Cephas \ce-phas\ as a boy's name is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Cephas is "rock". Biblical: what Jesus called his apostle Simon. Peter is the Latin translation by which he is more frequently known.

Baby names that sound like Cephas are Sophus and Sofus. Other similar baby names are Zephan, Seumas, Zephyr, Zephir, Servas, Zaphar, Zenas and Zeph.