as a First Name
Biblical name borne by the wife of Moses and mother of Gershom and Eliezer (Exodus 18:2–4). It is the female form of the rare Hebrew male name Zippor meaning ‘bird’. It now occurs mainly as a Jewish name, although it enjoyed wider currency during the 18th and 19th centuries.
| 9,712th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 877
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Delaware
- has the most people named Zipporah per capita
- 2006
- marked the height of its popularity
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