Zeppelin: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “from a German surname”
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- ZEP-uh-lin · 3 syllables
- Used for
- Boys (83% of all uses)
Zeppelin is primarily a German surname, famously borne by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. As a given name it is modern and transferred from the surname rather than traditionally used as a first name.
How popular is Zeppelin?
Babies named Zeppelin in 2024157
2024 rank#1,396 boys
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 18801,655
Zeppelin is rising: use over the last five years is 4.8× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Zeppelin
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Zeppelin questions
What does the name Zeppelin mean?
Zeppelin means "from a German surname". It comes from Germanic. Zeppelin is primarily a German surname, famously borne by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. As a given name it is modern and transferred from the surname rather than traditionally used as a first name.
Is Zeppelin a boy or girl name?
Zeppelin is mainly a boy's name in US records (83% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Zeppelin?
157 US babies were named Zeppelin in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Zeppelin?
Zeppelin is usually pronounced ZEP-uh-lin.
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.