Ziporah - Meaning, Origin, Popularity & Variations

Ziporah

zi-POHR-uh'zi-POH-ruh'3 syllables
🇮🇱Hebrew
Free-spirited

MEANING

Bird

ORIGIN

Biblical

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from the Hebrew word צִפּוֹרָה (Tzipporah) meaning 'bird'.

CULTURAL NOTES

Ziporah is a name of significant cultural importance in Jewish tradition, being the wife of Moses in the Hebrew Bible.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Ziporah appears in the Book of Exodus in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Jethro and the wife of Moses.

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