---
title: "init(zoneName:)"
framework: cloudkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Initializer
path: "cloudkit/ckrecordzone/init(zonename:)"
---

# init(zoneName:)

Creates a record zone object with the specified zone name.

## Declaration

```swift
init(zoneName: String)
```

## Parameters

- `zoneName`: The name of the new zone. Zone names inside a user’s private database are unique, consist of up to 255 ASCII characters, and don’t start with an underscore. One way to satisfy the uniqueness of zone names is to create a string from a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID), but you can also use other techniques. If this parameter is nil or is an empty string, the method throws an exception.

## Return Value

Return Value The new custom zone.

## Discussion

Discussion Use this method to create a new record zone. The new zone has the name you provide and the zone’s owner is the current user. After creating the zone, save it to the server using a CKModifyRecordZonesOperation object or the save(_:completionHandler:) method of CKDatabase. You must save the zone to the server before you attempt to save any records to that zone. Don’t use this method to create a CKRecordZone object that corresponds to a zone that already exists in the database. If the zone exists, fetch it using a CKFetchRecordZonesOperation object or the fetch(withRecordZoneID:completionHandler:) method of CKDatabase.

## See Also

### Creating a Record Zone

- [init(zoneID:)](cloudkit/ckrecordzone/init(zoneid:).md)
- [CKRecordZone.ID](cloudkit/ckrecordzone/id.md)