Zan
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Zan by the numbers
Zan was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Zan
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 Zan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Zan
Names that are said the same way as Zan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Zayngrace, beauty; variant spelling of zain376 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zaynegod's gracious gift; a modern respelling of Zane860 in the US (2017)
- Zaingrace or beauty240 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zainegod is gracious; variant of Zane82 in the US (2017)
- Xandefender of men; short form of Alexander4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Xane19 in the US (2017)