Given name & surname
Zidane
“abundant increase, prosperity”
Zidane is a surname from Arabic. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zidane goes back to Arabic زَيْد, meaning “abundant increase, prosperity.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Arabic زَيْدَان, from Arabic زَيْد (“abundant increase, prosperity”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zidane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 700
- 700 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 52
- #2,570 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 52 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,570 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 453 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.
Zidane’s family of names
In French usage, Zidane has a short form in ZIZOU.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Zidane
- Zidane Iqbalassociation football playerborn 2003
- Zaydan Qahramanacourtier of the Abbasid harem during the reign of Caliph Al-Muqtadir (r. 908-929)
- Zidane Mebarakouassociation football playerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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