Shem Tov Girl's nameIn Israel: hardly given today
ZilpaIn Hebrew: זלפה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: זִלְפָּהRomanization: zilpá
Zilpa (Hebrew: זלפה) is a girl's name. 98 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1950, with 8 babies.
- People in Israel
- 98
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- 1950
- 8 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Zilpa
In Hebrew letters the name is זלפה, read right to left. Zilpa is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "zilpá" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a female given name, Zilpah
- Zilpah (handmaid of Leah and mother of Gad and Asher)
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Zilpa by year in Israel
How many girls 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 Zilpa
How do you write Zilpa in Hebrew?
Zilpa is written זלפה in Hebrew (with vowel points: זִלְפָּה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "zilpá".
How many people in Israel are named Zilpa?
98 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name זלפה: 98 women and 0 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 Zilpa a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named זלפה are women.
What does the name Zilpa mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, Zilpah"
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.