How popular is the baby name Zena in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Zena.
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Top baby names with ZEN
First, a quick rundown of the most popular names with the letter sequence “z-e-n,” according to the current U.S. baby name data.
Top girl names with “z-e-n”
Top boy names with “z-e-n”
Zendaya Azeneth Zena Zen Zenaida Zenovia Zenobia Zeniyah Zenith Chozen
Kaizen Zen Aizen Chozen Kyzen Hazen Kaiyzen Zenith Mazen Zeno
Now here are the same names again, this time with links to popularity graphs and, in some cases, explanations/definitions. (Many of these are modern names without a distinct origin, so I can’t add as much extra information as I did in similar posts, e.g., VAN, ICE, CAR.)
Zen comes from the vocabulary word zen, which (in English) often refers to enlightenment. The word is ultimately based upon the Sanskrit word dhyana, meaning “meditation.”
Zeno is derived from the ancient Greek name Zenon, which is also based on Zeus.
Zenobia and Zenovia are forms of an ancient Greek name meaning “life of Zeus.”
More names with ZEN
So, what other names have ZEN in them? Here are some less-common choices. (Nearly all of these come directly from the SSA’s baby name data.)
Azen, Ayzen
Alzena
Alzenia
Amazen
Asuzena, Azuzena
Autzen
Used mostly in the state of Oregon. The University of Oregon’s football team plays in Autzen Stadium, which was named after Danish-American lumberman/philanthropist Thomas J. Autzen.
Azena
Azende
Azenet
Blazen
Blazena
Bozena
Brazen, Brayzen
Caizen
Chayzen
Drazen
Drazenka
Dzenan
Dzeneta
Dzenita
Eizen
Eizens
Elzena
Haizen, Hayzen
Izen
Izena
Jakzenny
Jantzen
Janzen
Jaxzen
Jazen, Jayzen, Jaizen
Jentezen
Jentzen
Jenzen
Jezenia
Kazen, Kayzen
Kreszentia
Kreszenz
Khyzen, Khaizen
Lozen
Luzena
Marzena
Maizen
Nazenin
Ozena
Roczen
Rozen
Rozena, Rosezena
Rozenia
Ruzena
Ryzen
Suzen
Tamzen
Tayzen
Tyzen
Vinzent
Vinzenz
Yazen
Yezen
Yezenia
Zenab
Zenae
Zenah
Zenai
Zenaide
Zenaido
Zenais
Zenani
Zenas
Zenaura
Zenaya, Zenayah, Zenaiya
Zenayda
Zenda
Zendayah, Zendaiya
Zende
Zendell
Zenden
Zender
Zendeya
Zendiya
Zendra
Zendre
Zendy
Zene
Zeneida
Zenen
Zeneth
Zenetta
Zeni, Zeny, Zennie, Zenni
Zenia, Zeniah, Zennia
Zenida
Zenita
Zeniya, Zenniyah
Zenja
Zenley
Zenna
Zenoba
Zenobios
Zenola
Zenolia
Zenon, Zennon
Zenona
Zenora, Zenorah
Zenos
Zennith
Zentavious
Zenus
Zenya
Zenzele
Zenzile
Several of the above are non-traditional spellings of more common names, such as Susan and Yesenia.
Which ZEN name do you like most? Let me know in the comments!
In 1979 and 1980, four very similar girl names — Brittania, Brittanya, Britania and Britanya — all popped up in the U.S. baby name data:
Brittania
Brittanya
Britania
Britanya
1983
13
.
.
.
1982
13
6
.
.
1981
35
7
9
10
1980
60†
19*
13*
16*
1979
5*
.
.
.
1978
.
.
.
.
1977
.
.
.
.
*Debut, †Peak usage
What put them there?
A marketing campaign for Brittania blue jeans.
Sportswear brand Brittania (pronounced brih-TAN-yah) was launched in Seattle in 1973 by businessman Walter Schoenfeld.
He was inspired to start selling “washed” blue jeans to Americans after spotting “a pair of faded blue denim slacks in the window of a London shop.” (Brittania jeans were “fashionable alternatives to the dark denim Levi’s that were so prevalent at that time.”)
