Given name
Hephzibah
“my delight is in her (i.e. a new-born daughter)”·“she is my delight”
Hephzibah is used as a given name. Interpretations include “my delight is in her (i.e. a new-born daughter)” and “she is my delight” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewחפצי־בה
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “my delight is in her (i.e. a new-born daughter)” and “she is my delight” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb hapes (חפץ), “to take delight in,” and the Hebrew prefix be (ב), “in.”
From biblical name research
The story
The name has a place in biblical naming traditions.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Hephzibah appears in 2 Kings 21:1, Isaiah 62:4.
- 2 Kings 21:1
- Isaiah 62:4
From biblical name research
Hephzibah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 151
- 0 boys · 151 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,405 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,405 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 231 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hephzibah’s family of names
In English usage, Hephzibah has a diminutive in Eppie. Hephzibah has a related form in Hepsea. Hephzibah has a related form in Hepsee.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Eppiediminutive · English
- Hepzibahvariant · English
- Hepseavariant
- Hepseevariant
- Hepsyvariant
- Hepsievariant
- Hepseyvariant
- Hepzibethvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hephzibah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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