In Exodus, what was the name of Moses's wife?

In Exodus, Moses's wife was named Zipporah.

Zipporah was one of the daughters of Jethro, the priest of Midian. Moses met her after fleeing Egypt and settling in Midian. Exodus says that Jethro gave Zipporah to Moses as his wife, and that they had a son named Gershom.

Later, when Moses returned toward Egypt, Zipporah circumcised their son during a difficult and mysterious episode in the narrative. She then used a flint knife and touched Moses's feet, after which the immediate danger passed. The passage is one of the more debated sections of Exodus because its pronouns and exact meaning are difficult to interpret.

Zipporah is sometimes confused with Miriam, who was Moses's sister, or with Jochebed, who was his mother. She is also connected to Midian through her family, making Moses's years there an important part of the story before the confrontation with Pharaoh.