Entry № 10735 · Hebrew origin

Tsippora Tsippora — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ tsih-POH-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Little bird (Hebrew + Zipporah wife of Moses)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "little bird (hebrew + zipporah wife of moses)".

Tsippora is from the Hebrew צִפֹּרָה (Ṣippōrāhlittle bird) — foundational from Hebrew tzippor (bird). A modern American baby name in the broader Hebrew-biblical heritage aesthetic. Tsippora is one of the foundational Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Jewish + Christian heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Zipporah / Tsippora — foundational wife of foundational Moses / Moshe (foundational central prophet + lawgiver of Israelites c. 13th century BCE) + foundational daughter of foundational Jethro/Yitro foundational Midianite priest + foundational mother of foundational Gershom + Eliezer + foundational central figure in foundational Exodus 2:21 + 4:25 + 18:2 + foundational famous foundational Exodus 4:25 episode where Tsippora circumcises her son with flint knife to save Moses's life (bridegroom of blood) + foundational among foundational Seven Cushite/Midianite foundational figures in Bible + foundational central to foundational Jewish + Christian + Islamic patriarchal narrative heritage; foundational also Cushite wife of Moses Numbers 12:1. Foundational Hebrew feminine name reflecting biblical foundational heritage.

Featured throughout Hebrew heritage.

Little bird (Hebrew). Foundational Hebrew-biblical feminine + foundational from Hebrew tzippor bird + foundational Zipporah / Tsippora + foundational wife of Moses / Moshe + foundational central prophet + lawgiver of Israelites c. 13th century BCE + foundational daughter of Jethro/Yitro foundational Midianite priest + foundational mother of Gershom + Eliezer + foundational central figure in Exodus 2:21 + 4:25 + 18:2 + foundational famous Exodus 4:25 episode where Tsippora circumcises her son with flint knife to save Moses's life bridegroom of blood + foundational among Seven Cushite/Midianite figures in Bible + foundational Jewish + Christian + Islamic patriarchal narrative heritage + foundational Cushite wife of Moses Numbers 12:1.

The name in its native script.

צִפֹּרָה
Transliteration
Ṣippōrāh
Pronunciation
/ tsɪˈpoʊ.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tsippora stands.

Tsippora 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.

Tsipporas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Zipporah / Tsippora
Wife of Moses + daughter of Jethro/Yitro + Exodus 2:21 + 4:25 bridegroom of blood.
Tanakh

Names connected to Tsippora.

The number behind Tsippora.

6

The Nurturer

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