Zane

• strong, atletic, smart, easy-going, handsome, a boys name that is easily a man's name.
• I think it's a wonderful, strong sounding name.  It's appropriate for all ages.  Most of all, I think it's a name that a man can be proud of all his life. There's nothing worse than a 70 year old man named Tyler if you ask me ;-)  
• I love love love this name. I am planing on nameing my first son this. It is a variant of John and means "GOD's gracious gift"
• Contemporary name for John. A change from the common choices. Great for a middle name.
• I like this name because it is bold and strong and unique.

The name Zane was originally a surname, possibly coming from the name John, possibly coming from Old English saewine, meaning "sea friend," or from a Dutch name meaning "ten." It was brought to attention as a first name by the author Zane Gray (1875-1839), who was named for an ancestor whose last name was Zane.