Zissou

ZEE-su

Invented name

Zissou Origin and Meaning

The name Zissou is a girl's name .

Superfans of auteur Wes Anderson may now consider Zissou as a baby name option, ever since Kieran Culkin and Jazz Charton used it for their daughter (birth name Kinsey Sioux). It's a clear homage to Anderson's film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, chronicling the journey of a Jacques Cousteau-like oceanographer avenging his partner's death-by-jaguar-shark.

Anderson created the surname for the film, but it is borne by a handful of families in the US. There's even a real-life Steve Zissou. At the end of the film's credits, it reads: "The filmmakers acknowledge that the real Steve Zissou is a prominent attorney in New York City specializing in complex federal litigation."