Name profile

Zeno

A name of Greek origin.

OriginGreek
PronunciationItalian /ˈd͡zɛː.no/
Usage languagesAncient Greek, Italian
US rank (2025)#2,516

Meaning and history

Zénó comes from the Greek name Ζήνων (Zenon), which derives from the poetic form of the god Zeus’s name, Ζήν. It was borne by two famous Greek philosophers, Zeno of Elea and Zeno of Citium, the founder of the Stoic school in Athens.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 11 births, rank #6,904
2007: 5 births, rank #12,367
2008: 18 births, rank #5,067
2009: 7 births, rank #9,864
2010: 12 births, rank #6,698
20112011: 13 births, rank #6,256
2012: 15 births, rank #5,720
2013: 14 births, rank #5,923
2014: 25 births, rank #4,014
2015: 24 births, rank #4,179
20162016: 26 births, rank #3,990
2017: 24 births, rank #4,224
2018: 38 births, rank #3,055
2019: 31 births, rank #3,571
2020: 32 births, rank #3,418
20212021: 38 births, rank #3,121
2022: 36 births, rank #3,278
2023: 51 births, rank #2,575
2024: 58 births, rank #2,393
20252025: 53 births, rank #2,516

Zeno moved from #686 to #918 for boys between 1902 and 1905. Its highest annual birth count came in 1902, with 12 births.