Given name
Zophar
“chirper”·“leaper”·“bird”
Zophar is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewצופר
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Zophar means “chirper,” “leaper” or “bird.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Zophar is a biblical name from Hebrew.
From biblical name research
How it developed
From the Hebrew noun sippor (צפור), “to chirp or to leap.”
From biblical name research
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Zophar appears in Job 2:11.
From biblical name research
Zophar’s family of names
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
If you love Zophar, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Diklah
“palm tree”
>99% boys
Araunah
“a large tree” · “Yah is firm”
>99% boys
Izrahiah
“Yah will rise” · “dawn of Yah”
>99% boys
Jezrahiah
“Yah will rise” · “dawn of Yah”
>99% boys
Zecher
“memorial” · “mindful”
>99% boys
Zaccur
“remembered” · “mindful”
>99% boys
Zacher
“memorial” · “mindful”
>99% boys
Zizah
“seasonal migration”
>99% boys