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Cool Baby Names That Start With Z

The zippiest, zestiest first initial for baby names around must be Z. Zoe and Zachary are the top baby names starting with Z in the US. Along with all the versions of Zoe and Zachary, names beginning with Z on the US Top 1000 include Zion, Zayden, Zane, Zara, Zuri, Zander, and Zaylee. Unique cool names starting with Z range from Zelig to Zelda.

Zara, the name of one of the Queen's granddaughters, is the top-ranked Z name in England, while Zelie makes the Top 100 in France. And names starting with Z are among the hottest on our website, rising more than 100% year over year.

Z as an initial is so intrinsically cool it may be that there are no baby names starting with Z that aren't cool. Here are some of the best Z-starting names for baby boys and baby girls.

Zephyrine

Meaning: west wind

Origin:Feminine variation of Zephyr, Greek
853
Ziggy The meaning of Ziggy is 'victorious protecto...
Origin:German, diminutive of Siegfried and Sigmund
456
Zuzu

Meaning: lily

Origin:Czech diminutive of Susan
1215
Zelda

Meaning: gray fighting maid

Origin:Diminutive of Griselda
193
Zoe

Meaning: life

Origin:Greek
469
Zara

Meaning: blooming flower; God remembers

Origin:Hebrew and Arabic
141
Zora

Meaning: dawn

Origin:Serbo-Croatian
365
Zeke

Meaning: God strengthens

Origin:Diminutive of Ezekiel
623
Zane

Meaning: God is gracious

Origin:Possible variation of John
110
Zephyr

Meaning: west wind

Origin:Greek
247
Zachary

Meaning: the Lord has remembered

Origin:Hebrew
30
Zeno The meaning of Zeno is ‘gift of Zeus’ or ‘gu...
Origin: Anglicized form of Greek Zenon, related to Zeus, king of the gods
493
Zeus The meaning of Zeus is ‘to shine’. It is a n...
Origin:Greek mythology name
820
Zade Zade is primarily a name given to boys. It c...
Origin:Modern invented name
883
Zuri

Meaning: good, beautiful

Origin:Kiswahili
749
Zebedee

Meaning: gift of God

Origin:English variation of Hebrew Zebediah
310
Zion

Meaning: highest point

Origin:Hebrew
488
Zen

Meaning: meditation

Origin:Japanese
647
Zabelle

Meaning: pledged to God

Origin:Spelling variation of Zabel, form of Isabel which is a form of Elizabeth, Hebrew
6166
Zelma

Meaning: God helmet

Origin:German, diminutive of Anselma
2949