The baby name Chephzibah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Anglicized: hef-ZIH-bah (IPA: /hɛfˈzɪbə/). Hebrew approximate (guttural ch): khef-tsee-BAH (IPA: /χefˈtsiːva/)..
Chephzibah is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Chephzibah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Anglicized: hef-ZIH-bah (IPA: /hɛfˈzɪbə/). Hebrew approximate (guttural ch): khef-tsee-BAH (IPA: /χefˈtsiːva/)..
Chephzibah is Hebrew in Origin.
Chephzibah is a rare transliteration of the Biblical Hebrew name Hephzibah (Ḥefzī‑bāh), built from chephets “delight/pleasure” + bāh “in her,” yielding the meaning “my delight is in her.” In the Hebrew Bible it names the wife of King Hezekiah and mother of Manasseh (2 Kings 21:1) and serves in Isaiah 62:4 as a figurative name for restored Zion. The initial Ch- mirrors Germanic and Yiddish conventions for the guttural ḥet, explaining this less common spelling.
The name entered English on a modest scale through 17th–18th‑century Puritan and Nonconformist usage, persisted in colonial America, and later surfaced in Methodist and Baptist circles; Dutch Reformed communities favor forms like Hefsiba/Hefzibah, and modern bearers also appear in parts of Africa and the Caribbean via missionary-era naming. Variants include Hephzibah (dominant), Hepzibah, Hepsibah/Hepsiba, Hefsiba/Hefziba, and the rare Chepsibah; diminutives such as Eppie, Effie, and Zeeba/Ziba occur.
Chephzibah 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.
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