38,4662,379
Scotland-11:5,350,36624,769
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
Netherlands-11:16,902,08343,152
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Niger-11:19,183,99477,442

Zipporah (322) may also be a surname.

Zipporah Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Hebrew (feminine) - A bird.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

Zip-po'-rah, beauty, trumpet. The daughter of Jethro, and wife of Moses. Exod. ii. 21.

The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar

Meaning: a sparrow.

A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson

A Hebrew name, meaning: A small bird: the wife of Moses.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

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