Browse Submitted Names

Zanjira f Uzbek
A name given in reference to a kind of artistic border decoration with repeating shapes.

Zanthia f English (Rare)
Variant of Xanthia.

Zanurah f Obscure

Zaphira f English (Rare)
Variant of Sapphira.

Zaphyra f English (American)

Zapreta f Romani (Archaic)
Variant of Zepreta.

Zaraida f Arabic
Zaraida means a captivating woman.

Zarbaha f Pashto
Derived from Pashto zar meaning "gold".

Zardana f Afghan

Zareena f Urdu
Alternate transcription of Zarina.

Zarella f French (Quebec, Rare, Archaic), French (Rare, Archaic)

Zaresha f Pakistani (Rare)

Zariana f English (American)

Zarinah f Malay
Malay variant of Zarina.

Zarinda f English
Possibly an English elaboration of Zara, with the popular suffix "-inda".

Zariyah f African American (Modern)
Variant of Zariah.

Zarmina f Pashto
From Pashto زر (zar) meaning "gold, metal" and مينه (mina) meaning "love".

Zarqora m Uzbek
Derived from Uzbek zar meaning "gold, wealth" and qora meaning "black, dark".

Zarrina f Tajik
Tajik form of Zarina.

Zaryana f Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Variant of Zoryana influenced by Russian and dialectal Ukrainian заря (zarya) "dawn", or simply deriving from it. It can also be an elaboration of Soviet Zarya 2.

Zatanna f Popular Culture
A notable character is Zatanna Zatara (commonly known as Zatanna), a magician superhero from the DC comics.

Zatnika m Sundanese
Variant of Jatnika.

Zavièra f Occitan
Variant form of Xavièra.

Zaviera f English (Modern, Rare)
Feminine form of Zavier.

Žavinta f Lithuanian
The name comes directly from the Lithuanian word žavinti (admired).

Zayanna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Zyana.

Zaytuna f Bashkir, Tatar
Derived from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn) meaning "olive".

Zäzilia f German (Archaic)
Variant of Cäcilia.

Żbiétka f Kashubian
Diminutive of Elżbiéta via Elżbiétka.

Zbincza f Medieval Czech
Feminine form of Zbygniew.

Zbyszka f Polish
Diminutive of Zbigniewa.

Zdzicha f Polish
Diminutive form of Zdzisława.

Zdzisia f Polish
Diminutive of Zdzisława.

Zdziśka f Polish
Diminutive form of Zdzisława.

Zebaina f Medieval Italian

Zebbiah m Romani (Archaic)

Zebedea f Italian (Rare)
Feminine form of Zebedeo.

Zebedia m Italian (Rare)
Variant of Zebedeo.

Zedekia m German, Dutch
German and older Dutch form of Tzidqiyyahu (see Zedekiah) via its hellenized form Zedekias.

Zédélia f French (Quebec, Archaic)
Meaning unknown, possibly a form of Sedelia or Cedalie used in Québéc.

Zefanja m Biblical German
German form of Zephaniah.

Zefanya m Indonesian
Indonesian form of Zephaniah.

Zeffira f Italian
Feminine form of Zeffiro.

Zehavah f Hebrew
"golden"

Zehniya f Uzbek
Variant of Zihniyyah.

Zejneba f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zaynab.

Zelfira f Tatar (Russified)
Russified form of Zölfirä.

Zelikha f Chechen, Crimean Tatar
Chechen and Crimean Tatar form of Zulaykha.

Zelinda f Italian (Rare), Hungarian (Rare), Folklore
Supposedly an Italian form of Selinde, itself a German variant of Sieglinde, as well as a Hungarian borrowing of this name... [more]

Zeliyah f English (Rare)
Means "youthful" in English.

Željana f Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of Željan.

Zelmira f Theatre, Italian (Rare), Hungarian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Form of Želimira and a feminine form of Gelmir. This name belongs to the title character of a Rossini opera; Zelmira (1822) was based on the play Zelmire (1762) by the French playwright de Belloy, about a princess of Lesbos who must save her father and husband from evil political machinations.

Zelmyra f African American (Rare), American (South, Rare)
Perhaps a variant of Zelmira or a contraction of Zelma and Elmyra.

Zelnora f English (Rare)

Zelphia f English (American, Rare)
Elaborated form of Zelpha.

Zemirah f Hebrew
Variant of Zemira.

Zenadia f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Possibly an altered form of Zenaida.

Zendeya f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zendaya.

Zeneida f Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Canarian), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Zenaida.

Zenfira f Azerbaijani
Variant of Zemfira.

Zenghua f Chinese
From the Chinese 增 (zēng) meaning "increase, add to" and 花 (huā) meaning "flower".

