Hephzibah
2025 SSA
About Hephzibah
Hephzibah is an Old Testament name that came into use in the 17th century, but is not often used today. It does have less formal nicknames Eppie and Hepsie, which seem revivable. Hephzibah "Eppie" Cass/Marner is the heroine of George Eliot's novel Silas Marner and Hepzibah (the condensed spelling) Smith is a witch in the Harry Potter series.
Pronounced HEF-zi-buh.
As of October 2026, Hephzibah ranked #10405 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #9855 in 2023.
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Famous Hephzibahs
- Hephzibah
Biblical wife of Hezekiah, King of Judah, and mother of Manasseh
- Hephzibah Menuhin
American,Australian pianist and activist
- Hephzibah Beulah Dumville Bechly
American farm wife and letter writer
- Hephzibah Jenkins Townsend
American baker and plantation wife
Hephzibah in pop culture
- Hephzibah "Eppie" Marner
character in George Eliot's Silas Marner (1861)
- Hephzibah
symbolic name for Zion once it has been restored to the favor of Yahweh in Isaiah 62:4.
- 'Mrs White's name is that. Her husband calls her "Hep"
and she doesn't like it. She says when he calls out "Hep,Hep!" she feels just as if the next minute he was going to yell "Hurrah!" And she doesn't like to be hurrahed at.' [Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna, 1913]