Zeferino
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- seh-feh-REE-noh
- Origin
- Greek
Zeferino is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “of the west wind”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zeferino mean?
Greek: Spanish and Portuguese form of Latin Zephyrinus, from Greek Zephyros 'west wind'
“of the west wind”
Spanish and Portuguese form of Zephyrinus, from Zephyrus, the Greek west wind; a Roman pope of about AD 200 bore it.
Is Zeferino a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeferino is a boys' name.
How popular is Zeferino in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Zeferino in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zeferino in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
Names like Zeferino
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Zeferino
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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, “Zeferino: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zeferino, updated 20 October 2026.