Zeus

Where Zeus comes from

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús). Doublet of Dyeus and Jove.
— Wiktionary's entry for Zeus
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1973
    First appearance
    #5,101 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2024
    Peak, #1,062
    205 babies named Zeus — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Zeus hasn't yet.

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.