Behind the Name: Feminine Names Beginning With Z

ZENOBIA f Ancient Greek
Means "life of Zeus", derived from Greek Ζηνο (Zeno), a prefix form of the name of ZEUS, combined with βιος (bios) "life"... [more]

ZENOVIA f Greek
Modern Greek form of ZENOBIA

ZENZI f German
Diminutive of KRESZENZ

ZEPHYRA f ?
Feminine form of ZEPHYR

ZÉPHYRINE f French
French feminine form of Zephyrinus (see ZEFERINO).

ZETA f ?
Variant of ZITA (1)

ZEYNEP f Turkish
Turkish form of ZAYNAB

ZHANNA f Russian
Russian form of JEANNE

ZHANNOCHKA f Russian
Diminutive of ZHANNA

ZHEN f Chinese
From Chinese 珍 "precious, rare", 真 "real, true" or 貞 "chaste, pure".

ZHENG m & f Chinese
From Chinese 正 "just, proper" or 政 "government".

ZHENYA f & m Russian, Bulgarian
Russian diminutive of YEVGENIYA or YEVGENIY or a Bulgarian diminutive of EVGENIYA.

ZHI m & f Chinese
From Chinese 志 "will, purpose" or 智 "wisdom, knowledge".

ZHIVKA f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of ZHIVKO

ZHONG m & f Chinese
From Chinese 忠 "loyal" or 中 "middle".

ZHOU m & f Chinese
Means "boat" in Chinese.

ZIBA f Iranian
Means "beautiful" in Persian.

ZIBIAH f Biblical
Means "roe, deer" in Hebrew... [more]

ZILLA f German
German diminutive of CECILIA

ZILLAH f Biblical
Means "shade" in Hebrew... [more]

ZILPAH f Biblical
Means "frailty" in Hebrew... [more]

ZINA f Russian
Short form of ZINAIDA

ZINAIDA f Russian
Russian form of the Greek name Ζηναις (Zenais), which was derived from the name of the Greek god ZEUS.

ZINNIA f English (Rare)
From the name of the flower, which was itself named for the German botanist Johann Zinn.

ZINOVIA f Greek
Modern Greek form of ZENOBIA

ZINOVIYA f Russian
Russian form of ZENOBIA

ZIPPORAH f Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name צִפּוֹרָה (Tzipporah) which meant "bird"... [more]

ZISEL f Jewish
Variant of SISEL

ZISKA f German
Short form of FRANZISKA

ZITA (1) f Italian, German, Czech, Slovak
Means "little girl" in Tuscan Italian... [more]

ZITA (2) f Hungarian
Diminutive of FELICITÁS

ZIV m & f Jewish
Means "bright, radiant" in Hebrew... [more]

ŽIVA f Slovene
Slovene form of ŠIWA

ZIVA f Jewish
Feminine form of ZIV

ZIVIT f Jewish
Feminine form of ZIV

ZLATA f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Feminine form of ZLATAN

ZLOTA f Yiddish
Means "golden" in Yiddish.

ZOE f English, Greek, Ancient Greek
Means "life" in Greek... [more]

ZOÉ f French
French form of ZOE

ZOË f Dutch, English
Dutch form and English variant of ZOE

ZOEY f English (Modern)
Variant of ZOE

ŽOFIA f Slovak
Slovak form of SOPHIA

ZOFIA f Polish
Polish form of SOPHIA

ŽOFIE f Czech
Czech form of SOPHIA

ZOHAR m & f Jewish
Means "light, brilliance" in Hebrew.

ZOIE f English (Modern)
Variant of ZOE

ZOJA f Czech, Polish
Czech and Polish form of ZOE

ZOLA (1) f English
Meaning unknown, perhaps an invented name... [more]

ZOLA (2) f Southern African
Means "quiet, tranquil" in Zulu.

ZONA f Various
Means "girdle, belt" in Greek... [more]

ZORA f Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "dawn" in south Slavic.

ZORAIDA f Spanish
Perhaps means "enchanting woman" in Arabic, but possibly a name invented by Cervantes for a character in his novel 'Don Quixote' (1606), in which Zoraida is a beautiful Moorish woman of Algiers who converts to Christianity and elopes with a Spanish officer.

ZORION m & f Basque
Means "happiness" in Basque.

ZORIONE f Basque
Feminine form of ZORION

ZOSIA f Polish
Diminutive of ZOFIA

ZOSIME f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Ζωσιμος (Zosimos) (see ZOSIMUS).

ZOWIE f English (Rare)
Variant of ZOE

ZOYA f Russian
Russian form of ZOE

ZSANETT f Hungarian
Hungarian form of JEANNETTE

ZSAZSA f Hungarian
Diminutive of ZSUZSANNA

ZSÓFIA f Hungarian
Hungarian form of SOPHIA

ZSÓFIKA f Hungarian
Diminutive of ZSÓFIA

ZSÓKA f Hungarian
Diminutive of ERZSÉBET

ZSUZSA f Hungarian
Diminutive of ZSUZSANNA