Given name & surname

Zin

Zin is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Zin isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Zin through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2018
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01232025Highest share 20180.0
Zin in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2018–2025, per million boys born. 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 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 434 as a first name in 2020; 550 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.

Zin’s family of names

In Greek usage, Zin as a surname is a transliteration of Ζιν.

Walk Zin’s family in the name graph

ZinZynΖινZîn

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 3

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

See also 1

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

Similar names

If you love Zin, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Zim

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Nirvin

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Zymair

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Zykel

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Yujin

16Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Zaivian

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Layn

“one who takes the narrow path”

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% boys

Modern

Zaimar

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Zin’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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