Ephratah

Ephratah appears in the bible as both the name of a woman--she was the second wife of Caleb and grandmother of one of the spies sent by Moses to Canaan to gather information about the Promised Land--and as that of two places. Ephratah is where Rachel died while giving birth to Benjamin and is also the ancient name of Bethlehem, where Jesus Christ was born.

Pronounced ef-RAY-tuh.

As of October 2026, Ephratah ranked #14007 for girls in US births in 2021 SSA.