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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.

Zilla

Meaning: shadow

Origin:Hebrew
2008
Zipporah

Meaning: bird

Origin:Variation of Tziporah, Hebrew
1345
Zahara

Meaning: to shine; flower

Origin:Hebrew; Swahili
996
Zofia

Meaning: wisdom

Origin:Czech, Polish, and Ukrainian variation of Sophia
3314
Zibby The name Zibby is a diminutive form of Eliza...
Origin:Diminutive of Elizabeth
4897
Zaynab

Meaning: beauty, grace

Origin:Arabic, tree name or "beauty, grace"
2661
Zariah

Meaning: flower, God has helped, dawn

Origin:Arabic, Hebrew, Russian
919
Zaria

Meaning: rose

Origin:Arabic
1150
Zola

Meaning: piece of earth

Origin:African, Congolese; also literary name
2684
Zadie

Meaning: princess

Origin:English variation of Sadie
588
Zaza

Meaning: movement

Origin:Hebrew
4634
Zinnia

Meaning: Zinn's flower

Origin:Flower name, from German surname
579
Zelie

Meaning: noble

Origin:French
1220
Zeb The meaning of Zeb is ‘a gift of Jehovah’. I...
Origin:Diminutive of Zebediah or Zebulon
1270
Zenith

Meaning: the point in the sky or celestial sphere directly above an observer

Origin:English
1121
Zev

Meaning: wolf

Origin:Hebrew
298
Zeren The name Zeren is usually gender neutral, al...
Origin:Animal name
5246
Zoltan

Meaning: sultan

Origin:Hungarian
1659
Zhivago

Meaning: life

Origin:Russian literary name
2727
Zooey

Meaning: life

Origin:Literary name or variation of Zoe, Greek
4333