Zia is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “light.” In 2024 it was given to 198 girls in the United States.
Zia belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “light” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Zia first appears in Social Security records in 1976. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1195 in 2024, and in 2024 198 babies received the name — 3,080 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Zia means “light” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Zia is a girl name. In 2024, 198 babies received the name in the US.
Zia comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Zia first appears in US records in 1976. Its best-ever ranking was #1195 in 2024, and 198 babies were given the name in 2024.
Zia is pronounced /ˈziː.ə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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