Cephas - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Cephas \

is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "rock". Biblical: what Jesus called his apostle Simon. Peter is the Latin translation by which he is more frequently known.

Baby names that sound like Cephas are Sophus and Sofus. Other similar baby names are Zephan, Seumas, Zephyr, Zephir, Servas, Zaphar, Zenas and Zeph.

Cephas is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#12874 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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