This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is feminine; and a substring is a.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Zuberoa f BasqueFrom the name of a Basque province, also called Xiberoa
Žubora f SerbianFrom Serbian
жубор (žubor) meaning "rushing sound of water", "burble".
Zuhaitza f Basque (Modern)Feminine name derived from Basque
zuhaitz "tree", ultimately from Old Basque
zur "wood" and
haritz "oak" (formerly a generic term for "tree").
Zujenia f Romani (Caló)Caló form of
Martha, possibly from Romani
zhulyi, "lady, woman". Alternatively, it could be derived from Caló
zujenia, meaning "flower".
Zulay f ChechenEither a diminutive of
Zulaykha or
Zuleykhan or a combination of Arabic ذُو
(ḏū) meaning "possessor, owner of" and Turkic ай
(ay) meaning "moon".
Zulfa f & m Arabic, Indonesian, DhivehiMeans "closeness, nearness, proximity" in Arabic, also referring to a period of time marking the commencement of either day or night. It is sometimes used as a masculine name in Indonesia.
Zülfinigar f Ottoman TurkishFrom Persian زلف
(zolf) meaning "curl, tress" and نگار
(negār) meaning "beloved, sweetheart; painting, picture".
Zulhijja f UzbekUzbek feminine name derived from the name of the twelfth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, the month of Hajj.
Zulhumar f Kazakh (Rare), Kyrgyz (Rare), UyghurBasically means "possessing the ability to charm or intoxicate", derived from Arabic ذو
(dhu) meaning "possessor, owner" combined with Persian خمار
(humar) meaning "intoxicating" or "giving pleasure".
Zulmat f UzbekDerived from Uzbek
zulmat meaning "pitch darkness".
Zuma m & f English (Rare)Means "abundance" in Chumashan. This is the name of a beach in Malibu, California, after which Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale's son was named.
Zumaia f BasqueDerived from Basque
zuma meaning "wicker". It is also the name of a town in Gipuzkoa, Basque Country.
Zuna f LingalaMeans "to be sweet" in Bangi, the main lexical source of Lingala.
Zunera f UrduMeans "guiding light"or "flower in paradise" in Urdu.
Zuohua f ChineseFrom the Chinese
佐 (zuǒ) meaning "assist, aid" and
花 (huā) meaning "flower".
Zuolan f ChineseFrom the Chinese
佐 (zuǒ) meaning "assist, aid" and
兰 (lán) meaning "orchid".
Zura f ChechenEither from Persian زور
(zur) meaning "force, strength, power" or a form of the Arabic name
Zahra.
Zurgan m & f KalmykMeans "six" in Kalmyk, traditionally referring to a family's sixth-born child.
Zutoia f Basque (Rare)Derived from Basque
zutabe "pillar". This name is considered a direct translation of Spanish
Pilar.
Zuva f ShonaMeans "day; daylight; sun; sunlight" in Shona.
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.
Zvizdana f CroatianDerived from dialectal Croatian
zvizda meaning "star". The standard form is
zvijezda or Serbian
zvezda.
Žvoruna f Baltic MythologyThis 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. ... [
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Zybagözel f TurkmenFrom Turkmen
zyba meaning "beautiful" and Turkmen
gözel meaning "beautiful, pretty, lovely".
Żyrborka f PolishDerived from
żyr, an obsolete word meaning "prey", and the Slavic name element
bor meaning "fight".
Zysia f YiddishPolish Yiddish name, presumably related to
Zysla. Found in documents from the early 1800s regarding contemporary Yiddish-speakers in Poland.
Żywila f Polish, LiteratureCoined 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... [
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