Zaza
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The meaning of the name Zaza is uncertain
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Zaza is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Georgia than in any other country, where it is the 54th most common given name.
- GEGeorgia1 in 195as ზაზა(measured from records)
- RURussia≈1 in 67Kas Заза
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 29K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Zaza itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Georgia (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 115 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 29K (inferred from the name graph)
20,488 named ზაზა
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Заза in RU Russia, AZ Azerbaijan.
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)
The meaning of the name Zaza is uncertain. Some scholars suggest it may derive from a Hebrew root (זוז) meaning "to move" or "moving about in a cyclic way". Other proposed meanings include "prominent", "brightness", or "fulness".
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Zaza 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE Georgia | #54 | 20,488as ზაზა | 1 in 195 | 20K | Zaza | 98 |
| RU Russia | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 67K | #1,629 | Заза | 115 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈2,000 est. | ≈1 in 29K | — | Zaza | 3 |
| FR France | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 42K | 37 | Zaza | 2 |
| PL Poland | — | 1,039 | 1 in 37K | 1K | Zaza | 13 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈890 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Zaza | 7 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Заза | 5 |
20,488 people counted by Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API), counting the spelling ზაზა. 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: Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Zaza is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
While Zaza himself has no direct religious narrative, his inclusion in the biblical genealogies serves as a testament to the faithfulness of God in preserving the lineage of His people. Figures like Zaza, though obscure, are part of the unbroken line of the tribe of Judah, from which King David and, according to Christian tradition, Jesus would descend.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Kurdish, Referring to the Zaza people, representing cultural identity and historical depth
as a wordkurdi.sh Kurdish personal names dictionary
In dag, 1. half-cooked 2. half-way along in age. zeeba zerba? n
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In lua, to cut or chop into small pieces, hash, mince.
as a wordGrammar and Dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua Language
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)
- Zaza Kolelishvilib. 1957GESoviet and Georgian actor and film director
- Zaza Buadzeb. 1962GEGeorgian film director
- Zaza Turmanidzeb. 1965GEOlympic wrestler
- Zaza Urushadzeb. 1966GEGeorgian film director (born 1966)
- Zaza Gogavab. 1971GEGeorgian general
- Zaza Zazirovb. 1972UAUkrainian wrestler
- Zaza Burchuladzeb. 1973GEGeorgian writer
- Zaza Rusadzeb. 1977GEGeorgian film director and screenwriter
- Zaza Pachuliab. 1984GEGeorgian basketball player (born 1984)
- Zaza Kedelashvilib. 1985GEGeorgian judoka
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 52 sources across 25 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 1K | #476 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 984 | #476 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2024 | 2 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
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
- Where does the name Zaza come from?
- The meaning of the name Zaza is uncertain. Some scholars suggest it may derive from a Hebrew root (זוז) meaning "to move" or "moving about in a cyclic way". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What does the name Zaza mean?
- Recorded meaning: The meaning of the name Zaza is uncertain.
- Is Zaza a male or female name?
- Zaza 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 Zaza have the most bearers?
- In Georgia, the national register counted about 20 thousand people named ზაზა, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Zaza?
- In Poland, the national register counted 1,039 people named Zaza in 2026, about 1 in 37 thousand residents.
- How common is Zaza compared with other names?
- In Georgia, Zaza is the 54th most common given name of 12,900 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Zaza?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zazaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Zaza” — the 54th most common given name in Georgia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.