Zénon

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Zeno

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

/zenɔ̃/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Zénon is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 987(measured from records)
  • ECEcuador1 in 25K
  • VEVenezuela1 in 28K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

38,796 people, 2026

Sources
130 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 987 (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zenon in US United States.

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(measured from records)

Zeno

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zénon 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 Zénon is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland38,7961 in 98740K—1
US United States2,4011 in 139K2.4KZenon78
VE Venezuela1,0291 in 28K1K——
BR Brazil9661 in 219K1K—1
EC Ecuador6811 in 25K681—2
SE Sweden1721 in 59K172——
IS Iceland81 in 44K8——

38,796 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026. 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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); INEC — civil registry names; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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)

Zénon is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Philippines

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Zenon, Zenón, Zëñoñ, Zenòn

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Zēnōn, Zenon, Zenón, Zénón

  • Spanish given name32 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Mexico, Argentina, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Zenon, Zeno, Zenón, Zenòn, Zenao

  • Polish given name44 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Ukraine, United States, Russia

    Languages: Polish, Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Zenon, Зенон, Zinon, Зенона, Zeno

  • Danish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Zenon, Zenón

3 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Zénon is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, Du grec Zênôn, dérivé de Zeus ; nom grec.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

05001000150020002500Zeno of Sidon, b. 150Zeno of Tarsus, b. 250Zeno of Verona, b. 300Zeno of Citium, b. 334Zeno of Elea, b. 490Zenon Kliszko, b. 1908Zenon Pylyshyn, b. 1937Zenon Grocholewski, b. 1939Zenon Jaskuła, b. 1962Zeno Debast, b. 2003
  • Zeno of Sidonb. 150LBnot in their usual nameEpicurean philosopher from the Phoenician city of Sidon (150-c. 75 BCE)
  • Zeno of Tarsusb. 250TRnot in their usual name3rd century BCE Greek Stoic philosopher
  • Zeno of Veronab. 300ITnot in their usual nameItalian Catholic bishop and saint (300-371)
  • Zeno of Citiumb. 334CYnot in their usual nameGreek philosopher, founder of Stoicism
  • Zeno of Eleab. 490ITnot in their usual nameGreek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC)
  • Zenon Kliszkob. 1908PLPolish politician (1908-1989)
  • Zenon Pylyshynb. 1937CACanadian cognitive scientist and philosopher (1937–2022)
  • Zenon Grocholewskib. 1939PLCatholic cardinal
  • Zenon Jaskułab. 1962PLRoad racing cyclist
  • Zeno Debastb. 2003BEnot in their usual nameBelgian association football player (born 2003)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBonjour Zénon,Hi Zénon, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Zénon
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#41,930
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)20262#45,972

Reference works 3

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Zénon mean, and where does it come from?
Zeno Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Zénon?
A machine transcription gives /zenɔ̃/ (IPA) for French.
Is Zénon a male or female name?
Zénon is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Zénon have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 39 thousand people named Zénon, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Zénon most common?
Zénon is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 987 people carrying it.
How common is the name Zénon?
In Poland, the national register counted 38,796 people named Zénon in 2026, about 1 in 987 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, “Zénon”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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