Zinia
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.
Zinia by the numbers
Zinia was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Zinia
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 Zinia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zinniaflowering plant named after botanist Johann Zinn145 in the US (2017)
- Zinahospitable; welcoming7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zeniahospitable; welcoming; form of Xenia23 in the US (2017)
- Zania21 in the US (2017)
- Zynia5 in the US (2017)
- Zariablooming flower or princess; a respelling of Zara353 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zinia
Names that are said the same way as Zinia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Zinia
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