Sales of Britannia jeans increased throughout the 1970s:
In [fewer] than 10 years, Brittania Sportswear was selling 30 million pairs a year and Brittania — Schoenfeld spelled it that way to distinguish his brand from the Royal Yacht Britannia — had a team of 40 to 50 designers and about 400 employees in Seattle.
Then, in 1980, Schoenfeld made a “decision which ran against his better judgment: Brittania embarked on the first full-scale advertising campaign in its history.”
That year, the company spent about $9 million on advertising. The result was the “My home is __ but I live in Brittania” marketing campaign.
The campaign was very successful; brand recognition increased from 48% in 1978 to 96% in 1980.
But it also created a new problem: too much demand for the product. By the spring of 1980, the company “had a 50 percent increase in orders over the previous year, but lacked production capacity to fill them.”
This situation, along with several other issues, led the company to file for bankruptcy protection in 1983. Several years after that, it was purchased by Levi Strauss.
Brittania may not be around anymore, but, as the very first designer jeans company in the U.S., it paved the way for brands like Jordache, Chardon, and Zena.
It also helped kick the baby name Brittany into high gear circa 1980:
1983: 4,377 baby girls named Brittany [64th]
1982: 3,102 baby girls named Brittany [94th]
1981: 1,714 baby girls named Brittany [165th]
1980: 1,406 baby girls named Brittany [190th]
1979: 792 baby girls named Brittany [300th]
1978: 630 baby girls named Brittany [345th]
1977: 488 baby girls named Brittany [419th]
Here’s a visual:
What are your thoughts on the baby name Brittania? (Do you like it more or less than Brittany?)
P.S. Did you know that Seattle’s apparel industry was born in the wake of the Klondike gold rush? Many prospectors bought provisions in Seattle before heading north to Alaska. Apparel companies founded in Seattle include Filson (1897), Nordstrom (1901), and Eddie Bauer (1920).
If you’re on the hunt for baby names with a numerological value of 1, you’re in luck! Because today’s post features hundreds of 1-names.
Before we get to the names, though — how do we know that they’re “ones” in numerology?
Turning names into numbers
Here’s how to calculate the numerological value of a name.
First, for each letter, come up with a number to represent that letter’s position in the alphabet. (Letter A would be number 1, letter B would be number 2, and so forth.) Then, add all the numbers together. If the sum has two or more digits, add the digits together recursively until the result is a single digit. That single digit is the name’s numerological value.
For instance, the letters in the name Taylor correspond to the numbers 20, 1, 25, 12, 15, and 18. The sum of these numbers is 91. The digits of 91 added together equal 10, and the digits of 10 added together equal 1 — the numerological value of Taylor.
Baby names with a value of 1
Below you’ll find the most popular 1-names per gender, according to the latest U.S. baby name data. I’ve further sub-categorized them by total sums — just in case any of those larger numbers are significant to anyone.
1 via 10
The letters in the following baby names add up to 10, which reduces to one (1+0=1).
Girl names (1 via 10)
Boy name (1 via 10)
Eda, Dea, Ebba, Adda, Ade
Ade
1 via 19
The letters in the following baby names add up to 19, which reduces to one (1+9=10; 1+0=1).
Girl names (1 via 19)
Boy names (1 via 19)
Mae, Ema, Abbie, Alea, Aela
Adam, Jace, Dan, Jed, Jah
1 via 28
The letters in the following baby names add up to 28, which reduces to one (2+8=10; 1+0=1).
There’s no definitive answer, unfortunately, because various numerological systems exist, and each one has its own interpretation of the number one. That said, if we look at a couple of modern numerology/astrology websites, we see 1 being described as “leader,” “independent,” “determined,” “creative,” and “self-assured.”
We can also look at associations, which are a bit more concrete. Here are a few things that are associated with the number 1:
Unity
Uniqueness
First place (as in sports)
Unicorn
Monolith
I kept the list short because you can associate the number 1 with just about anything. It’s universal, you might say. (See what I did there?)
What does the number 1 mean to you? What are your strongest associations with the number?
P.S. To see names with other numerological values, check out the posts for the numbers two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine.
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