Zeplin

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zeplin by the numbers

Zeplin was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Zeplin

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

  • Zepplin9 in the US (2017)
  • Zeppelinfrom the airship; surname as given name105 in the US (2017)
  • Zephangod has hidden; a form of Zephaniah7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zeligblessed; from Hebrew Asher7 in the US (2017)
  • Zellieblessed; a form of Zelig or diminutive of Zelma7 in the US (2017)
  • Zaylin44 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Zeplin

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