Zephaniah Skinner is a Yungngora (First Nations Australian) Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League.
Zephaniah Kingsley, born 1843, bore this name. He was an interesting figure, for sure. He was a slave trader but supported allowing slaves to pay for their freedom, and providing them rights assuming they did so. He also married 4 of his slaves, and had 11 children with them.
This name can also SOMETIMES be FEMININE in modern times, making it UNISEX. 28 girls in the USA were named ZEPHANIAH in 2016. https://www.names.org/n/Zephaniah/about