Zinnia

Zinnia: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“zinnia flower”
Origin
Latin
Say it
ZIN-ee-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Flower name from the genus Zinnia, named by Linnaeus for the German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn. As a given name, it is a modern floral use.

How popular is Zinnia?

202451.0 per million US babies
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Babies named Zinnia in 2024169

2024 rank#1,344 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18802,508

Zinnia is rising: use over the last five years is 2.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Zinnia

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Zinnia questions

What does the name Zinnia mean?

Zinnia means "zinnia flower". It comes from Latin. Flower name from the genus Zinnia, named by Linnaeus for the German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn. As a given name, it is a modern floral use.

Is Zinnia a boy or girl name?

Zinnia is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Zinnia?

169 US babies were named Zinnia in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Zinnia?

Zinnia is usually pronounced ZIN-ee-uh.

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.