Zayon
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.
Zayon by the numbers
Zayon was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Zayon
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 Zayon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zayngrace, beauty; variant spelling of zain376 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zayangraceful or beautiful; variant of Zain240 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zyonpromised land; the promised city; a respelling of Zion186 in the US (2017)
- Ziyonthe promised land; a modern respelling of Zion47 in the US (2017)
- Zayinthe seventh letter of the hebrew alphabet10 in the US (2017)
- Zaydon26 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zayon
Names that are said the same way as Zayon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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