Given name

Zaneta

“a gracious gift from God”

Zaneta is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gracious gift from God.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Hebrew interpretation is “a gracious gift from God.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Zaneta through the years

Babies since 1880
956
0 boys · 956 girls
Most popular year
1987
45 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Zaneta in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1949–2025, 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 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 45 in 1987. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,068 as a first name in 2020.

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

Zaneta’s family of names

Zaneta has a related form in Zanetta. Zaneta has a related form in Zanita. Zaneta has a related form in Zaneeta.

Walk Zaneta’s family in the name graph

ZanetaΖανέταŽanetaZanettaZanetteZanitaZanettZaneteZannetaZanitraZanytaZaneetaZanetah

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 10

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

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Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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“one who is as strong as an oak”

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“resembling a graceful white lily”

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>99% girls

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“God is gracious”

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Sibling ideas

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