Zaavan

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zaavan by the numbers

Zaavan was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zaavan

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 Zaavan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Zayangraceful or beautiful; variant of Zain240 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zayaangrace, beauty, or bloom; variant of Zayan180 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaviangraceful or beautiful; a variant of Zain62 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zayyanbeautiful, adorned, graceful55 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaydangrace, abundance; variant of Zaidan51 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zlatangolden23 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zaavan

Names that are said the same way as Zaavan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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