Zilpha

Zilpha is a given name. Close variations include Zilphia and Zilpah. Notable people with the name include:


 * Zilpah, mother of Gad and Asher in the book of Genesis
 * Zilpah P. Grant Banister (1794–1874), American educator
 * Zilpha Carruthers Franklin (1897–1975), American journalist, editor, government official
 * Zilpha Drew Smith (1852–1926), American social worker
 * Zilpha Elaw (c. 1790 – 1873), American Methodist missionary and writer
 * Zilpha Grant (1919–2011), English freestyle swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics
 * Zilphia Horton (1910–1956), American musician, folklorist, activist
 * Zilpher Jennings (1928–1961), American Samoan politician
 * Zilpha Keatley Snyder (born 1927), author of books for children and young adults

Fictional characters

 * Zilpha Geary, played by Oona Chaplin in Taboo