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Zane - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Zane

[ 1 syll. za-ne, zan-e ] The boy name Zane 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 2008, its usage was 0.072% and its ranking #235. Out of the family of boy names directly linked to Zane, the English John was the most regularly used. In 2008, it was 8 times more popular than Zane.

Baby names that sound like Zane include the Hebrew Zan, the Galician Xoán, the Chinese Xun, the name Zeeman, the English, French, German, and Greek Zeno, the French, Greek, Polish, and Spanish Zenon, the English Zeshon, the name Zinan, the Russian and English Zinon, the English and Hebrew Zion, the English Jimoh, and the Italian Zenone.

A famous person named Zane is Author, Zane Grey, born Pearl Zane Grey 31 January 1872 - 23 October 1939, Zanesville, Ohio.

KEY: Pronunciation for Zane: Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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