Casiphia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Casiphia

What is the meaning of the name Casiphia ?

The baby name Casiphia is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced kuh-SIF-ee-uh (/kəˈsɪfiə/); alternative ca-SIF-ee-uh (/kæˈsɪfiə/).

Casiphia is in Origin.

Casiphia is a rare biblical place name appearing in Ezra 8:17, where Ezra petitions Iddo at “the place Casiphia” for Levites. Its form likely reflects Hebrew/Aramaic kesef “silver, money” joined to the locative/collective suffix -iya, yielding the sense “place of silver” and, by extension, “silvery” or “gleaming.” The Septuagint records Chasphia, and the Vulgate keeps Casiphia, underscoring its transmission through Greek and Latin into English Bibles.

As a given name, Casiphia has seen only sporadic use, surfacing among some early modern English dissenters who favored distinctive scriptural names and reappearing today among parents seeking a rare, dignified choice with a familiar -phia cadence. Variants include Kasiphia and Chasphia; analogical Anglicizations such as Casiphya or Casiphiah sometimes occur. Possible short forms are Cassie, Sia, and Fia.

⚙ Casiphia does not appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. This usually means it's either extremely rare, a regional/traditional name not captured by official statistics, or a brand-new coinage. Use it knowing your child will almost certainly be the only one in the room.