Given name & surname
Ziona
“one who symbolizes goodness”
Ziona is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who symbolizes goodness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who symbolizes goodness.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ziona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 590
- 0 boys · 590 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,357 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,357 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 30.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 39 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 482 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.
Ziona’s family of names
Ziona has a related form in Zion. Ziona has a related form in Zionah. Ziona has a related form in Zyona.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 Ziona
- Siona ShimshiIsraeli painter, sculptor, ceramist, and textile designer (1939-2018)
- Siona TaggerIsraeli painter (1900-1988)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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