Given name & surname · also Hebrew
Zaza
“belonging to all”·“one who is flowery”
Zaza is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “belonging to all” and “one who is flowery”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original Hebrewזזא
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “belonging to all” and “one who is flowery”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Hebrew and Arabic naming traditions.
How it developed
In French usage, Zaza is a diminutive of Élisabeth.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Zaza appears in 1 Chronicles 2:33.
From biblical name research
Zaza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 246 as a first name in 2020; 378 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zaza’s family of names
In French usage, Zaza is a diminutive of Élisabeth. Zaza has a related form in Zazah. Zaza has a related form in Zazu.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Zaza
- Zaza PachuliaGeorgian basketball player (born 1984)
- Zaza UrushadzeGeorgian film director (born 1966)1965–2019
- Zaza GogavaGeorgian generalborn 1971
- Zaza ZazirovUkrainian wrestlerborn 1972
- Zaza JanashiaGeorgian footballerborn 1976
- Zaza BurchuladzeGeorgian writerborn 1973
- Zaza KedelashviliGeorgian judokaborn 1985
- Zaza NadiradzeGeorgian canoeistborn 1993
- Zaza AleksidzeGeorgian historian and linguist (1935–2023)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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