Given name
Yaphett
“a hahdsome man”
Yaphett is a variant of Yaphet. One Hebrew interpretation is “a hahdsome man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yaphett is a variant of Yaphet. One Hebrew interpretation is “a hahdsome man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yaphett is a variant of Yaphet. An origin associated with Yaphet is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yaphett through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 5 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 5 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yaphett’s family of names
Yaphett has a related form in Yaphet.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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