Ezana
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 38 babies a year in the US.
Ezana by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Ezana. In the US, 38 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Ezana
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ezana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ezancall to prayer8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evansson of evan; son of john47 in the US (2017)
- Ezaancall to prayer; variant of Azan13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Evanna form of Evan; young warrior or descendant of Eoghan9 in the US (2017)
- Ezeraa form of Ezra; God helps or God is help9 in the US (2017)
- Ezaiahgod is salvation; a form of Isaiah8 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ezana
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