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Zebula f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Zebulon.

Zećira f Bosnian (Rare)
Feminine form of Zećir.... [more]

Zedena f Medieval Czech (Germanized)
Germanized form of Zdenka.

Zeeana f Arabic (Rare)
Variant transcription of Zouina.

Zeebah f English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Ziba.

Zeenah f Russian, English
Alternative transcription of Zina

Zeetha f Popular Culture
Meaning unknown. It appears in the webcomic 'Girl Genius' as the travelling companion and kolee-dok-zumil of main character Agatha Heterodyne.

Zefira f Italian (Rare)
Variant of Zeffira.

Zefora f English (Rare), Spanish (Rare)

Zeğiga f Kabyle
Possibly means "flower" in Kabyle.

Żegota m Polish
Derived from Old Polish żec "smoke", this name was early on used as a vernacular form of Ignacy.

Zehara f Hebrew
Means "brightness" in Hebrew.

Zehava f Hebrew
Variant transcription of Zahava.

Zekiah m & f English
Short form of Hezekiah.

Zekija f Bosnian
Bosnian variant of Zekiye.

Zelena f English (Modern, Rare), Dutch (Modern, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Zelica f Literature
Used by Thomas Moore in his poem 'Lalla Rookh' (1817), where it belongs to the tragic heroine of the first tale that the poet Feramorz sings to Lalla. In the tale, Zelica and Azim are young lovers who live in the province of Khorassan.

Zelima f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Selima.

Zelina f Greek
Diminutive of Zinovia.

Zelina f Hungarian
Variant of Celina.

Zelipa f Aragonese
Variant of Celipa.

Zelita f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Celita.

Zelixa f Zaza, Gurani, Kurdish
Zaza form of Zuleika.

Zellah f English
Likely a variant of Zella

Zelopa f English (Rare)

Zeltia f Galician

Zeltsa f Basque
Basque form of Celsa.

Zeltza f Basque (Rare)
Basque feminine form of the Ancient Roman masculine name Celsus.

Zemina f Bosnian, Slovak, Slovene
Variant of Žemyna.

Zemira m & f Biblical, Hebrew, English
Feminine form of Zimri.

Žemyna f Lithuanian (Modern), Baltic Mythology
Lithuanian goddess of the earth, her name deriving from Lithuanian žemė "earth".... [more]

Zenara f Brazilian (Rare)

Zenaya f English (Modern, Rare), English (American), African American
Uncertain etymology. Possibly an alternative spelling of Zeniah, derived from Greek name Xenia meaning "hospitality"... [more]

Zeniah f English
Variant of Xenia.

Zeniba f Popular Culture
From Japanese 銭 (zeni) meaning "money", and 婆 (ba) "old woman, grandmother". This is the name of a witch in Hayao Miyazaki's animated film 'Spirited Away' (2001).

Ženija f Latvian
Truncated form of Eiženija.

Zenina f Hungarian
Feminine form of Zénó.

Zenita f Portuguese (Brazilian)

Zeniya f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Xenia

Zennia f Italian
Italian form of Xenia.

Zenona f Polish, Kashubian, Latvian, Spanish (Rare, ?)
Feminine form of Zenon.

Zenora f English (Rare), Literature
The name of a woman in 'A genuine account of the life and transactions of H. ap D. Price ... Written by himself' (1752).

Zephra f English

Zeptah f Mormon (Rare)
An alternate name for Egyptus.

Zerena f English (American)
Variant of Serena

Zerida f Arabic (Rare, ?)

Zeruja f German (Rare)
German form of the Biblical name Zeruiah

Zeruya f Hebrew (Rare)
Hebrew form of Zeruiah. This is borne by Israeli novelist Zeruya Shalev (1959-).

Zeylia f Obscure
Variant of Zelia.

Zhalia f Obscure

Zhania f Kazakh
Variant transliteration of Жания (see Zhaniya).

