Entry № 10781 · Hebrew origin

Tsippora Tsippora — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ tsih-POH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Little bird (Zipporah wife of Moses)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "little bird (zipporah wife of moses)".

Tsippora is from the Hebrew צִפֹּרָה (Ṣippōrāh — little bird) — from Hebrew tzippor (bird). Tsippora is one of the Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Jewish + Christian heritage. Hebrew feminine name reflecting biblical heritage.

Little bird (Hebrew).

The name in its native script.

צִפֹּרָה
Transliteration
Ṣippōrāh
Pronunciation
/ tsɪˈpoʊ.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tsippora stands.

Tsippora 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.

Tsipporas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Zipporah / Tsippora
Wife of Moses + daughter of Jethro/Yitro + Exodus 2:21 + 4:25 bridegroom of blood.
Tanakh

Names connected to Tsippora.

The number behind Tsippora.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Tsippora reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.