At a Glance: Name: Zuma – Origin: uncertain (possibly a Chumash place name or Zulu surname, transferred to given-name use) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: ZOO-muh
Zuma is an uncertain (possibly a Chumash place name or Zulu surname, transferred to given-name use) boy's name. It appears in our list of 175+ Cute Surfer Boy Names (For Your Beachy Babe).
Meaning & Origin of Zuma
Origin: uncertain (possibly a Chumash place name or Zulu surname, transferred to given-name use).
A common claim: Zuma means 'Lord frowns in anger' in Aztec/Nahuatl Actually: This Nahuatl gloss has no attested source; 'Zuma' more plausibly traces to an unrelated Chumash place name or the Zulu surname Zuma, not to Nahuatl.
How to Pronounce Zuma
Phonetic: ZOO-muh IPA: /ˈzuːmə/
Popularity of Zuma
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1889–2024.
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