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Zephaniah-Boy
Would love to modernize Zephaniah to Zephan. Does it sound to much like Stephan?
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I happen to like Zephaniah as is but Zephan is okay; easy to say and spell. As an aside, Zephon appears in the book of Numbers.
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I like Zephan. I think Zephaniah is totally usable, so it doesn't NEED modernizing, but Zephan would be a good direction. I would tell people it is a short version of Zephaniah though, otherwise they will initially think it made-up. However, it's a cool name - and you know that whether it's Zephaniah or Zephan... people will call him Zeph (totally in favor of this).
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I think it would sound invented, and that matters more to me than sounding like Stephan. It does sound like Stephan but I've heard the name Zephaniah, so I just think of Zephaniah. I don't mind invented names and I think Zephan would be a good name. You would just have to want to use it enough not to mind that people would have to be taught.
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