Zarian
Lokoja Palm was a 7,369 GRT cargo steamship built by Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd, Low Walker, in 1947. She was laid down as Empire Birdsay and launched as Zarian. In 1949 she was sold and renamed Lokoja Palm. Towards the end of her career she was sold and renamed Despina L and then Nova registered in Cyprus, being scrapped in December 1971 in Shanghai.
Meaning & Origin of Zarian
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lokoja Palm was a 7,369 GRT cargo steamship built by Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd, Low Walker, in 1947. She was laid down as Empire Birdsay and launched as Zarian. In 1949 she was sold and renamed Lokoja Palm. Towards the end of her career she was sold and renamed Despina L and then Nova registered in Cyprus, being scrapped in December 1971 in Shanghai.
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The Story of Zarian
As a girl name
Zarian first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1996, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2001: 6 births, good for #13,520 nationwide. About 61% of every Zarian on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Zarian last appeared in the published SSA data in 2012, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 28 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Zarian on the record books as a boy name in 1993, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 24 Zarians were born — ranking #4,145 that year. About 41% of every Zarian on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Zarian last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 369 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Zarian
Zarian is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 369 births in the dataset. Zarian's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #4,145. Use the chart and map above to compare Zarian'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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