Zanobia
Girl · zuh-NOH-bee-uh · Greek
Zanobia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “life of Zeus”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zanobia mean?
Greek: variant of Zenobia, from Greek Zeno- (Zeus) + bios 'life'
“life of Zeus”
Variant of Zenobia, the name of the third-century queen of Palmyra.
- Say it
- zuh-NOH-bee-uh
Is Zanobia a girl's or a boy's name?
Zanobia is a girls' name.
How popular is Zanobia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Zanobia in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zanobia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
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