Zengxia f Chinese
From the Chinese 增 (zēng) meaning "increase, add to" and 霞 (xiá) meaning "rosy clouds".

Zenilda f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Combination of Zé and Nilda or else a variant of Zeneide.

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

Zenóbia f Hungarian (Rare)
Hungarian form of Zenobia.

Zenoida f Obscure

Zenolia f African American

Zenovia f Romanian
Romanian variant of Zenobia.

Zephira f Obscure
Possibly a variant of Zephyra.

Zéphora f French (Archaic), French (Quebec, Archaic)
Variant of Séphora.

Zephora f English
Variant of Sephora.

Zephria f American (South, ?)

Zephyra f English
Feminine form of Zephyr.

Zepreta f Romani (Archaic)

Zeralda f Literature
The main protagonist in the children's book 'Zeralda's Ogre' by Tomi Unger.

Zerelda f English (American, Archaic), American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Serilda. It was regionally popular in the Midwestern and Southern United States in the 19th century, borne by the Kentuckian mother of Jesse James, outlaw, as well as her husband's niece, whom Jesse later married... [more]

Zerelia f Obscure

Zerilda f American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Serilda.

Zerlina f Literature, Theatre, Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Danish, German (Rare)
The name of a character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' (1787), to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, which was based on the legend of Don Juan.... [more]

Žermēna f Latvian (Rare)

Zermena f Latvian

Zerviah f Biblical Hebrew (Anglicized, Archaic)
Perhaps an anglicized form of the Biblical Hebrew name Zeruiah.

Zesuina f Sardinian
Sardinian form of Gesuina.

Zetilla f African American (Rare, Archaic)

Zevobia f American (Rare)
Variant of Zenobia.

Zezilia f Medieval Basque
Basque form of Cecilia.

Zezolla f Literature
Meaning unknown. This is the name of the main character of the fairy tale Cenerentola, an early version of Cinderella written by Giambattista Basile.

Zhadyra f Kazakh
Possibly from Arabic جدير (jadir) meaning "suitable, worthy, proper" or Kazakh жаудырау (zhaudyrau) meaning "gleaming (eyes), tender (gaze)".

Zhafira f Indonesian
Indonesian form of Zafira.

Zhakiya m Kazakh
Kazakh form of Yahya.

Zhamila f Kazakh
Kazakh form of Jamila.

Zhanara f Kazakh, Kyrgyz
Variant of Zhanar.

Zhaneta f Belarusian (Rare), Bulgarian, Albanian
Albanian, Belarusian and Bulgarian form of Jeannette.

Zhaniya f Kazakh
Derived from Kazakh жан (zhan) meaning "soul", ultimately from Persian.

Zhanxia f Chinese
From the Chinese 湛 (zhàn) meaning "deep, profound" or "clear, tranquil, placid" and 霞 (xiá) meaning "rosy clouds".

Zhaohua m & f Chinese
From Chinese 照 (zhào) meaning "shine, illumine, reflect" combined with 华 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese"... [more]

Zhaojia m & f Chinese
From Chinese 兆 (zhào) meaning "omen", 昭 (zhāo) meaning "bright, luminous", 肇 (zhào) meaning "start, begin" or 照 (zhào) meaning "shine, illumine, reflect" combined with 佳 (jiā) meaning "good, auspicious, beautiful", 嘉 (jiā) meaning "excellent, good, auspicious" or 甲 (jiǎ) referring to the first of the ten Heavenly Stems... [more]

Zhaoxia f Chinese
From the Chinese 肇 (zhào) meaning "begin", 朝 (zhāo) meaning "dynasty, morning" or 兆 (zhào) meaning "omen, million, trillion" and 霞 (xiá) meaning "rosy clouds".

Zhaqiya m Kazakh

Zhaviah f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zhavia. According to the SSA, Zhaviah was given to 7 girls in 2018.

Zhazira f Kazakh
Derived from Arabic جزيرة (jazira) meaning "wide expanse, region, territory".

Zhengda m Chinese

Zhenhua m & f Chinese
From Chinese 振 (zhèn) meaning "rouse, excite, raise" or 震 (zhèn) meaning "shake, tremor, excite" combined with 华 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese"... [more]

Zhenjia f Chinese
From the Chinese 真 (zhēn) meaning "clearly, really" or "real, true, genuine" and 佳 (jiā) meaning "good, beautiful, auspicious".