Zhavia f English (American, Modern)
Possibly a variant of Xavia. It was brought to some public attention in 2018 by American singer Zhavia Ward (2001-), also known as Zhavia Vercetti, a finalist on the first season of the American reality television music competition series The Four: Battle for Stardom.

Zhavia f Hebrew
Means "golden one" in hebrew

Zheela f Persian
Means "hail" (as in round, falling ice) in Persian.

Zheena f Filipino
Meaning uncertain.

Zhenya f & m Chinese
Combination of Zhen and Ya.

Zhihua m & f Chinese
From Chinese 志 (zhì) meaning "will, purpose, ambition", 致 (zhì) meaning "send, deliver, cause, result in" or 智 (zhì) meaning "wisdom, intellect" combined with 华 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese" or 化 (huà) meaning "change, transform"... [more]

Zhijia m & f Chinese
From Chinese 直 (zhí) meaning "straight", 智 (zhì) meaning "wisdom, intellect", or 志 (zhì) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" combined with 佳 (jiā) meaning "good, auspicious, beautiful", 嘉 (jiā) meaning "fine, nice, good", or 家 (jiā) meaning "home, family"... [more]

Zhimba f Buryat
Means "alms, donation" in Buryat.

Zhixia f Chinese
From Chinese 直 (zhí) meaning "straight", 智 (zhì) meaning "wisdom, intellect", or 志 (zhì) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" combined with 夏 (xià) meaning "summer, great, grand" or 霞 (xiá) meaning "rosy clouds, mist"... [more]

Zhizha f Shona
Meaning “summer” in Shona.

Zhotia m Georgian (Archaic)
Derived from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iota) meaning "jot, a small amount" through palatalization of the word in Georgian.... [more]

Zhuowa f Chinese
From the Chinese 卓 (zhuō) meaning "profound, brilliant" and 娃 (wá) meaning "doll, baby, pretty girl".

Zhusha f & m Chinese
From Chinese character 渚 (zhǔ) meaning "shore, islet, sandbank" combined with 砂 (shā) meaning "sand". Other character combinations can form this name as well.

Zhuxia f Chinese
From the Chinese 竹 (zhú) meaning "bamboo, flute" or 朱 (zhū) meaning "bright red, vermilion" and 霞 (xiá) meaning "rosy clouds".

Zianna f Medieval Basque

Zianna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Xiana.

Zianya f & m Literature
It means "forever loved" or "always loved"... [more]

Zienna f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sienna.

Zifona m Laz
Means “storm” and/or “wind” in Laz.

Zihara f Basque (Modern, Rare)

Zijada f Bosnian
Bosnian feminine form of Ziyad.

Zijona f Bosnian (Archaic), Medieval Jewish (Rare)
Variant of Ziona.

Zikana f Sioux
Meaning, "white."

Zikara f African American

Žikica m Serbian
Diminutive of masculine names that contain the Slavic element živŭ meaning "alive, living", such as Živojin and Živorad.

Zilgia f Romansh
Variant of Cecilia.

Zilgma f Latvian
Derived from Latvian zilgme "azure".

Zilija f Russian
Variant of Ziliä.

Zilika f Sanskrit (Rare)
Another variation for Sanskrit name "Jhilika" which means Sunlight, the strong light of sun.

Ziliya f Tatar (Rare), Bashkir (Rare)
Variant of Zilya.

Zilkha f Persian
Meaning unknown.

Zillia f Medieval Italian
Variant of Gilia.

Zillia f Romansh
Variant of Zilgia.

Zilola f Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz
Variant of Zilol.

Zilpha f English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Zilpah or Zelpha.

Zimana f Serbian
From the Serbian зима (zima) meaning "winter".

Zimena f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Ximena.

Zinara f Kazakh (Rare), Crimean Tatar (Rare)
Derived from Arabic نَار (nār) meaning "fire, flame, light".

Zineta f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Ziynet.

Zinnea f Obscure
Variant of Zinnia.

