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Zia
Pronounced /ˈzi.ə/
Rank in 2024
#1,191
Born in 2024
198
Peak year
2024 · #1191
Origin
Arabic
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 198 girls were named Zia, about 1 in every 8,147.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1976.
- 3,080 girls have been named Zia since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Zia per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- 0Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 159 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,053 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,858 babies, 0.09 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Arabic ضِيَاء (ḍiyāʔ, “light”) via Spanish. ==== Proper noun ==== Zia A male given name from Arabic popular among Muslims. A Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea. (Can we clean up(+) this sense? (move to its own etymology)) Shanghainese romanization of the Chinese surname romanized as Xie in Mandarin. (Can we clean up(+) this sense? (move to its own etymology)) ==== See also ==== Wiktionary’s coverage of Zia terms ==== Further reading ==== Ethnologue entry for Zia, zia
- A male given name from Arabic popular among Muslims.
- Origin
- Arabic
- Say it
- /ˈzi.ə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Zia, CC BY-SA 4.0.