Fun Facts About the Name Zanoah
- 12 babies named Zanoah: U.S. records list 12 babies given the name Zanoah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Zanoah Mean?
Zanoah is a biblical Hebrew place name, and its meaning is not settled. It is usually connected with the Hebrew root z-n-ḥ (זנח), whose verb means "to reject," "cast off," or "abandon." Read that way, the name would carry a sense such as "cast off" or "rejected place," but the exact force of the name is not certain.
A second Hebrew root with the same consonants means "to stink" or "to be foul," and a few reference works have suggested a link to it instead. Because the two roots are written alike without vowels, the original sense cannot be decided from the form of the name alone.
Zanoah Name History & Origins
Zanoah is the name of two towns in ancient Judah. The book of Joshua lists one Zanoah in the Shephelah, the Judean lowlands (Joshua 15:34), and another in the hill country (Joshua 15:56); both are placed within the tribal allotment of Judah.
In 1 Chronicles 4:18 the name appears in a genealogical list of Judah, where "Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah" is named. In such lists "father of" often means the founder or leading ancestor of a town, so the entry likely preserves the place name in personal form.
After the Babylonian exile, Zanoah was among the towns resettled by returning Judeans (Nehemiah 11:30). Nehemiah 3:13 records that Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate in Jerusalem and about a thousand cubits of the wall.
The lowland site is commonly identified with the ruins called Khirbet Zanu' in the Judean foothills, and a modern Israeli moshav in that area also bears the name. English readers have known the name mainly through Bible translations, which render the Hebrew as "Zanoah." As a personal given name it has stayed rare in English-speaking countries.
How Popular is the Name Zanoah?
Zanoah has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #10,672 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,672 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #14,070 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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