Zeya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 18 babies a year in England and Wales.
Zeya by the numbers
In 2025, 18 babies in England and Wales were named Zeya. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Zeya
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 Zeya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zoyalife; from zoe meaning life208 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ziyalight, splendor; variant of Zia128 in the US (2017)
- Zenawelcoming, hospitable; form of xenia81 in the US (2017)
- Zetasixth letter of the greek alphabet21 in the US (2017)
- Zeraseed5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zoeyalife; a respelling of zoe10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zeya
Names that are said the same way as Zeya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Zeyah5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Zeya
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