Zenna

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Zenna by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Zenna. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 18 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Zenna

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

  • Zenawelcoming, hospitable; form of xenia81 in the US (2017)
  • Zeinaornament or grace29 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zeniahospitable; welcoming; form of Xenia23 in the US (2017)
  • Zannagracious; short form of Susanna20 in the US (2017)
  • Zeena7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zenya12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Zenna

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

  • Xenahospitable, welcoming156 in the US (2017)
  • Zeenahbeauty, grace; a form of Zeina4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zeyna8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zeanna6 in the US (2017)
  • Zenai3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Zenna

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