Zephyr
Zephyr is a boy name of Greek origin, meaning The west wind.
What Zephyr means
The west wind.
Zephyr sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Zephyr comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Zephyr is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Zephyr?
In the boy name rankings we track, Zephyr falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Zephyr
Two ideas meet in Zephyr: Sky and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Zephyr
These share Zephyr's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Arne — Eagle.
- Bayu — Wind.
- Keanu — The cool mountain breeze.
- Tuuli — Wind.
- Atlas — Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.
- Apollo — God of light, music and the sun.
- Helios — The sun.
- Icarus — Follower; one who flew to the sun.
- Phoebus — Radiant and shining.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.