Zaragoza
Zaragoza, traditionally known in English as Saragossa, is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego, roughly in the centre of both Aragon and the Ebro basin.
Meaning & Origin of Zaragoza
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zaragoza, traditionally known in English as Saragossa, is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego, roughly in the centre of both Aragon and the Ebro basin.
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Etymology
Origin & history
The Story of Zaragoza
The earliest SSA record of Zaragoza as a baby boy name dates back to 1913, when 6 babies received it. 1915 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Zaragoza — #2,184 in the national rankings. About 43% of every Zaragoza on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Zaragoza last appeared in the published SSA data in 1956, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 60 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Zaragoza
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Abraham Abulafia (1240–1291), founder of the school of "Prophetic Kabbalah"
- Levi ibn al-Tabban (12th century), Jewish grammarian and poet
- Hasdai Crescas , a Jewish philosopher and author of Or Adonai
- Amaral (band) (established 1992), popular musical band in Spain and America.
- Félix Anaut (born 1944), painter
- Avempace (1085–1138), polymath
- Bahya ben Joseph ibn Paquda (1050–1120), Jewish philosopher and the author of Chovot HaLevavot
- Ramón Ferreñac (1763–1832), composer
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About the name Zaragoza
Zaragoza is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 60 births in the dataset. Zaragoza's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #2,184. Use the chart and map above to compare Zaragoza's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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