Entry № 11971 · Hebrew origin

Zilpah Zilpah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ZIL-pah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Drooping, frailty"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "drooping, frailty".

Zilpah (זִלְפָּה) is a Hebrew name of uncertain meaning. In the Book of Genesis, Zilpah was the handmaid of Leah and the mother of Jacob's sons Gad and Asher — two of the tribes of Israel.

Zilpah is widely used in religious Christian and Jewish families.

Mother of two tribes of Israel.

The name in its native script.

זִלְפָּה
Transliteration
Zilpāh
Pronunciation
/ ˈzɪl.pə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Zilpah stands.

Zilpah 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.

Zilpahs before her.

Real people
Zilpah
Common in religious families.
In fiction
Zilpah
Leah's handmaid in Genesis.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Zilpah.

The number behind Zilpah.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Zilpah reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.