Zed

Where Zed comes from

The dictionaries list Zed as a given name — a diminutive of the male given name Zedekiah — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1894
    Peak, #857
    7 babies named Zed — more than any year before or since.
  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.