Zhenxia f & m Chinese
From Chinese 真 (zhēn) meaning "real, genuine", 珍 (zhēn) meaning "precious, rare", or 贞 (zhēn) meaning "virtuous, chaste, loyal" combined with 夏 (xià) meaning "summer, great, grand" or 霞 (xiá) meaning "rosy clouds"... [more]

Zhongda m Chinese
From 中 (zhōng) meaning "middle" or 忠 (zhōng) meaning "loyalty, devotion" combined with 达 (dá) meaning "achieve, arrive at, intelligent" or 大 (dà) meaning "big, great, vast, high"... [more]

Zhuijia f Chinese
From the Chinese 隹 (zhuī) meaning "bird" and 嘉 (jiā) meaning "good, fine, excellent, auspicious".

Zhuohua m & f Chinese
From Chinese 卓 (zhuó) meaning "tall, lofty, outstanding" or 灼 (zhuó) meaning "bright, shining, luminous" combined with 华 (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, flowery, Chinese"... [more]

Ziannah f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Xiana.

Zicanna f Sardinian

Zikeria f African American (Rare)
Variant of Zykeria.

Zikiria f African American (Rare)
Variant of Zykeria.

Ziliyah f English (Modern, Rare)

Zilphia f English (American, Rare)
Elaboration of Zilpha.

Zimbula f Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sumbula.

Zinaīda f Latvian
Latvian borrowing of Zinaida.

Zinajda f Hungarian
Variant of Zinaida.

Zinbula f Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Zimbula.

Zincuța f Romanian
Diminutive of Zina.

Zinessa f Obscure (Modern)

Zinetta f English (American, Rare)
Possibly an elaboration of Zina by way of combining it with the name suffix -etta.

Zinevra f Literature

Zinobia f Georgian (Archaic)
Georgian form of Zenobia.

Ziöeśja f Vilamovian
Vilamovian form of Zofia.

Ziöeśka f Vilamovian
Variant of Ziöeska.

Ziöeska f Vilamovian
Vilamovian form of Zofia and Zośka.

Ziomara f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Xiomara.

Zionira f African American
Feminine form of Zion combining Zion and the popular suffix -ira.

Ziortza f Basque
Means "place of daneworts", from Basque zihaurri meaning "danewort, dwarf elder" and the suffix -tza, which indicates a place abundant in something. This is the name of a collegiate church dedicated to the Virgin Mary on the Way of St... [more]

Ziphora f Medieval Jewish, Jewish (Archaic), American (South, Archaic)
Variant of Zipporah.

Ziporah f & m Hebrew
alternate spelling of Zipporah

Zippora f Dutch, German, Italian, Judeo-Anglo-Norman
Dutch, German, Judeo-Anglo-Norman and Italian form of Zipporah.

Zisutra m Sumerian, Near Eastern Mythology
Variant of Ziusudra. A Sumerian priest-king during the great flood.

Zitania f Various (Rare)
Probably an elaboration of Zita 1.

Zitella f Italian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Zita 1. Nowadays this is a word for 'spinster' and no longer a name.

Ziyanda f Xhosa
Means "increase within daughters" in Xhosa.

Ziyanna f African American (Rare)
Variant of Ziyana.

Zjarrta f Albanian (Modern, Rare)
Either derived from Albanian i zjarrtë "fiery" or zjarr "fire" and, figuratively, "passion; ardor".

Zkyaira f African American

Zlaikha f Pashto
Pashto form of Zulaykha.

Zlatana f Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of Zlatan.

Zlatena f Bulgarian
Variant of Zlatina.

Zlatina f Bulgarian, Russian
Diminutive of Zlata.

Zobebah m Biblical
Meaning, "the slow." Zobebah (also known as Hazzobebah) was a son of Koz (1 Chronicles 4:8).

Zocueca f Spanish (European, Rare)
From the Spanish title of the Virgin Mary, La Virgen de Zocueca, meaning "The Virgin of Zocueca," venerated at the sanctuary in Guarromán in the Andalusian province of Jaén in southern Spain.

Zofijka f Kashubian
Diminutive of Zofiô, influenced by the older form Zofija.

Žofinka f Czech
Diminutive form of Žofie.

Zofiyah f Greek
Zofiyah originates from Poland as a variation of the greek name Sofia. The name means "wisdom" or is often a name to describe a girl who should be Sophisticated.

Zöläyxa f Bashkir, Tatar
Bashkir and Tatar form of Zulaykha.

Zöläyxä f Bashkir, Tatar
Variant of Zöläyxa.

Zoletta f African American (Rare)
Combination of Zola 1 and the popular suffix -etta. This was the birth name of Zola Taylor, an American singer.

Zölfirä f Tatar

Zolfiya f Tatar
Tatar form of Zulfiya.

Zoliswa f Xhosa
Means "one who calms" in Xhosa.

Zoltána f Hungarian (Rare)
Feminine form of Zoltán.