Zinora f English (Rare), Trinidadian Creole (Rare)

Zintia f Basque
Basque form of Cynthia.

Zintra f Latvian (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dzintra.

Zionna f American (Modern, Rare)

Ziphah m Biblical
In I Chronicles 4:16, Ziphah is mentioned as a son of Jehaleleel, a descendant of Judah.

Zípora f Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Zipporah.

Zipóra f Biblical Spanish
Spanish form of Zipporah. Also compare Séfora.

Zipora f Jewish, Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Judeo-French
Variant of Zipporah.

Zipura f Judeo-French
Variant of Zipora.

Ziriah f English
Possibly related to Suraya

Živana f Slovak, Czech (Rare), Macedonian, Serbian
Variant of Živa and Zivena.

Zivena f Slavic Mythology
Zivena was the goddess of life, love and fertility in Slavic mythology, also recorded as Živa.... [more]

Ziviah f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the name Ziv and the letters יה (ya) which are part of the name of God.

Života m Serbian
Derived from the Serbian živ, meaning "alive, living, vivacious".

Ziyada f Muslim
Means "increase" in Arabic.

Ziyana f English (Rare), Arabic
Variant transcription of Zouina.

Ziyoda f Uzbek
Means "more, numerous, abundant" derived from Persian زیاد (ziyâd) meaning "much, a lot, many".

Zizita f Sardinian
Diminutive of Frantzisca.

Zjaiya f English (Modern)
May be a combination of two names or diaspora name.

Zӧläyxa f Bashkir
Bashkir form of Zuleika.

Zӧläyxä f Bashkir
Variant of Zöläyxa.

Zlikha f Kazakh
Kazakh form of Zuleika.

Zӧlxizä f Bashkir
From the Arabic ذُو الْحِجَّة‎ (ḏū l-ḥijja) meaning “twelfth month of the Islamic calendar”.

Zmitra m Belarusian
Diminutive of Dzmitry.

Zoárda f Hungarian
Feminine form of Zoárd.

Zochna f Polish
Diminutive of Zofia.

Zoëlla f French (Archaic), French (Quebec, Rare)
French form of Zoella.

Zoella f English (Rare), Italian (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Feminine form of Zoellus.

Zoetia f Ancient Greek (Rare)
Etymology certain, possibly a form of Zoe. It may be a feminine form of Greek Ζωητός (Zoetos), which meant "capable of being vitalized".

Zofeia f Medieval Baltic, Russian (Rare, Archaic), Medieval Slavic, Medieval Ukrainian
Variant of Sofija.

Zofeja f Medieval Polish, Polish (Archaic)
Polish form of Zofeia.

Zofsha f Pakistani, Indian
Most probably Hindi or Urdu

Zohana f Arabic
Feminine form of Zohan. Means “gift”

Zohara f Hebrew
Strictly feminine form of Zohar.

Zoitsa f Greek
Diminutive of Zoi, as -ίτσα (-itsa) is a Greek feminine diminutive suffix.

Zolana f Kongo
Lover of hearts

Zoldka f Kashubian
Diminutive of Jizolda via Jizoldka.

Zoleka f Xhosa
Means "humble" in Xhosa.

Zolfia f Bashkir
Bashkir form of Zulfiya.

Zondwa f South African

Zonera f Hungarian
Means "dew" or "moonlight" in urdu.

Zophah m Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "broad, pot-bellied", "flat, wide", or "watcher, observer". ... [more]

Zophia f English (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare), Polish (Archaic)
English and Danish variant of Sophia as well as an archaic Polish variant of Zofia.

Zopyra f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Zopyros.

Zorada f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Probably a variant of Zoraida. This was the middle name of American lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis (1842-1911), who was born Idawalley Zorada Lewis.

Zoraya f Spanish (Latin American)

Zoreka m & f Kiga, Nkore, Tooro
Meaning “the show off” in Kiga.

