Ancient Near Eastern Origin Names (page 15)

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Zé Maria m Portuguese
Diminutive of José Maria.

Zeph m English
Short form of Zephaniah.

Zephania m Southern African, Eastern African
Variant of Zephaniah. This form of the name appears to be used in Southern and Eastern Africa.

Zephaniah m Biblical
From the Hebrew name צְפַנְיָה (Tzefanyah) meaning "Yahweh has hidden", derived from צָפַן (tzafan) meaning "to hide" and יָה (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This is the name of one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament, the author of the Book of Zephaniah.

Zephaniel m Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
From Hebrew צָפַן (tzafan) meaning "to hide" and אֵל ('el) meaning "God". This is the name of an angel in medieval Jewish mysticism.

Zerach m Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Zerah.

Zerah m Biblical
Means "dawning, shining" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of Judah and the twin of Perez in the Old Testament.

Zeresh f Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Meaning unknown, probably of Persian origin. In the Book of Esther in the Old Testament she is the wife of Haman the Agagite.

Zeruiah f Biblical
From Hebrew צֳרִי (tzori) meaning "balm, salve". In the Old Testament this name belongs to the sister of King David and the mother of Abishai, Joab and Asahel.

Zevadyah m Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Zebadiah.

Zevidah f Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Zebidah.

Zevulun m Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Zebulun.

Zezé m Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of José.

Zhaklina f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Bulgarian form of Jacqueline, as well as an alternate transcription of Macedonian Жаклина (see Žaklina).

Zhanna f Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian form of Jeanne.

Zhannochka f Russian
Diminutive of Zhanna.

Ziba 2 m Biblical
Means "station" in Hebrew. This was the name of a servant of Saul in the Old Testament.

Zibiah f Biblical
Means "gazelle" or "doe" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the mother of King Joash of Judah.

Zillah f Biblical
Means "shade" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament she is the second wife of Lamech.

Zilpa f Biblical Spanish, Biblical French, Biblical Italian, Biblical Dutch
Spanish, French, Italian and Dutch form of Zilpah.

Zilpah f Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "frailty" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of the handmaid who was given to Jacob by Leah.

Zion m Jewish, Biblical
From the name of a citadel that was in the center of Jerusalem. Zion is also used to refer to a Jewish homeland and to heaven.

Zipporah f Biblical, Hebrew
From the Hebrew name צִפּוֹרָה (Tzipporah), derived from צִפּוֹר (tzippor) meaning "bird". In the Old Testament this is the name of the Midianite wife of Moses. She was the daughter of the priest Jethro.

Zsanett f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Jeannette.

Zsazsa f Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Zsóka f Hungarian
Diminutive of Erzsébet or Zsófia.

Zsuzsa f Hungarian
Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Zsuzsanna f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Susanna.

Zsuzsi f Hungarian
Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Zuan m Medieval Italian
Medieval Venetian form of John.

Zula 1 f Polish (Rare)
Polish diminutive of Zuzanna.

Zuleima f Spanish
Variant of Zulema.

Zulema f Spanish
Possibly a Spanish feminine form of Sulayman.

Zuriel m Biblical
Means "my rock is God" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this name is borne by a chief of the Merarite Levites at the time of the Exodus.

Zuza f Slovak, Polish
Slovak and Polish diminutive of Susanna.

Zuzana f Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian
Czech, Slovak and Lithuanian form of Susanna.

Zuzanka f Czech, Slovak
Diminutive of Zuzana.

Zuzanna f Polish, Latvian (Rare)
Polish and Latvian form of Susanna.

Zuzia f Polish
Polish diminutive of Zuzanna.

Zuzka f Czech, Slovak
Diminutive of Zuzana.

Zvi m Hebrew
Alternate transcription of Hebrew צְבִי (see Tzvi).