Zamzam
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning the sacred well in Mecca.
Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3705
6 babies
Zamzam by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Zamzam. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zamzam. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean holiness
Like Zamzam, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Arianavery holy; form of Ariadne3,870 in the US (2017)
- Ariannamost holy; form of Ariadne3,264 in the US (2017)
- Isabelledevoted to God; form of Elizabeth814 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Trinitythe holy trinity or three in one1,864 in the US (2017)
- Izabelladevoted to God; variant of Isabella1,220 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Zamzam
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