Zed

Where Zed comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Zed.

Zed through the years
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1894
    Peak, #857
    7 babies named Zed, its best rank.
  3. 1895
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1966
    Zed Al Refai born
    mountaineer
  5. 1977
    Zed Seselja born
    Australian politician
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Zedekiah.
Namesakes
  • Zed Seselja · Australian politician, born 1977
  • Zed Al Refai · mountaineer, born 1966
  • Zed S. Stanton · American politician, 1848–1921

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.