Given name
Shaphan
“coney”·“shy”
Shaphan is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewשפן
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Shaphan means “coney” or “shy.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Shaphan is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb shapan (שפן), “to hide.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Shaphan appears in 2 Kings 22:14, 2 Kings 25:22, 2 Kings 22:12 and 1 other passage.
- 2 Kings 22:14
- 2 Kings 25:22
- 2 Kings 22:12
- Jeremiah 36:10-12
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Shaphan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 53
- 53 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 132 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.
Shaphan’s family of names
See also 11
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Zephaniahshares a root
- Zephonshares a root
- Zuphshares a root
- Zophaishares a root
- Ziphionshares a root
- Zaphonshares a root
- Spainshares a root
- Mizpahshares a root
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