Entry № 9566 · Hebrew origin

Shifra Shifra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHIF-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Beautiful (the biblical midwife)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "beautiful (the biblical midwife)".

Shifra is widely used in religious Jewish families.

Beautiful. The midwife who defied Pharaoh.

The name in its native script.

שִׁפְרָה
Transliteration
Šifrāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃɪf.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shifra stands.

Shifra does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Shifras before her.

Real people
Shifra
Common in religious Jewish families.
In fiction
Shifra
The biblical Hebrew midwife.
Exodus 1:15

Names connected to Shifra.

The number behind Shifra.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shifra reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.