Zania

Meaning & origin

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

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

Zania is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Za'Nia, Zani'A, Żania, Zânia

• a separate name2 spellings in the group

  Also written Zânia

• Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Syria, Tanzania

  Also written Žåñiâ, Żania

• Ukrainian surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

  Also written Заня

37 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)

Zania 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 Russian, Zania Mishin syn Obramova. 1538-9.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

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.

How to address them○(machine-generated)

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)

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

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Zania?

In the United States, the national register counted 734 people named Zania in 2020, about 1 in 453 thousand residents.

How do you pronounce Zania?

A machine transcription gives /zəɲiə/ (IPA) for English.

Is Zania a male or female name?

Zania is a female 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 Zania have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 734 people named Zania, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zania.

Where is Zania most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zania is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 250 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.