Zane is the Latvian form of Susanna, the Greek form of the Hebrew name Shoshannah, which was derived from the Hebrew word ‘shoshan’ meaning ‘lily’.
Zane is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The name Zane isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Zane ranks 220. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 10 were named Zane. In the entire USA, approximately 48,784 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Zane. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.
Zane is the Latvian form of Susanna, the Greek form of the Hebrew name Shoshannah, which was derived from the Hebrew word ‘shoshan’ meaning ‘lily’.
Zane is also... the anglicized form of Zain, an Arabic name that means 'beauty, grace'.
The name Zane may not be in the top rankings of the most popular boys’ names, but it is one of the few male given names, along with only 385 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Zane is apparently especially popular in Montana. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular men’s names here either, one in 1,200 men in Montana is called Zane. In total, that’s 438 people who feel addressed when the name Zane is shouted loudly across Montana and who ensure that their name makes it to #243 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common male names in this nice state. If you asked all people in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Zane as the answer a total of 48,784 times. This places Zane at #448 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular male names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living people across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Zane as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter Z is quite rare as a first letter for boys' names: only 2.4% of all common boys' names in the US begin with Z. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D, while X, U and Q are the least common initials of boys' names.
With four letters, the name Zane is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Therefore: As 2.4% of all boys' names begin with a Z, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Interesting detail: of all the names that begin with Z, Zachary is the most common.
If your name is Zane and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Zane, you can simply say:
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Apple
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Zane
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Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Zane sounds like this:
