Zane

• The usage seems to date from the American writer Zane Grey (1875-1939), born Pearl Zane Gray. It was the surname of his mother's family, of unknown meaning.
• Sometimes explained as a form of John because of the resemblance to Shane, or because Italian surnames such as Zanelli and Zanetto derive from the equivalent name Giovanni.
• In some cases, a respelling of Zayn, which is of Arabic origin.

Zane

1. A male given name transferred from the surname

• Anez, Anze, naze, zean

Zane m or f by sense

1. a surname

• -enza, Enza

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1795. From Zuzanna (“Susan”). Name of a character in the play Pūt, vējiņi (1913) by Rainis.

Zane f

1. a female given name

• Sanita
• Zuzanna

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• Population Register of Latvia: Zane was the only given name of 5353 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.