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in reply to a message by Anneza
I have thought for years that Zephany should be a modern English masculine form of Zephaniah as Zachary is for Zachariah and Jeremy for Jeremiah. (Zedeky would also work for Zedekiah.) I don't recall having seen it as a female name before, but it certainly could have been created as a blend of Stephanie with a name starting with Z.
A bit of Googling certainly shows that Zephne is a South African name. I quickly found several examples, including one born in South Africa who now lives in Brazil. There is a woman named Zephne Weston who seems to have a real estate business and to be a contestant in the "Mrs. South Africa" contest. References to her and to at least one other Zephne often put an accent mark over the final "e", which makes me wonder if they are pronouncing it more like "Zef-nay" than "Zef-nee".
A bit of Googling certainly shows that Zephne is a South African name. I quickly found several examples, including one born in South Africa who now lives in Brazil. There is a woman named Zephne Weston who seems to have a real estate business and to be a contestant in the "Mrs. South Africa" contest. References to her and to at least one other Zephne often put an accent mark over the final "e", which makes me wonder if they are pronouncing it more like "Zef-nay" than "Zef-nee".
This message was edited 8/24/2023, 8:43 PM
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