Given name
Zethan
“blossom”·“olive”·“eager to bear fruit”
Zethan is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewזיתן
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Zethan is thought to mean “blossom,” “olive” or “eager to bear fruit.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Zethan is a biblical name, probably from Hebrew.
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How it developed
Possibly from the Hebrew verb zatat (זתת), “to be fresh and new.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. 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 Zethan appears in 1 Chronicles 7:10.
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Zethan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 74
- 74 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 10 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 boys is 7 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2015.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zethan’s family of names
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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