Zania
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.
Zania by the numbers
Zania was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 61 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Zania
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 Zania. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zariablooming flower or princess; a respelling of Zara353 in the US (2017)
- Zaniahgrace and beauty; a form of Zaynab49 in the US (2017)
- Zeniahospitable; welcoming; form of Xenia23 in the US (2017)
- Zakiapure, virtuous, intelligent21 in the US (2017)
- Zannagracious; short form of Susanna20 in the US (2017)
- Zamiadamage or loss; a genus of plants18 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zania
Names that are said the same way as Zania, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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