Looking for baby names that contain the word ZEN?
If so, here’s a long list of enlightened options to choose from! ;)
Below you’ll find a long list of names that contain the letter sequence “z-e-n.” Most of these names come directly from the U.S. SSA’s baby name data.
- Aizen, Ayzen, Azen
- 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
- Azeneth
- Blazen
- Blazena
- Bozena
- Brazen, Brayzen
- Caizen
- Chayzen
- Chozen
- Drazen
- Drazenka
- Dzenan
- Dzeneta
- Dzenita
- Eizen
- Eizens
- Elzena
- Hazen, Haizen, Hayzen
- Izen
- Izena
- Jakzenny
- Jantzen
- Janzen
- Jaxzen
- Jazen, Jayzen, Jaizen
- Jentezen
- Jentzen
- Jenzen
- Jezenia
- Kazen, Kayzen
- Kaizen, Kaiyzen
- Khaizen
- Khyzen
- Kreszentia
- Kreszenz
- Kyzen
- Lozen
- Luzena
- Marzena
- Mazen, Maizen
- Nazenin
- Ozena
- Roczen
- Rozen
- Rozena, Rosezena
- Rozenia
- Ruzena
- Ryzen
- Suzen
- Tamzen
- Tayzen
- Tyzen
- Vinzent
- Vinzenz
- Yazen
- Yezen
- Yezenia
- Zen
- Zena
- Zenab
- Zenae
- Zenah
- Zenai
- Zenaida, Zenayda
- Zenaide
- Zenaido
- Zenais
- Zenani
- Zenas
- Zenaura
- Zenaya, Zenayah, Zenaiya
- Zenda
- Zendaya, 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
- Zenith, Zennith
- Zeniya, Zeniyah, Zenniyah
- Zenja
- Zenley
- Zenna
- Zeno
- Zenoba
- Zenobia
- Zenobios
- Zenola
- Zenolia
- Zenon, Zennon
- Zenona
- Zenora, Zenorah
- Zenos
- Zenovia
- 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!
Source: SSA
Image: Adapted from Sand Garden at Tofukuji Temple by Takashi Tomooka under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Zendaya has stated that her name means “to give thanks,” derived from the Shona name Tendai.
Kaizen is a Japanese business philosophy about continuous improvement.
Thanks, Rachel and Renchickadee!
Here’s a short clip of Zendaya explaining that her name is “actually kind of half made-up and half real.” She notes that Tendai morphed into Zendaya thanks largely to her father, who “had a thing for Zs, and Zen.”