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Japheth

Hebrew roots

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English (Southern England)

Origin: Hebrew
1 language contexts: English
Follow the evidence: 4 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Japheth

Japheth is a masculine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Hebrew יֶפֶת via Middle English, Old English, Middle French and 2 other languages.

Hebrew origin

Source-reported

From Middle English Jafeth (as attested in Wycliffe's Bible), from Old English Iafeth (see e.g. Aelfric of Eynsham) and Middle French Japhet, both from Late Latin Iaphet, Iafeth, from Koine Greek Ἰάφεθ (Iápheth), from Hebrew יֶפֶת (yépheth). Further origin uncertain; folk etymology as well as rabbinical and patristic claims usually point to a meaning like "enlarged", in reference to Genesis 9:27, or "fair" (pale, in reference to complexion).

Sources for this account (2)

Wiktionary: JaphethCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: JaphethCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Japheth is used

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4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 34 boys (rank 3379). Documented as a given name in English.

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4 of 11 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Japheth

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 34; applications; Rank #3,379
Peak year: 2007; 51 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Japheth in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	5	4,724	observed
1971	7	3,963	observed
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	6	4,505	observed
1974	6	4,634	observed
1975	13	2,902	observed
1976	17	2,508	observed
1977	14	2,910	observed
1978	27	1,870	observed
1979	30	1,833	observed
1980	14	3,098	observed
1981	20	2,418	observed
1982	19	2,518	observed
1983	30	1,822	observed
1984	19	2,529	observed
1985	13	3,401	observed
1986	19	2,684	observed
1987	9	4,573	observed
1988	16	3,203	observed
1989	17	3,325	observed
1990	13	4,167	observed
1991	11	4,760	observed
1992	18	3,459	observed
1993	21	3,141	observed
1994	15	4,094	observed
1995	15	4,052	observed
1996	19	3,549	observed
1997	24	3,064	observed
1998	27	2,926	observed
1999	29	2,865	observed
2000	26	3,219	observed
2001	29	3,061	observed
2002	28	3,188	observed
2003	33	2,922	observed
2004	27	3,456	observed
2005	33	3,091	observed
2006	39	2,881	observed
2007	51	2,473	observed
2008	21	4,540	observed
2009	40	2,946	observed
2010	28	3,708	observed
2011	35	3,164	observed
2012	27	3,807	observed
2013	37	2,998	observed
2014	43	2,754	observed
2015	43	2,766	observed
2016	39	2,993	observed
2017	35	3,249	observed
2018	40	2,943	observed
2019	34	3,347	observed
2020	42	2,846	observed
2021	26	4,011	observed
2022	34	3,412	observed
2023	33	3,474	observed
2024	37	3,216	observed
2025	34	3,379	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Japheth” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Japheth with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms3

Wikidata Q1102333CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JaphethCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: JaphethCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Japheth.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Japheth

Japheth is a masculine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Hebrew יֶפֶת via Middle English, Old English, Middle French and 2 other languages.

Hebrew origin

Source-reported

Sources for this account (2)

Wiktionary: JaphethCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: JaphethCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Japheth is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Japheth’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 2025: 34 boys (rank 3379). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 11 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Japheth

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 34; applications; Rank #3,379
Peak year: 2007; 51 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Japheth in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	5	4,724	observed
1971	7	3,963	observed
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	6	4,505	observed
1974	6	4,634	observed
1975	13	2,902	observed
1976	17	2,508	observed
1977	14	2,910	observed
1978	27	1,870	observed
1979	30	1,833	observed
1980	14	3,098	observed
1981	20	2,418	observed
1982	19	2,518	observed
1983	30	1,822	observed
1984	19	2,529	observed
1985	13	3,401	observed
1986	19	2,684	observed
1987	9	4,573	observed
1988	16	3,203	observed
1989	17	3,325	observed
1990	13	4,167	observed
1991	11	4,760	observed
1992	18	3,459	observed
1993	21	3,141	observed
1994	15	4,094	observed
1995	15	4,052	observed
1996	19	3,549	observed
1997	24	3,064	observed
1998	27	2,926	observed
1999	29	2,865	observed
2000	26	3,219	observed
2001	29	3,061	observed
2002	28	3,188	observed
2003	33	2,922	observed
2004	27	3,456	observed
2005	33	3,091	observed
2006	39	2,881	observed
2007	51	2,473	observed
2008	21	4,540	observed
2009	40	2,946	observed
2010	28	3,708	observed
2011	35	3,164	observed
2012	27	3,807	observed
2013	37	2,998	observed
2014	43	2,754	observed
2015	43	2,766	observed
2016	39	2,993	observed
2017	35	3,249	observed
2018	40	2,943	observed
2019	34	3,347	observed
2020	42	2,846	observed
2021	26	4,011	observed
2022	34	3,412	observed
2023	33	3,474	observed
2024	37	3,216	observed
2025	34	3,379	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms3

Wikidata Q1102333CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: JaphethCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: JaphethCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Japheth.wavCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Japheth

About Japheth

Hebrew origin

Where Japheth is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Jafet

Jáfet

Jafeth

Japhet

Yaphet

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Japheth

About Japheth

Hebrew origin

Where Japheth is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Jafet

Jáfet

Jafeth

Japhet

Yaphet

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Japheth

Hebrew origin

Where Japheth is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Japheth

Hebrew origin

Where Japheth is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page