Entry № 8763 · Hebrew origin

Rizpah Rizpah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ RIZ-pah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Burning coal, hot stone"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "burning coal, hot stone".

Rizpah (רִצְפָּה) is a Hebrew name meaning "burning coal" or "hot stone." In 2 Samuel 21, Rizpah was the concubine of King Saul who heroically guarded the bodies of her two sons (executed by David) for months, leading to their burial.

Rizpah is rare but distinctive in religious families.

Saul's concubine. The biblical Antigone.

The name in its native script.

רִצְפָּה
Transliteration
Ritspāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈrɪz.pə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rizpah stands.

Rizpah does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Rizpahs before her.

Real people
Rizpah
Common in religious families.
In fiction
Rizpah
Saul's concubine in 2 Samuel.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Rizpah.

The number behind Rizpah.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rizpah reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.