| The boy name Zane [ syll. za-ne, zan-e ] is pronounced as ZEYN- KEY. Zane is primarily used in the English language and its language of origin is Hebrew. Zane is a form of the English name John. Zane is popular as a baby boy name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1920s; prior to that, it was of infrequent use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 2003, 0.076% of baby boys were given the name Zane. It had a ranking of #220 then. In 2007, its usage was 0.072% and its ranking #232. Out of the family of boy names directly linked to Zane, the English John was the most regularly used. In 2007, it was 9 times more popular than Zane. Baby names that sound like Zane include the English and German name Zeno and the English and Hebrew name Zion. KEY: approx pronunciation for Zane: Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
A famous person named Zane is Writer, Zane Grey, born Pearl Zane Grey 31 January 1872 - 23 October 1939, Zanesville, Ohio. |