Given name & surname
Zephyr
“of the West wind”
Zephyr is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “of the West wind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “of the West wind.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1905. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zephyr through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,223
- 2,528 boys · 695 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 233 babies
- 2025
- 198
- #1,203 for boys · #4,755 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 82% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 169 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,203 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 29 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (36). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,841 as a first name in 2020; 299 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zephyr’s family of names
Zephyr has a related form in Zafirin. Zephyr has a related form in Zafirina. Zephyr has a related form in Zefiryn.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 23
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zephyr
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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