This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and the ending sequence is a.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Zanda f LatvianOf uncertain origin and meaning, although it is generally considered a variant of
Sanda 1.
Zanetta f Venetian (Archaic)Venetian diminutive of
Giovanna. This was name borne by Maria Giovanna "Zanetta" Farussi (1707-1776), mother of the famous adventurer Giacomo Casanova.
Zanjira f UzbekA name given in reference to a kind of artistic border decoration with repeating shapes.
Zantedeschia f ObscureFrom the genus name of flowering plants native to southern Africa, which was named for the Italian botanist Giovanni Zantedeschi.
Zaoxia f ChineseFrom Chinese 棗 (zǎo) meaning "jujube, date, date palm" combined with 霞 (xiá) meaning "mist, haze, rosy clouds" or 夏 (xià) meaning "summer". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Zara m & f Biblical Greek, English (Rare)The Biblical Greek form of Hebrew
Zerah, meaning "dawn, dawning, shining, rising of the sun," derived from the Hebrew verb זרח (zarah) "to arise, to shine, to break out"... [
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Zarahemla f MormonAccording to The Book of Mormon, Zarahemla was a city in ancient America, named after a man who was an ancestor of the prophet
Ammon and a descendant of
Mulek... [
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Žarana f Serbian, Croatian (Rare)A Serbo-Croatian name meaning "early", "from an early age" or "premature". A notable name bearer is Žarana Papić (1949-2002), an influential Serbian social anthropologist and feminist theorist. This name shares a similar spelling with the Sanskrit name
Zarana, but holds a distinctly different meaning.
Zarana f SanskritA South Asian name derived from Sanskrit, meaning "lake of water" or "waterfall". Notable name bearers include modern bioengineer Zarana Patel and fictional assassin Zarana from the G.I. Joe universe... [
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Zarema f Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Dagestani, Ingush, KazakhMeaning uncertain, though the name is likely of either Arabic or Persian origin. It might possibly be derived from Arabic زريمة
(zarima) meaning "flaming, igniting, submissive" or from Persian زر
(zar) meaning "gold, golden" (compare
Zarya)... [
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Zarema f SovietContraction of the Soviet slogan За революцию мира!
(Za revolyutsiyu mira!) meaning "For the world revolution!". This name was created by Communist parents who were eager to reject traditional names.
Zarinaea f Scythian (Latinized)Latinized form of
Zarinaia. This was the name of a queen regnant and military leader of the Saka tribe, possibly legendary, who waged a war against the Medes.
Zarinaia f Scythian (Hellenized)Probably derived from Old Iranian *
zari- "golden". This was the name of a legendary Saka (Scythian) warrior queen.
Zarinda f EnglishPossibly an English elaboration of Zara, with the popular suffix "-inda".
Zarmina f PashtoFrom Pashto زر
(zar) meaning "gold, metal" and مينه
(mina) meaning "love".
Zarsanga f PashtoMeans "golden branch", derived from Pashto زر
(zar) meaning "gold, metal" combined with څانګه
(śangah) meaning "branch".
Zarya f Soviet, RussianDerived from the Russian noun заря
(zarya) meaning "dawn, daybreak". Also compare the related name
Zorya.... [
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Zäta m & f Swedish (Rare)From the Swedish name for the letter
Z. Often a nickname for someone whose name (either first or last) start with Z, it is sometimes used as a given name in its own right.
Zatanna f Popular CultureA notable character is Zatanna Zatara (commonly known as Zatanna), a magician superhero from the DC comics.
Žavinta f LithuanianThe name comes directly from the Lithuanian word
žavinti (admired).
Zealandia f ObscureFrom the name of the personification of New Zealand as a female. She appeared on postage stamps, posters, cartoons, war memorials, and New Zealand government publications most commonly during the first half of the 20th century... [
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Zebochehra f UzbekFrom Uzbek
zebo meaning "lovely" and
chehra meaning "face, look".
Zebra f ObscureFrom the name of the African animal with black and white stripes. An English girl born in Southampton in 1875 was given the name Zebra Lynes apparently in reference to the phrase
zebra lines, i.e., the stripes of a zebra.... [
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Zebunnissa f Urdu, Indian (Muslim), HistoryMeans "beauty of women", from Persian zeb meaning "beauty" combined with Arabic nissa meaning "women". This name was borne by Zeb-un-Nissa (1638-1702), an Mughal princess who was also a poet.
Zedna f EnglishExact origins unknown. It is likely a name invented in the late 19th- early 20th century, based off of
Edna.
Zeeha f Pakistani, IslamicZeeha is a modern invented name, formed by blending the names
Zeeshan and
Maha. It symbolizes the union of two souls connected by deep affection, friendship, and eternal love... [
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Zeena f EnglishVariant of
Zena. It was used as a diminutive of
Zenobia in Edith Wharton's novella
Ethan Frome (1911), where Zenobia 'Zeena' Frome is the title character's sickly wife... [
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Zeetha f Popular CultureMeaning unknown. It appears in the webcomic 'Girl Genius' as the travelling companion and kolee-dok-zumil of main character Agatha Heterodyne.
Zeila f African AmericanDerived from
Seylac, also called Zeila, town and port, extreme northwest Somalia, on the Gulf of Aden. Seylac also falls under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Somaliland (a self-declared independent state without international recognition that falls within the recognized borders of Somalia).
Zekra f ArabicMeaning "memory, memorial" in Arabic. This word is used about 20 times in the Quran. A famous bearer is Thekra bint Mohammed Al Dali(ذكرى بنت محمد الدالي), a Tunisian singer whose name is also transcribed as Zekra, Zikra and Thikra.
Zelemina f Theatre, LiteratureMeaning uncertain. Zelemina is the Queen of the Moors in an Italian opera called "Veremonda, l'amazzone di Aragona" (with the English translation being "Veremonda, the Amazon of Aragon" also known as "Il Delio").
Zelica f LiteratureUsed 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.
Zelyiana f ObscureMeaning unknown. Social media star Zelyiana of The Trench Family bears this name.
Zema f & m English (Rare)Either a transferred use of the surname Zema, or an invented name, likely inspired by names such as
Emma and
Zela.
Zenghua f ChineseFrom the Chinese
增 (zēng) meaning "increase, add to" and
花 (huā) meaning "flower".
Zengxia f ChineseFrom the Chinese
增 (zēng) meaning "increase, add to" and
霞 (xiá) meaning "rosy clouds".
Zeniba f Popular CultureFrom 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).
Zenora f English (Rare), LiteratureThe name of a woman in 'A genuine account of the life and transactions of H. ap D. Price ... Written by himself' (1752).
Zenouska f ObscureInvented by Paul Mowatt and Marina Ogilvy, the daughter of Princess Alexandra of Kent, for their daughter born 1990, allegedly inspired by the American novel
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974; see also
Zen) and
Eno, the surname of English musician Brian Eno (1948-)... [
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Zephalinda f English, LiteratureA name coined by the English poet Alexander Pope, appearing in his poem "Epistle to Miss Blount" (1715).
Zeralda f LiteratureThe main protagonist in the children's book 'Zeralda's Ogre' by Tomi Unger.
Zerua f BasqueModern coinage derived from Basque
zeru "sky; heavens; heaven".
Zeta f English (Rare)English variant of
Zita 1. It is also the name of the sixth letter in the Greek alphabet, Ζ. A famous bearer is Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969-); born Catherine Zeta Jones, she was named after her paternal grandmother, Zeta Jones, who was herself named for a ship that her father sailed on.