This is a list of submitted names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is English.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Zeal m & f EnglishFound in occasional use as a given name from 17th century onwards, Zeal is part virtue name and part a transfer of the English surname.... [
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Zeal-for-god m English (Puritan)A name used in reference to Romans 10:2, "For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge."
Zealous m English (African, Rare)From the English word
zealous meaning "full of zeal, ardent", perhaps intended to be an English form of
Zelotes. This was the name of a Union general in the American Civil War: Zealous Bates Tower (1819-1900).
Zelotes m English (Puritan, ?), English (Rare)From Greek ζηλωτής
(zelotes) meaning "zealot, zealous follower". This was a descriptive byname of one of Jesus' twelve apostles, Saint Simon Zelotes, given to distinguish him from the apostle Simon Peter... [
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Zen m & f EnglishThis name is derived from either the word that is the Japanese on'yomi/reading of the Chinese word
chán (禅), which is derived from the Sanskrit word
dhyāna, meaning 'absorption, meditative state' or, in the case of U.S. soccer/football defender Zen Luzniak, a shortened form of
Zenon.... [
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Zenith f & m English (Rare)From Middle English
senith, from
cinit, from Old French
cenit and/or Latin
cenit, a transliteration of Arabic
سمت (
samt, "direction, path") which is in itself a weak abbreviation of
سمت الرأس (
samt ar-ra's, "direction of the head").... [
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Zeppelin m English (Modern)Transferred use of the name of the
Zeppelin airships; from the surname of Count Ferdinand
von Zeppelin (1838-1917), a German aeronautical pioneer, designer and manufacturer of airships... [
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Zerubbabel m Biblical, English (Puritan)Possibly means "conceived and born in
Babylon" from a contraction of either Assyrian-Babylonian
Zəru Bābel "seed of Babylon" or Hebrew זְרוּעַ בָּבֶל
(Zərua‘ Bāvel) "the one sown of Babylon"... [
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Zig m English (Rare)Short form of
Ziggy. In the case of American motivational speaker and self-help author Hilary Hinton 'Zig' Ziglar (1926-2012), it was a short form of his surname (see
Ziglar).
Zildjian m English (Rare), Filipino (Rare)Possibly from a surname of an anglicized form of Armenian
Զիլճյան (
Zilčyan) meaning "cymbal-maker". This was the name of Zaijian Godsick Lara Jaranilla and Zymic Demigod Lara Jaranilla's brother, Zildjian Godweevil Lara Jaranilla.
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.
Zyeth m EnglishPossibly used in reference to Zyeth Atham, or the eighth day of the bright half of Jyeshtha (May–June), a Brahmin festival. For example, the usage
Bodhi.
Zyx m & f English (Rare)Possibly a variant of the surname
Zick, meaning "descendant of
Sigo", or a diminutive of
Isaac. It may also simply from the last three letters of the English alphabet (compare
Abcde).