Zhi
A unisex name of Chinese origin, meaning wisdom or intention.
Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Zhi by the numbers
Zhi was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zhi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zipurple or character; name element5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Zhi, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)