Sephira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seh-FEER-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Sephira is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “counting, emanation”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sephira mean?
Hebrew: from Hebrew sefirah
“counting, emanation”
In Kabbalah, the ten sefirot are the attributes through which God is revealed.
Is Sephira a girl's or a boy's name?
Sephira is a girls' name.
How popular is Sephira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Sephira in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sephira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
Names like Sephira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Seraphina, Amoura, Adhara, Briella, Zamira, Amora, Solana, Aitana, Adira, Alara, Liora, Salem
Names related to Sephira
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sephira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sephira, updated 20 October 2026.