Zorena f English (Rare)

Zorika f Croatian

Zorina f Croatian (Rare), Moldovan
Derived from Zora.

Zorpha f English

Zorzia m Sardinian
Sardinian feminine form of George.

Zosepa f Sardinian
Variant of Giosepa.

Zosima f Ancient Greek (Latinized), Italian
Latinized form of Zosime and Italian feminine form of Zosimo.

Zosima m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Zosimas. Also see Zosim, which is the Russian form of Zosimos (see Zosimus).... [more]

Zosyma m Ukrainian (Archaic)
Ukrainian form of Zosimas.

Zouina f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Diminutive of Zayna.

Zoyana f Bengali, Arabic, Urdu, Hindi

Zozyma f Polish
Polish form of Zosima.

Zsálya f Hungarian
Directly taken from Hungarian zsálya "sage (the plant)".

Zsanka f Hungarian
Originally a diminutive of Zsanett and Zsuzsanna, used as a given name in its own right.

Zsanna f Hungarian
Short form of Zsuzsanna.

Zsella f Hungarian
Variant of Zella, meaning "to pledge".

Zsolna f Hungarian

Zubiya f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "gazelle" in Arabic.

Žubora f Serbian
From Serbian жубор (žubor) meaning "rushing sound of water", "burble".

Zuchna f Medieval Polish
Diminutive of Zuzanna.

Zudora f American (Rare)

Zuelma f American (Hispanic, Rare)

Zühara f Basque
Souletin Basque form of Zuhara.

Zuhara f Basque

Zukhra f Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek, Dungan
Tatar, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uzbek, and Dungan form of Zahra or Zuhra 2.

Zulena f Literature (Rare)
Name of an African American character in Nella Larsen's 1929 novel Passing.

Zulfah f Indonesian
Solely feminine variant of Zulfa.

Zulima f Galician
Variant of Zulema.

Zulima f Circassian
Feminine form of Sulim.

Zulora f Literature
A character in "Erewhon" by Samuel Butler.

Zumaia f Basque
Derived from Basque zuma meaning "wicker". It is also the name of a town in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country.

Zumira f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Zulmira.

Zunera f Urdu
Means "guiding light"or "flower in paradise" in Urdu.

Zuniya f Russian

Zuohua f Chinese
From the Chinese 佐 (zuǒ) meaning "assist, aid" and 花 (huā) meaning "flower".

Zurina f Malay
Variant of Zarina.

Zusana f Sorbian
Sorbian form of Susanna.

Zutoia f Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque zutabe "pillar". This name is considered a direct translation of Spanish Pilar.

Zuwena f Swahili
Means "small and beautiful" in Swahili.

Zvezda f Macedonian, Bulgarian, Soviet (Rare)
Derived from звезда (zvezda) meaning "star". In Russia, this name was used mostly during the Soviet era as a communist name referencing the red star.

Zvonka f Croatian, Slovene
Feminine form of Zvonko.

Zyanna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zyana.

Zykera f African American (Rare)
Variant of Zykeira or Zykeria.

Zyliah f English (Australian, Rare)
Variant of Xylia.

Zylina f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Xylina.

Zylpha f English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Zilpah; also see Zilpha.

Zylvia f Obscure
Variant of Sylvia.

Zymira f English
Most likely a variant of Zamira.

Zyonna f African American (Modern)
Variant of Zyana.

Zyriah f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zyria.

Zyrina f English (American)
This can be a variant of Cyrine or transferred from the (originally Russian) surname Zyrina (feminine form of Zyrin).

Żywila f Polish, Literature
Coined by Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz for the titular character of one of his early works. It is uncertain where he found the inspiration for this name. One theory derives this name from Lithuanian žygiuoti "to move; to march" and viltis "hope", while other scholars believe this name to be a much-mangled form of Zizili, the name of an obscure fertility goddess of whom nothing else is known; should the name indeed be derived from Zizili, then its meaning would be lost... [more]