Zanae

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zanae by the numbers

Zanae was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 20 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zanae

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

  • Zanegod's gracious gift; variant of John1,953 in the US (2017)
  • Zanahospitable; a form of Xenia or diminutive of Susanna8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zanai11 in the US (2017)
  • Zarae6 in the US (2017)
  • Zanaa5 in the US (2017)
  • Zainabfragrant flower, form of a tree385 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Zanae

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

  • Zaniahgrace and beauty; a form of Zaynab49 in the US (2017)
  • Zanyah29 in the US (2017)
  • Zanaya5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zania21 in the US (2017)
  • Zanya21 in the US (2017)
  • Zayana8 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Zanae

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