Forename Japheth

Throughout the world, Japheth (Japhet , Japheth , يافث ) is a widespread primarily boy's, but very infrequently female first name. The given name Japheth is habitual in Tanzania, where it is quite a common masculine name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common predominantly male, but scarcely girly name, and Israel, where it is quite a common male name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Nigeria. Very seldom, Japheth is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish Japheth is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Japheth

name Jáfet, name Yaphet, name Japheth, name יפת, name Jafeth, name Yefet, name يافث, name Japhet, name Яфет, name Джафет, name Jafet

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Japheth, Japhet	Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Philippines, Kenya, Tanzania
يافث	Iraq, Iran

First names said to be same

Jafet, Jafeth, Jáfet, Yaphet, Yefet, Джафет, Яфет, and יפת

First name Japheth in the context

Japheth is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Japhet , the operatic character in the opera Noé.

Notable namesakes

	japheth kimutai Kenyan middle distance runner, KE (b. 1978)
	japheth kiplangat mutai Kenyan politician, KE
	japheth awuletey opintan researcher
	japheth nkiriyehe kwiringira researcher
	japheth e gado researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-0024-2531)
	japheth leo merlin wood Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1997
	japheth o adina researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-8707-4760)
	japheth j. omojuwa Blogger, NG (b. 1984)
	japheth musyoki
	idnerth ab edryd ap nathan ap japheth

Forename Japheth

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Japheth

First names said to be same

First name Japheth in the context

Notable namesakes

Characteristic surnames