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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.

Zira

Meaning: moonlight

Origin:Berber, Tamazight
944
Zena The meaning of Zena is ‘born of Zeus’ or ‘gu...
Origin:Greek variation of Xena
1993
Zelig

Meaning: blessed, happy

Origin:Yiddish variation of Selig
10925
Zandra

Meaning: defending men

Origin:Variation of Sandra and Alexandra
3702
Zariza

Meaning: gold, brilliantly bright

Origin:Hebrew
3087
Zac

Meaning: the Lord has remembered

Origin:Diminutive of Zachariah/Zachary
1036
Zadok

Meaning: righteous

Origin:Hebrew
2962
Zada

Meaning: fortunate, prosperous

Origin:Arabic
2334
Zelenka

Meaning: green

Origin:Czech
5750
Zandy Zandy is used as a name for both boys and gi...
Origin:Greek
8762
Zahava The name Zahava oozes splendor and wealth. W...
Origin:Modern Hebrew name
1157
Zafar

Meaning: victory

Origin:Arabic
6288
Zared

Meaning: trap

Origin:Hebrew
4217
Zubin

Meaning: short spear

Origin:Persian
4786
Zeta A commonly used name for both boys and girls...
Origin:Variation of Zita or Greek letter name
1312
Ziazan

Meaning: rainbow

Origin:Armenian
6284
Zafiro Zafiro is a beautiful name that parents ofte...
Origin:Hebrew
7552
Zina Zina is a female given name with Russian and...
Origin:African, Nsenga, refers to a child's secret spirit name; Russian, related to Zeus
4171
Zero

Meaning: void

Origin:Italian from Arabic and Sanskrit
911
Zala

Meaning: a people from southwest Ethiopia; rose

Origin:Ethiopian or Slovene variation of Rozalija
1497