Japanese Names that Start With Z

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Updated Tue Oct 01 2024

Zen
- Origin:
  Japanese
- Meaning:
  "meditation"
- Description:
  A spiritual word name used by actor Zoe Saldana for her son as well as more recently Nick Cannon and Alyssa Scott for their late son. Zen has been trending in recent years along with other spiritual names such as Bodhi and Zion, and recently entered the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2022.
Zen
- Origin:
  Japanese, form of Buddhism
- Description:
  Parents searching for a simple, peaceful name may be attracted to this one.

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