Żane

given name · Latin script

Żane is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1795. From Zuzanna (“Susan”). Name of a character in the play Pūt, vējiņi (1913) by Rainis.

rarermore common
  • NZNew Zealand≈1 in 7.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 7.5K
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 8.1K

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)

44,095 people, 2020

Sources
409 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 342 (inferred from the name graph)

Latvia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zane in US United States, AU Australia, LV Latvia and 3 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(measured from records)

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1795. From Zuzanna (“Susan”). Name of a character in the play Pūt, vējiņi (1913) by Rainis.

Sources 4

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • Dizionario dei cognomi italiani
  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Where in the world(measured from records)

Żane 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 Żane is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—44,0951 in 7.5K44KZane409
CN China—≈32,000 est.≈1 in 44K—Zane20
LV Latvia#8215,5031 in 3425.5KZane57
ZA South Africa—≈4,200 est.≈1 in 13K—Zane100
AU Australia#836≈3,100 est.≈1 in 8.1K107Zane162
NZ New Zealand#447≈690 est.≈1 in 7.2K15Zane97

44,095 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; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). 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).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Żane 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

What does the name Żane mean, and where does it come from?
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1795. From Zuzanna (“Susan”). Name of a character in the play Pūt, vējiņi (1913) by Rainis. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dizionario dei cognomi italiani and 2 other sources.
Is Żane a male or female name?
Żane 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 Żane have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 44 thousand people named Żane, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zane.
Where is Żane most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Żane is densest in Latvia — about 1 in 342 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Żane?
In the United States, the national register counted 44,095 people named Żane in 2020, about 1 in 7.5 thousand residents.
How common is Żane compared with other names?
In New Zealand, Żane is the 447th most common given name of 26,737 given names recorded there.

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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, “Żane” — the 447th most common given name in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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