Given name

Zanah

Zanah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Zanah is a variant of Zana. Zana has been associated with Romanian and Hebrew naming traditions.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Zanah is a variant of Zana. The history of Zana gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Zana is associated with the three Graces.

Combines direct and name-family evidence

Zanah through the years

Babies since 1880
31
0 boys · 31 girls
Most popular year
1994
14 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246820002025Highest share 19940.0
Zanah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1994–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1994.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Zanah’s family of names

Zanah has a related form in Zana.

Walk Zanah’s family in the name graph

ZanahZana

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Zanah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Zanah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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