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The first name 
Zaniah

Zaniah is a female first name.

When two girls called Zaniah meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Zaniah is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 4 out of 100,000 girls have been named Zaniah. In the SmartGenius ranking, Zaniah is #2,417 on the list of most common girls names. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Zaniah.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Zaniah

Zaniah -
quite rare in all states

The odds of living in the same statae as someone named Zaniah are about the same as meeting someone with blue eyes in the entire country – both odds are about 25 to 30 %. More precisely, the first name Zaniah is registered in 17 states, among which are Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia or Illinois. In proportion to the female population, most women and girls with the first name Zaniah live in Florida, and even there the name is rather special – only one in 32,304 would turn around if you called the name Zaniah across Florida.

Zaniah has 6 letters 
and begins with a Z

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 girls' names: only 1.9% of all common girls' names in the US begin with Z. By the way, the most common first letters of girls' names are A, S and M, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of girls' names.

With six letters, the name Zaniah is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. 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.

That means that with 1.9% of all girls' names beginning with a Z, this initial letter is less common than the other letters on average. Nevertheless, there are girls' names with Z that are quite popular, the most common at present is Zoe.

Other names with 
Z, a, n, i, a and h

If you take all the letters in the name Zaniah – Z, a, n, i, a and h – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Zainah or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Zaniah

If your name is Zaniah 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...

This is how you spell the name Zaniah

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Zaniah, you can simply say:

Zebra

Apple

Nut

Igloo

Apple

Hat

This is how the name Zaniah is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Zaniah in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Zaniah

Zaniah

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Zaniah

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Zaniah is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

Z
A
N
I
A
H

Have you ever waved the name Zaniah

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.

Z
A
N
I
A
H

Beeping like crazy...

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. Zaniah sounds like this: