Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: hardly given today
TzefanyaIn Hebrew: צפניה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: צְפַנְיָהRomanization: ts'fanyá
Tzefanya (Hebrew: צפניה) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 174 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1961, with 8 babies.
- People in Israel
- 174
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1961
- 8 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Tzefanya
In Hebrew letters the name is צפניה, read right to left. Tzefanya is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "ts'fanyá" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Zephaniah (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)
- Zephaniah (hebrew prophet associated with the Book of Zephaniah)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Zephaniah
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Tzefanya by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Tzefanya
How do you write Tzefanya in Hebrew?
Tzefanya is written צפניה in Hebrew (with vowel points: צְפַנְיָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ts'fanyá".
How many people in Israel are named Tzefanya?
174 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name צפניה: 0 women and 174 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Tzefanya a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named צפניה are men.
What does the name Tzefanya mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Zephaniah (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.