Zed Forename

137,695th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 2,806 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cook Islands

Zed Forename Definition:

The diminutive of Zedekiah.

Zed Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
5051:717,89516,812
Saudi Arabia-4081:75,5218,273
DR Congo
96%
 
3631:203,3828,920
Pakistan
100%
2641:736,20314,631
England
100%
1811:307,1987,710
Egypt
50%
 
1301:706,93015,746
Philippines
89%
 
901:1,177,88330,564
Canada-811:409,05411,602
Indonesia
100%
801:3,224,546144,920
Uganda
96%
 
601:682,61513,880
Malaysia
98%
 
561:543,74923,143
India
100%
531:22,922,226516,200
Ethiopia
100%
491:1,991,0238,071
Russia
100%
491:2,943,54517,266
Australia-411:333,1136,403
Iraq
100%
391:897,8947,740
South Africa
86%
 
311:1,759,11854,898
Nigeria
100%
221:8,071,107102,934
Brazil
100%
201:10,711,808129,249
Germany
74%
 
191:5,088,30920,573
New Zealand-171:266,8268,395
Singapore-171:369,82710,107
Rwanda-161:710,7151,599
China-131:105,081,21464,899
United Arab Emirates-111:650,18120,553
Bangladesh-91:17,717,93019,122
Morocco-91:3,816,5158,291
Poland
96%
 
91:4,225,2354,388
Thailand
62%
 
91:7,785,090119,233
France-71:9,495,76330,047
Jordan
100%
71:1,260,9686,027
Afghanistan
100%
61:5,437,25329,511
Mexico
100%
51:24,828,88553,479
Scotland-51:1,070,07310,235
Tunisia-51:135,3806,628
Algeria
100%
41:9,544,18014,095
Belarus
100%
41:2,370,5969,928
Comoros-41:190,335532
Namibia-41:601,0457,837
Oman-41:1,027,1676,577
Sweden
100%
41:2,464,47734,955
Uzbekistan
100%
41:7,696,61011,277
Zimbabwe-41:3,855,95474,439
Azerbaijan
100%
31:3,214,31527,427
Kazakhstan
100%
31:5,915,61532,741
Lebanon-31:1,875,85711,580
South Korea-31:1,848,14023,578
Venezuela
100%
31:10,067,298111,314
Wales-31:1,031,43610,092
Benin-21:5,287,92261,990
Brunei
100%
21:209,7852,478
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Iran-21:39,248,43450,459
Japan-21:63,993,02872,606
Kenya-21:23,153,55556,680
Maldives-21:216,9523,781
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Spain-21:23,264,98224,876
Syria-21:9,653,0387,712
Taiwan-21:11,884,841132,786
Turkey
100%
21:38,900,85464,839
Yemen-21:13,148,37610,677
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Armenia-11:2,918,75314,910
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Belgium
100%
11:11,490,04143,727
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978
Cook Islands-11:18,1531,349
Croatia-11:4,217,07620,943
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Czechia
96%
 
11:10,656,16211,509
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Israel-11:8,402,91845,019
Italy
94%
 
11:61,062,09083,289
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Luxembourg-11:564,0495,042
Madagascar-11:23,629,4086,628
Malawi
100%
11:17,112,31024,110
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Marshall Islands
100%
11:51,2305,014
Moldova-11:3,561,1398,690
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Montenegro-11:634,5764,914
Netherlands
100%
11:16,902,08343,152
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Peru-11:31,791,454110,866
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Saint Kitts and Nevis-11:54,8612,604
Serbia-11:7,145,72110,629
Sierra Leone-11:7,088,6631,497
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Switzerland
100%
11:8,213,49636,387
Tajikistan-11:8,374,9227,831
Tanzania-11:52,788,31985,066
Ukraine
100%
11:45,499,90832,056
Uruguay-11:3,427,63713,958
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637

Zed (1,971) may also be a surname.

Zed Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The diminutive of Zedekiah.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A Hebrew name, meaning: Justice.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Zed Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zied865,582/
Zead864,412/
Zeid864,401/
Zeed86527/
Zeyd86304/
Zedh86304/
Zhed8647/
Zejd8632/
Zedd8628/
Zeds8610/
Zeud866/
Zedz864/
Zeïd864/
Rzed863/
Zedt862/
Zehd862/
Szed862/
Zxed861/
Dzed861/
Czed861/
Tzed861/
Zzed861/
Zetd861/
Ze8043,204/
Zheed7543/
Zhedh7539/
Rzedh7510/
Dzhed758/
Zeidh757/
Zeedh755/
Rzeed753/
Zhied752/
Ziedd752/
Zetdh751/
Xzeed751/
Zjedz751/
Zeidt751/
Zedds751/
Ziedh751/
Zzied751/
Zeadh751/
Zhead751/
Zedth751/
Zeedd751/
Zeedt751/
Zeehd751/
Zjjed751/
Tzedh751/
Hzeed751/
Dzied751/
Zie6743,978/
Jed6727,744/
Zee6714,766/
Zhe6713,628/
Zea676,511/
Zet675,527/
Ged675,067/
Zer673,075/
Zei672,417/
Sed671,415/
Ced67575/
Zid67340/
Zey67254/
Zez67198/
Zeu67182/
Zep67124/
Zes6794/
Dzheyd6790/
Zheedh6784/
Zyd6749/
Zge6745/
Jze6731/
Xed6722/
Hze6720/
Zej6715/
Zce6715/
Zaheid6715/
Xze679/
Rze679/
Zze677/
Zje675/
Zjd674/
Åze673/
Dzheid673/
Zée672/
Zeç672/
Zdw672/
Dzhejd671/
Thzeed671/
Zeidph671/
Zedowa671/
Zeï671/
Ziedte671/
Za'eed671/
Čed671/
Zseedh671/

Zed Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zed in the Russian language
Зедzed-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Zed