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Zealand

Zealand: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“sea land”
Origin
Dutch
Say it
ZEE-lund · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys (92% of all uses)

Taken from the place-name Zealand, from Dutch Zeeland, meaning 'sea land.' As a given name it is modern and place-name based.

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How popular is Zealand?

202436.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Zealand in 2024120

2024 rank#1,542 boys

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 1880902

Zealand is rising: use over the last five years is 4.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Zealand

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Rhettadvice · Dutch
  • Hendrixson of Hendrik · Dutch
  • Kylerarcher · Dutch
  • Hollandwooded land · Dutch
  • Koenbold advisor · Dutch
  • Harlemhome on a wooded dune · Dutch
  • Casecase form of Cornelius or Casey surname · Dutch
  • Jordyfarmer; earth-worker · Dutch

Zealand questions

What does the name Zealand mean?

Zealand means "sea land". It comes from Dutch. Taken from the place-name Zealand, from Dutch Zeeland, meaning 'sea land.' As a given name it is modern and place-name based.

Is Zealand a boy or girl name?

Zealand is mainly a boy's name in US records (92% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Zealand?

120 US babies were named Zealand in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Zealand?

Zealand is usually pronounced ZEE-lund.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.