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Zipporah - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Zipporah
 
 

 



[ syll. zip-po-rah, zi-ppor-ah ] The girl name Zipporah is pronounced as ZIHP-AORah- KEY. Zipporah is used predominantly in the English, German, and Hebrew languages, and its origin is Hebrew. Biblical name derived from the element 'tsippowr' which means bird. The name was borne by the wife of Moses in the Bible. Zippora (English and German variant spelling) is a form of Zipporah.

Zipporah is not regularly used as a baby name for girls. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

A baby name that sounds like Zipporah is the name Zippora (English and German).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Zipporah: Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


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