Zeno is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “of Zeus”, from Greek Zenon, derived from Zeus. Zeno of Citium founded Stoicism in Athens, and Zeno of Elea devised famous paradoxes about motion.

Zeno

Gender: Boy
Say it: ZEE-noh
Origin: Greek
UK rank, 2025: #1,964 for boys
US rank, 2025: #2,516 for boys

Zeno is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “of Zeus”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 2,516th for boys in the US (53 babies).

What does Zeno mean?

Greek: from Greek Zenon, derived from Zeus

“of Zeus”

Zeno of Citium founded Stoicism in Athens, and Zeno of Elea devised famous paradoxes about motion.

Is Zeno a girl's or a boy's name?

Zeno is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 53 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Zeno in the UK?

Rank in 2025: 1,964th among boys
Babies in 2025: 13 about 1 in 23,000 boys
Five-year trend: Rising up 37% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Zeno, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 boys.

Half of all the boys named Zeno in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Zeno or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.

Zeno 13
Zino 5

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.

2006Busiest: 14 in 20232025

Zeno in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	13	#1,964
2024	10	#2,328
2023	14	#1,812
2022	6	#3,219
2021	11	#2,100
2020	7	#2,819
2019	13	#1,858
2018	7	#2,823
2017	11	#2,174
2016	5	#3,655
2015	3	#4,955
2014	6	#3,125
2013	5	#3,466
2012	5	#3,572
2011	5	#3,446
2010	0	–
2009	3	#4,691
2008	0	–
2007	0	–
2006	8	#2,193

How popular is Zeno in the US?

Rank in 2025: 2,516th among boys
Babies in 2025: 53 about 1 in 32,000 boys
Five-year trend: Rising up 60% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 53 boys in the US were named Zeno, making it the 2,516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 58 boys. It first appears in the records in 1883.

Half of all the boys named Zeno in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 61 boys in the US were given Zeno or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,958, up from #2,516 for this spelling alone.

Zeno 53
Xeno 8

1883Busiest: 58 in 20242025

Zeno in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	53	#2,516
2024	58	#2,393
2023	51	#2,574
2022	36	#3,276
2021	38	#3,120
2020	32	#3,416
2019	31	#3,568
2018	38	#3,053
2017	24	#4,220
2016	26	#3,989
2015	24	#4,177
2014	25	#4,011
2013	14	#5,919
2012	15	#5,714
2011	13	#6,250
2010	12	#6,692
2009	7	#9,859
2008	18	#5,063
2007	5	#12,361
2006	11	#6,899
2005	8	#8,292
2004	12	#6,132
2003	5	#10,886
2002	6	#9,385
2001	8	#7,529
2000	6	#9,104
1999	0	–
1998	10	#5,834
1997	9	#6,094
1996	7	#7,129
1995	7	#6,985
1994	8	#6,366
1993	7	#6,809
1992	0	–
1991	7	#6,511
1990	8	#5,816
1989	5	#7,898
1988	0	–
1987	6	#6,083
1986	6	#5,920
1985	9	#4,328
1984	5	#6,311
1983	0	–
1982	9	#4,232
1981	7	#4,959
1980	6	#5,523
1979	0	–
1978	0	–
1977	8	#4,162
1976	6	#4,933
1975	7	#4,307
1974	8	#3,835
1973	0	–
1972	7	#3,960
1971	5	#4,905
1970	0	–
1969	8	#3,313
1968	6	#3,672
1967	5	#3,964
1966	9	#2,783
1965	8	#2,980
1964	5	#4,038
1963	9	#2,857
1962	11	#2,502
1961	8	#3,095
1960	6	#3,663
1959	15	#2,110
1958	10	#2,640
1957	8	#3,022
1956	10	#2,626
1955	8	#2,962
1954	8	#2,940
1953	10	#2,530
1952	13	#2,152
1951	12	#2,245
1950	6	#3,328
1949	8	#2,801
1948	0	–
1947	13	#2,168
1946	7	#2,918
1945	7	#2,742
1944	5	#3,428
1943	8	#2,731
1942	7	#2,939
1941	7	#2,871
1940	11	#2,179
1939	10	#2,288
1938	11	#2,185
1937	10	#2,332
1936	10	#2,301
1935	16	#1,757
1934	6	#3,275
1933	14	#1,905
1932	14	#1,995
1931	7	#3,094
1930	19	#1,693
1929	15	#2,002
1928	18	#1,822
1927	13	#2,298
1926	22	#1,605
1925	15	#2,088
1924	16	#2,043
1923	9	#2,948
1922	23	#1,591
1921	19	#1,828
1920	24	#1,543
1919	19	#1,751
1918	24	#1,498
1917	12	#2,279
1916	21	#1,548
1915	24	#1,372
1914	14	#1,686
1913	11	#1,675
1912	10	#1,618
1911	0	–
1910	6	#1,420
1909	0	–
1908	5	#1,372
1907	5	#1,344
1906	0	–
1905	9	#836
1904	0	–
1903	0	–
1902	12	#650
1901	0	–
1900	5	#1,309
1899	0	–
1898	0	–
1897	6	#941
1896	6	#981
1895	0	–
1894	9	#729
1893	6	#906
1892	0	–
1891	0	–
1890	9	#667
1889	0	–
1888	0	–
1887	0	–
1886	0	–
1885	0	–
1884	0	–
1883	6	#798

Names like Zeno

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Theo, Otto, Milo, Leo, Arlo, Theodore, Hugo, Jasper, Henry, Archie, Arthur, Louie

Other spellings of Zeno

Zino, Xeno

Names related to Zeno

Zen, Zein, Zeon, Zenon

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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, “Zeno: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zeno, updated 20 October 2026.