Zeffie

Where Zeffie comes from

The dictionaries list Zeffie as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Josephine — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1892
    Debut at its peak, #1,278
    #1,278 among girls with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1893
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Zeffie 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.