# Zeno (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zeno/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈziːnoʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zenon |
| US babies named this | 1,491 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,491 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 130, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Via Latin Zēnō, from Ancient Greek Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Modern scientific and philosophical use derives from Zeno of Elea, poser of Zeno's paradoxes.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,575 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,997 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,234 |
| 2014 | 25 | 4,137 |
| 2015 | 24 | 4,293 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 24 | 4,329 |
| 2018 | 38 | 3,104 |
| 2019 | 31 | 3,634 |
| 2020 | 32 | 3,495 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,178 |
| 2022 | 36 | 3,340 |
| 2023 | 51 | 2,613 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,416 |
| 2025 | 53 | 2,537 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Զենոն
- Bulgarian: Зенон
- Catalan: Zenó
- French: Zénon
- Greek: Ζήνων
- Italian: Zeno, Zenone
- Latin: Zēnō, Zēnōn
- Polish: Zenon
- Portuguese: Zenão
- Russian: Зено́н
- Spanish: Zenón

## People named Zeno

- Zeno Debast, Belgian association football player (born 2003)
- Zeno Colò, alpine skier (1920-1993)
- Zeno Van Den Bosch, Belgian association football player
- Zeno Roth, German guitarist (1956–2018)
- Zeno Hastenteufel, Brazilian priest

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.