Zion

Meaning and origin of Zion

Popularity of Zion in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2023.
• Over recent years, Zion has been rising fast (+20.5% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Zion every 41 schools, all spellings combined.

Zion in English-speaking countries

Zion ranks 60^th in New Zealand, 129^th in Ontario (Canada) and 135^th in United States, against 725^th in France.

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  60^th boys’ name195 babies in 3 years1 boy in 253+5.5% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  129^th boys’ name288 babies in 3 years1 boy in 590+9.6% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  158^th boys’ name75 babies in 3 years1 boy in 594+13.6% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  135^th boys’ name7,754 babies in 3 years1 boy in 663+2.1% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  146^th boys’ name1,060 babies in 3 years1 boy in 780+12.4% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  244^th boys’ name54 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,330

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  263^rd boys’ name45 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,332

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  325^th boys’ name13 babies in 3 years1 boy in 1,959

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Zion and Zïon are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Zïon5
• Zyon (in French)25

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Zion

• Isaak
• Lévy
• Ylan
• Elon
• Izaak
• Matis
• Evann
• Matei
• Dany
• Matisse
• Izak
• Eliel

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin