In European tradition, a zephyr is a light wind or a west wind, named after Zephyrus, the Greek god or personification of the west wind.

Zephyr may also refer to:

Arts and media

Fiction

Fiction media

• Zephyr (film), a 2010 Turkish feature film
• Zephyr (video game), a 1994 PC game

Fictional characters

• Zephyr (comics), a character in the Marvel Comics universe
• Zephyr (Queer as Folk), a fictional comic book character created by characters in Queer as Folk
• Zephyr, a playable character from Warframe
• Characters named Zephyr also appear in:
  • City of Heroes, a video game
  • Heroes of Newerth, a video game
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame II, a film (voiced by Haley Joel Osment)
  • Killjoys (TV series), a TV series
  • My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, a TV series
  • Need for Speed Rivals, a video game
  • One Piece, a manga series
  • Ratchet & Clank, a video game series
  • Resonance of Fate, a video game
  • Tornado Outbreak, a video game
  • XCOM: Chimera Squad, a video game
  • How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming, a short animated film

Fictional concepts and objects

• In the TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Zephyr One, a transport and mobile headquarters
• In the novel Boy's Life, an Alabama town and setting of the novel
• In the 2010 film Knight and Day, a prototype battery
• In The Twilight Zone episode " The Mighty Casey", The Hoboken Zephyrs, a baseball team
• In the children's book The Wreck of the Zephyr, a sailboat
• In the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, an obtainable bow
• In the video game Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, a realm

Music

Albums

• Zephyr (Zephyr album)
• Zephyr (Basement Jaxx album), a 2009 EP by Basement Jaxx

Performers

• Zephyr (band), a blues-based hard rock band formed in 1968 in Boulder, Colorado
• The Zephyrs, an Edinburgh, Scotland-based indie band
• Zephyr Quartet, a string quartet based in Adelaide, South Australia

Songs

• "Zephyr" (Madeon song), written and produced by Madeon, from the album Adventure
• "Zephyr", a song from the Mary Chapin Carpenter album The Age of Miracles
• "Zephyr", a song by one man project Conjure One (Rhys Fulber) from the album Exilarch
• " The Zephyr Song", from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' album By the Way
• "Zephyrus" (Bloc Party song), by the band Bloc Party, on their album Intimacy
• "Andvari" (translates to zephyr from Icelandic), a song on the Sigur Rós album Takk...

Radio stations

• WRKN (FM), an alternative rock station (formerly known as 106.1 the Zephyr) in New Orleans, Louisiana
• KZFR, a community radio station in Chico, California
• WZPH-LP, 96.7 FM The Zephyr, a Classic Oldies station located in Zephyrhills, Florida

Other media

• Zephyr (sculpture), a 1998 stainless steel sculpture by Steve Wooldridge
• Zephyr Books, a publishing imprint of the Continental Book Company in the 1940s

Businesses

• Zephyr Books, a publishing imprint of the Continental Book Company in the 1940s
• Zephyr Headwear, a headwear company
• Zephyr Technology, a medical technology company
• Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions, a surfboard manufacturing facility and surf shop

People

• Zephyr (artist), graffiti artist from New York City
• Mikhail Mukasei (code name: Zephyr), Soviet spy active from the 1940s through the 1970s
• Zephyr Moore Ramsey, African American lawyer based in Southern California
• Zephyr Teachout, professor at Fordham University and former candidate for governor of New York
• Zephyr Wright, African American civil rights activist and chef for President Lyndon Johnson
• Zooey Zephyr, Montana state representative

Places

• Zephyr, Ontario, Canada
• Zephyr, North Carolina, US
• Zephyr, Texas, US
• Zephyr Cove, Nevada, US
• Zephyr Glacier, in Antarctica
• Zephyrhills, Florida

Science and technology

Computing

• Zephyr (operating system), small real-time operating system
• Zephyr (protocol), an instant messenger protocol and application-suite
• Zephyr, a hardware revision of Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console
• Zephyr, a commercial test management tool sold by SmartBear Software

Other uses in science and technology

• Zephyr (rover), a NASA concept for a robotic Venus rover
• Zephyranthes, a plant genus whose species include the zephyr lily
• Washoe Zephyr, a meteorological phenomenon in the western US

Transportation

Aviation

• Advanced Aviation Zephyr, ultralight, homebuilt aircraft
• Addyman Zephyr, a one-off, single seat sailplane
• Airbus Zephyr or Qinetiq Zephyr, a series of solar-powered UAVs
• ATEC Zephyr, Czech ultralight aircraft manufactured by ATEC
• Bartlett Zephyr, light, civil aircraft of the 1940s
• Fouga Zéphyr, a carrier-capable jet trainer for the French Navy, based on the Fouga Magister
• Qinetiq Zephyr, later Airbus Zephyr, a solar powered unmanned air vehicle
• RAE Zephyr, 1923 pusher biplane

Maritime

• Zephyr – one of several mercantile vessels of that name
• Zephyr (dinghy), a New Zealand sailing dinghy class
• HMS Zephyr, eight ships of the British Royal Navy
• RV Zephyr, research vessel
• USS Zephyr (PC-8), United States Navy ship
• Zephyr Seaport Liberty Cruise, a sightseeing service operated by Circle Line Downtown in New York

Rail

• Zephyr (train), a type of train-set with matching streamlined locomotive and passenger cars

Road

• Ford Zephyr, a 1950–1972 British executive car
• Kawasaki Zephyr, a 1989–2000 Japanese sport bike
• Lincoln-Zephyr, a 1936–1942 American mid-size luxury car
  • Lincoln-Zephyr V12 engine, a 1936–1948 series of engines
• Lincoln Zephyr, a 2022–present Chinese mid-size luxury sedan
• Lincoln MKZ, a 2006–2020 American mid-size luxury sedan, originally named the Lincoln Zephyr
• Mercury Zephyr, a 1978–1983 American compact car

Sports

• Zephyr (garment), a garment used in competitive rowing
• Chicago Zephyrs, former name of the NBA franchise currently known as the Washington Wizards
• Denver Zephyrs, former minor league baseball team
• Muskegon Zephyrs, former ice hockey team
• New Orleans Zephyrs, the former name of the Pacific Coast League franchise now known as the New Orleans Baby Cakes
• Spokane Zephyr FC, a professional women's soccer team
• Zephyr skateboard team, also known as Z-Boys, in the 1970s

Other uses

• Zephyrus, one of the Anemoi and the Greek god of the west wind
• Zephyr (cloth), a lightweight cotton fabric
• Zephyr, a cultural festival of Orissa Engineering College
• Zephyr, a wooden roller coaster at the former amusement park Pontchartrain Beach, New Orleans, Louisiana

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Zephyr
• All pages with titles containing Zephr
• Zephir (disambiguation)
• Zefir (disambiguation)
• Xephyr, a unix computer display server which targets a window on a host X Server as its framebuffer
• Sapphire (disambiguation)