Given name & surname
Kefas
“rock”
Kefas is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kefas comes from Latin, and ultimately from Aramaic.
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How it developed
From Latin Cephas, from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς, from Aramaic כֵּיפָא.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kefas’s family of names
In Polish usage, Kefas has a conventional equivalent in the English form Cephas. In Greek usage, Kefas as a surname is a transliteration of Κέφας.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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