Entry № 9573 · Hebrew origin

Shiphrah Shiphrah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SHIF-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Beautiful (Hebrew midwife who defied Pharaoh)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "beautiful (hebrew midwife who defied pharaoh)".

God rewarded them with families of their own.

Shiphrah is one of the earliest documented acts of civil disobedience in Western literature.

Beautiful. The Hebrew midwife who defied Pharaoh.

The name in its native script.

שִׁפְרָה
Transliteration
Šip̄rāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈʃɪf.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shiphrah stands.

Shiphrah 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.

Shiphrahs before her.

Real people
Shiphrah
Hebrew midwife who defied Pharaoh.
In fiction
Shiphrah
Biblical figure (Exodus 1:15-21).
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Shiphrah.

The number behind Shiphrah.

6

The Nurturer

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