Zãy

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Zãy is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 323K(measured from records)
  • SGSingapore≈1 in 36K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 83K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,029 people, 2020

Sources
200 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)

Singapore, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zay in US United States, MY Malaysia, AU Australia and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zãy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Zãy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,0291 in 323K852Zay200
MY Malaysia≈390 est.≈1 in 83K—Zay12
NG Nigeria≈270 est.≈1 in 801K—Zay10
SG Singapore≈170 est.≈1 in 36K—Zay16
PH Philippines≈98 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Zay15
PL Poland≈82 est.≈1 in 466K3Zay1
AU Australia≈39 est.≈1 in 647K—Zay38

1,029 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Zãy is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Burmese given name81 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Myanmar (Burma), Malaysia, Singapore, United States

    Also written Zay, Žâÿ, Žãÿ, Žay, Žâý

  • Indonesian given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, Singapore

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Zay, Ẑậẏ, Záy, Žãý, Žäÿ

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Zãy under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

Is Zãy a male or female name?
Zãy is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Zãy have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.0 thousand people named Zãy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zay.
How common is the name Zãy?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,029 people named Zãy in 2020, about 1 in 323 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zãy”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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