Zealand
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZEE-lund
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,753 for boys
- Style
- New arrival
Zealand is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “sea land”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 1,753rd for boys in the US (92 babies).
What does Zealand mean?
Germanic: from New Zealand, named after the Dutch province of Zeeland
“sea land”
New Zealand was named by Dutch mapmakers after Zeeland, a coastal province of the Netherlands.
Is Zealand a girl's or a boy's name?
Zealand is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 92 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zealand in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Zealand, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Zealand in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
How popular is Zealand in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,753rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 92 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 261% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 92 boys in the US were named Zealand, making it the 1,753rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 135 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had fewer boys named Zealand than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Zealand in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zealand in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #1,753 |
| 2024 | 116 | #1,521 |
| 2023 | 99 | #1,701 |
| 2022 | 135 | #1,379 |
| 2021 | 126 | #1,433 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 34 | #3,310 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
Names like Zealand
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Albie, Luca, Lando, Milo, Arlo, Ezra, Ziggy, Enzo, Atlas, Oakley, Koa, Archer
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zealand: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zealand, updated 20 October 2026.