Zolzaya f Mongolian
Derived from Mongolian зол (zol) meaning "fortune, luck, blessing" and заяа (zayaa) meaning "future, fate, destiny".

Zomilla f Hungarian
Of unknown origin and meaning.

Zoraïda f French (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare)
Variant of Zoraïde.

Zoraima f Spanish (Latin American)
Invented name combining Zoraida and Moraima.

Zoranka f Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Feminine form of Zoran.

Zorigma f Buryat
From the Buryat зориг (zorig) meaning "courage, willpower" and the Mongolian feminine suffix -маа (-maa).

Zorinka f Hungarian
Diminutive of Zóra.

Zorzeta f Greek (Rare)
Hellenized form of Georgette.

Žoržika f Slovak
Diminutive of Georgína, not used as a given name in its own right.

Zrinjka f Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Zrinka.

Zsanika f Hungarian

Zsuzska f Hungarian
Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Zuanita f Indonesian (Rare)

Zubaira m & f Chechen, Kazakh (Rare)
Chechen form and Kazakh feminine form of Zubair. It is solely masculine in Chechen while it is a feminine name in Kazakh.

Zubayda f Judeo-Arabic, Medieval Jewish
Variant of Zubaida.

Zubeida f Urdu
Alternate transcription of Urdu زبیدہ (see Zubaida).

Zubejda f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zubaida.

Zuberoa f Basque
From the name of a Basque province, also called Xiberoa

Zübeýda f Turkmen
Turkmen form of Zubaida

Zuditta f Sardinian
Sardinian form of Judith.

Zujenia f Romani (Caló)
Caló form of Martha, possibly from Romani zhulyi, "lady, woman". Alternatively, it could be derived from Caló zujenia, meaning "flower".

Zulaeha f Indonesian
Indonesian variant of Zulaykha.

Zulaiha f Malay, Indonesian
Malay and Indonesian variant of Zulaykha.

Zulaika f Malay, Indonesian, Filipino, Maranao, Maguindanao
Form of Zulaykha used in several languages.

Zulayka f Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Zuleika.

Zulehka f American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zuleika.

Zuleica f Spanish (Rare), Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Zuleika.

Zuleiva f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Zulëixa f Pashto
Pashto form of Zuleika.

Zulejha f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zuleika.

Zulejka f Hungarian (Rare), Croatian (Rare), Bosnian (Rare)
Cognate of Zuleika.

Zuleyka f Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Spanish form of Zuleika.

Zuleyma f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Zulema.

Zulfija f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zulfiya.

Zulfiya f Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Kazakh
Derived from Persian زلف‎ (zolf) meaning "lock (of hair), curl, tress".

Zulieka f Malaysian (Rare), English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zuleika.

Zulikha f Urdu
Urdu form of Zuleika.

Zulmira f Portuguese

Zumbula f Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Sumbula.

Zumreta f Bosnian
Bosnian variant of Zümra.

Zumruta f Bosnian (Rare)
Bosnian form of Zumrut.

Zunaira f Urdu, Punjabi
Feminine form of Zunair.

Zunilda f Spanish

Zuraida f Indonesian, Malay
Indonesian and Malay form of Zoraida.

Zuresha f American (Modern, Rare)

Zuriana f Malaysian

Zuriela f Spanish (Latin American), American
Feminine form of Zuriel.

Zurinah f Malay
Variant of Zurina.

Zùstina f Sardinian
Variant of Giustina.

Żużanna f Medieval Polish
Medieval Polish variant of Zuzanna.

Zuzélia f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

Zuzetta f Danish, Swedish
Variant of Suzette.

Zuzička f Slovak
Slovak diminutive of Zuzana, not used as a given name in its own right.

Zvanaka f Shona
Means "it is well" in Shona.

Žvoruna f Baltic Mythology
This was the name of the Lithuanian goddess of the hunt and the forest as well as the protector of wild animals who was first recorded in Russian chronicles of the 13th century. ... [more]

Zwetana f Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Цветана (see Cvetana).

Žyginta f Lithuanian

Zykaria f African American (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Zykeria.

Zykeria f African American

Zykiera f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zykeria.

Zykiria f African American (Rare)
Variant of Zykeria.

Zyleena f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Xylina.

Zylikha f Kazakh
Kazakh form of Zuleika.

Zyliyah f American (Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Xylia.

Zymeria f Medieval German
Of unknown origin and meaning.

Zynthia f German, American (Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare)
Germanised spelling of Cynthia.... [more]

Zyrenia f German (Rare, Archaic), English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Zyrenius.

Zyriaka f German (Rare, Archaic)
Feminine form of Zyriak.

Zytania f Various (Rare)
Variant of Zitania.