Dog Names That Start With Z

This variant of Zaniah debuted on the US Top 1000 in 2007.

Rhythmic, tangoish name quite popular in Spanish-speaking cultures.

Superfans of auteur Wes Anderson may now consider Zissou as a baby name option, ever since Kieran Culkin and Jazz Charton used it for their daughter (birth name Kinsey Sioux). It's a clear homage to Anderson's film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, chronicling the journey of a Jacques Cousteau-like oceanographer avenging his partner's death-by-jaguar-shark.

While we're definite fans of Zaire -- the former name of the country now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- the "Y" really isn't necessary. This spelling variation debuted in the US Top 1000 in 2016.

One of the coolest place names you haven't discovered yet. Familiar-but-new, ultra-rare, and that spunky Z initial — Zealand has a lot going for it. And hey, Zeal is a pretty rad nickname. Zealand first made an appearance on the girls' side of the charts in 2010, a decade after it first broke in for boys.

Yiddish form of Alexander.

Name invented for a spirit fox character on the Disney Channel TV show Sofia the First.

Taken from two slavic root words (Zlato meaning gold and Žara meaning morning glow), this unusual name is catching the attention of parents in both Bulgaria and Russia.