Zaion

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zaion by the numbers

Zaion was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Zaion

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

  • Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaingrace or beauty240 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zyionpromised land; a modern respelling of Zion87 in the US (2017)
  • Zavion98 in the US (2017)
  • Zayon19 in the US (2017)
  • Zavon12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zaion

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

  • Zayangraceful or beautiful; variant of Zain240 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zayinthe seventh letter of the hebrew alphabet10 in the US (2017)
  • Zahanworld or splendor6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaheenintelligent or wise5 in the US (2017)
  • Zahaanflowering or blooming3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zahinintelligent or sharp-minded3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Zaion

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