Find out how popular the first name Zenon has been for the last 50 years (from 1974 to 2023) and learn more about the meaning and history.

Popularity of Zenon by gender

Based on the last 50 years of data, Zenon is exclusively a male name.

For the most recent data in 2023, there were 13 male babies and 0 female babies born with the name Zenon.

The history of the first name Zenon

The name Zenon has its origins in Ancient Greek, derived from the word "zenon" meaning "gift of Zeus." It gained popularity during the Classical period in Greece, around the 5th century BCE.

One of the earliest known individuals with this name was Zenon of Elea, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived around 490-430 BCE. He is renowned for his paradoxes that challenged conventional notions of space and time.

Another notable figure was Zenon of Citium, a Hellenistic philosopher from Cyprus who lived from around 336-264 BCE. He founded the Stoic school of philosophy, which emphasised virtue, reason, and self-control.

In the early Christian era, Saint Zenon was a 4th-century bishop of Verona, Italy, who is venerated as a martyr and patron saint of several Italian towns.

During the Byzantine Empire, Zenon (also spelled Zeno) was the name of an emperor who ruled from 474-491 CE. He oversaw the reunification of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires for a brief period.

Zenon also has a connection to ancient Persia, as Zenon of Kaunos was a Greek engineer who served under King Darius I in the 5th century BCE. He is credited with constructing the first known arched bridge, the Kaunokan Bridge, in modern-day Turkey.

Other notable individuals with this name include Zenon Krakovsky (1863-1926), a Polish painter and art theorist, and Zenon Konstantynowicz (1908-1967), a Polish mathematician known for his contributions to functional analysis.

The name Zenon has a rich historical legacy, rooted in ancient Greek philosophy, religion, and politics, as well as connections to the Byzantine Empire and ancient Persia. Its meaning as a "gift of Zeus" reflects the reverence for the chief deity in Greek mythology.

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