Given name
Zeline
“of the sunshine”
Zeline is a variant of Zelene. One English interpretation is “of the sunshine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zeline is a variant of Zelene. One English interpretation is “of the sunshine.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zeline is a variant of Zelene. An origin associated with Zelene is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zeline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 0 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 12 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 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1957.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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.
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