Zane - Meaning of Zane

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Zane

[ 1 syll. za-ne, zan-e ] The baby boy name Zane is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is Zey-N †. Zane is used predominantly in the English language and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Zane is a variant of the name John (English and Hebrew).

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Zane is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been rising since the 1920s; before that, it was of sporadic use only. At the modest peak of its usage in 2018, 0.104% of baby boys were given the name Zane. It ranked at #200 then. In 2018, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Zane, John was the most commonly used. It was used 5 times more than Zane in that year. Zane has mostly been a baby boy name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Zane include Zain, Zaine, Zayn, Zaam, Zaan (English), Zaem, Zaeme, Zaim (Arabic), Zaime, Zam, Zame, Zann, Zaym, Zayme, Zeen, Zeene, Zein, Zeine, Zen (Japanese), and Zene.

† Pronunciation for Zane: Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"

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