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It's a bit TOO biblical, if that makes sense. I like a lot of biblical names, such as Adam, Eve, Naomi, Sarah, Jonah, Seth Elisabeth, etc etc, but Zephaniah is too much. I like the nickname Zeph though, and it also works for Zephyr, which I prefer.

It's alright, about like Zachariah stylewise but more interesting because Zach is so common. More like Jedidiah or Nehemiah, which I've seen used before.

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It made me think of Theophania, which I've been fond of this week. It's funny to me that the -phan- part means "appearing" while the -phan- in Zephaniah means "to hide".

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It also sounds like Stefan, Zephyr, Jeff.

This message was edited 9/29/2019, 8:09 PM

I am acquainted with one. He went by Zephy as a kid and is now Zeph as an adult. It's a heck of a lot of a name, and I'm not a fan. His sister's name is Kayla.

I like Zephanya (zeph-ahn-yuh) as a female equivalent. I don't particularly like Zephaniah for a male.

I don't think it's quite my style, but I like it for someone else. It's a good-but-still-uncommon Bible name. Zeph would be a fun nickname.

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Also, your username is fabulous.

This message was edited 9/28/2019, 6:31 PM

I like it.