Given name & surname

Zhi

“a woman of high moral character”·“one who has good intentions”

Zhi is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a woman of high moral character” (Chinese) and “one who has good intentions” (Chinese). These may reflect different naming traditions.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Interpretations include “a woman of high moral character” (Chinese) and “one who has good intentions” (Chinese). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Chinese.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Zhi through the years

Babies since 1880: 193; 176 boys · 17 girls
Most popular year: 2001; 19 babies
2025: 0; Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20: −76%; Cooling

Boys Girls

Zhi in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1988–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,123 as a first name in 2020; 518 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.

Zhi’s family of names

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Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 22

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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People named Zhi

Characters named Zhi: Yang Zhi (Water Margin character), Gong Zhi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms).

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