Zephyr
ZEF-er
Greek
Boy
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- West wind; Gentle breeze
- Origin
- Greek
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Zephyr does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "West wind; Gentle breeze", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Zephyr.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Zephyr blows where the Spirit wills — rushing mighty wind, house filled, born of mystery, the gentle breeze who moves with heaven's unseen power.
- Verses on this meaning
- John 3:8
"The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."
- Acts 2:2
"And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting."
- John 3:8