Cephas - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's name Cephas \ce-phas\ 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 a very rare male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Cephas. Click here to compare Cephas with related baby names.