Zelene

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zelene by the numbers

Zelene was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Zelene

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

  • Zelenagreen; a form of Zelda35 in the US (2017)
  • Zeliezealous; a form of Zelia or Celia84 in the US (2017)
  • Zellieblessed; a form of Zelig or diminutive of Zelma7 in the US (2017)
  • Zeena7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zelina10 in the US (2017)
  • Zylee9 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zelene

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