Cephas

Where Cephas comes from

Borrowed from Latin Cēphās, from Ancient Greek Κηφᾶς (Kēphâs), from Aramaic כֵּיפָא/Classical Syriac ܟܐܦܐ (kēp̄ā, “stone, rock”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Cephas
  • Aramaic
  • 2 syllables
Cephas through the years
  1. 1898
    Debut at its peak, #1,002
    #1,002 among boys with 6 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Cephas hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.