Given name

Sophereth

“[female] writer”·“scribe”

Sophereth is a biblical masculine given name, meaning “[female] writer.”

Original Hebrewסופרת

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a biblical name, Sophereth means “[female] writer” or “scribe.”

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Where it comes from

Sophereth is a biblical name from Hebrew.

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How it developed

From the Hebrew noun seper (ספר), “a record.”

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In the Bible

In the Bible, the name Sophereth appears in Ezra 2:55.

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See also 2

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

Similar names

If you love Sophereth, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew · Biblical

Qoheleth

“gatherer” · “assembler”

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Sisera

“meditation”

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Socoh

“[his/her] hedge” · “thicket”

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Hebrew

Ish-bosheth

“man of shame”

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Hebrew · Biblical

Sabaoth

“collectives”

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Hebrew

Tanhumeth

“consolation”

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Hebrew

Sakaris

“Yahweh has remembered”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Hebrew · Biblical

Seorim

“barley” · “goats”

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sophereth’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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