Given name
Zerline
“of the beautiful dawn”
Zerline is a variant of Zerlina. One Latin interpretation is “of the beautiful dawn.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zerline is a variant of Zerlina. One Latin interpretation is “of the beautiful dawn.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zerline is a variant of Zerlina. An origin associated with Zerlina is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1907. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zerline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 66
- 0 boys · 66 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 8 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 1949. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zerline’s family of names
Zerline has a related form in Zerlina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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