Zemi
A zemi or cemi was a deity or ancestral spirit, and a sculptural object housing the spirit, among the Taíno people of the Caribbean. Cemi’no or Zemi’no is a plural word for the spirits.
Meaning & Origin of Zemi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
A zemi or cemi was a deity or ancestral spirit, and a sculptural object housing the spirit, among the Taíno people of the Caribbean. Cemi’no or Zemi’no is a plural word for the spirits.
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The Story of Zemi
As a girl name
Zemi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2019, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 5 births, good for #15,532 nationwide. About 75% of every Zemi on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Zemi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 20 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Zemi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2022, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 7 births, good for #9,821 nationwide. Zemi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 7 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Zemi
Zemi is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2019 and has accumulated 20 births in the dataset. Zemi's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #15,532. Use the chart and map above to compare Zemi'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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