Given name & surname
Zona
“a decorative sash; belt”
Zona is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a decorative sash; belt.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a decorative sash; belt.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zona through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,567
- 0 boys · 4,567 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 107 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #17,274 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 17,274 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 107 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,588 as a first name in 2020; 1,410 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.
Zona’s family of names
Zona has a related form in Zonia. Zona has a related form in Zonah. Zona has a related form in Zonna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zona
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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