Given name
Zebulon
“one who has been exalted”
Zebulon is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has been exalted.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who has been exalted.”
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 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zebulon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,149
- 2,149 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 125 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #5,042 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,042 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 125 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,602 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.
Zebulon’s family of names
In English usage, Zebulon has a diminutive in Zeb. In Dutch usage, Zebulon has a conventional equivalent in the English form Zebulun. Zebulon has a related form in Zebulun.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Zebulunvariant · English
- Zebdiminutive · English
- Zevulunvariant
- Zebbulonlikely variant
- Zevulunevariant
- Zevulonevariant
- Zevulonvariant
- Zebulunevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zebulon
- Zebulon PikeAmerican military officer, explorer, and writer (1779-1813)
- Zablon SimintovAfghan businessmanborn 1959
- Zebulon VanceConfederate military officer in the American Civil War (1830-1894)
- Zvulun KalfaIsraeli politicianborn 1962
- Zebulon WeaverAmerican politician (1872-1948)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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