Tsippora is from the Hebrew צִפֹּרָה (Ṣippōrāh — little 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.
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.
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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.