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Japheth

JAY-feth

Rare & Uncommon ✦ Vintage

✦ Meaning

“Hebrew meaning 'God enlarges.' Japheth was one of Noah's three sons, traditionally associated with European and Aryan peoples in biblical genealogy.”

Popularity Over Time

Japheth US popularity rank over timeRank 5109 in 1970 to rank 1845 in 1983. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#1845#3477#51091970198020002024

Japheth is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

Hebrew

Syllables

2

Nicknames

JaphJapheth

Style

GrandVintageStrong

Collections

Mythological Names → Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Two Syllables → Vintage Revival →

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Japheth

Hebrew Rare & Uncommon

Noah

Hebrew Top 10

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People Also Ask

Hebrew meaning 'God enlarges.' Japheth was one of Noah's three sons, traditionally associated with European and Aryan peoples in biblical genealogy.

Japheth is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. It's making a comeback as part of the vintage name wave.

Popular nicknames for Japheth include Japh, Japheth.

More sibling ideas for Japheth coming soon as we add more names.