Given name & surname
Zinna
“a brilliant, showy, rayed flower”
Zinna is a variant of Zinnia. One Latin interpretation is “a brilliant, showy, rayed flower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zinna is a variant of Zinnia. One Latin interpretation is “a brilliant, showy, rayed flower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zinna is a variant of Zinnia. An origin associated with Zinnia is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zinna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 0 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 7 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 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 121 as a first name in 2020; 353 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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