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ZAAKI m ArabicMeans "one who increases in growth and goodness" in Arabic.
ZABAD m BiblicalZabad is the name of seven men in the Hebrew Bible. Zabad means "gift" or "endowment."
ZABIBE f Arabic (Rare), HistoryMost likely derived from Arabic زَبِيب
(zabīb) meaning "raisin". This was the name of a queen of Qedar, an ancient Arab nomadic tribe.
ZABOU f FrenchDiminutive of
ISABELLE. French actress and director Zabou Breitman is a known bearer.
ZACCUR m BiblicalZaccur of the house of
REUBEN was the father of
SHAMMUA, a scout sent to Canaan prior to the crossing of the Jordan River according to Numbers 13:4.
ZACNOSŁAW m PolishDerived from Polish
zacny "noble, respectable, upright" combined with Slavic
slav "glory".
ZADDOCK m English (Rare)(Anglicized) variant of
ZADOK. A bearer of the variant
Zadock was Congressman Zadock Pratt (1790-1871), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York.
ZADENI m Georgian MythologyMost likely derived from Persian یزدان
(yazdân) meaning "god, divinity, angel". Zadeni (also transcribed as
ZADEN) was a pagan god of fruitfulness and the harvest in pre-Christian Georgian mythology.
ŽADGAILAS m LithuanianDerived from the Lithuanian verb
žadėti meaning "to promise" combined with old Lithuanian
gailas, which usually means "strong, potent" but has also been found to mean "sharp, jagged" as well as "angry, fierce, violent" and "miserable, sorrowful, remorseful"... [
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ZADIE f EnglishVariant of
SADIE. A known bearer of this name is British author Zadie Smith (1975-), who was born Sadie Smith.
ZADIG m ArmenianFrom Armenian
Զատիկ (zadig / zadik) meaning "Easter".
ZADKIEL m Hebrew, Judeo-Christian LegendMeans "righteousness of God" in Hebrew. Rabbinic tradition considers him to be the Angel of Mercy and some believe him to be the Angel of the Lord that prevented Abraham from killing his son Isaac.
ŽADMANTAS m LithuanianThe first element of this name is derived from the Lithuanian verb
žadėti meaning "to promise". The second element is either derived from Lithuanian
mantus meaning "intelligent" (see
DAUMANTAS) or from Lithuanian
manta meaning "property, estate" as well as "wealth, riches, fortune".
ŽADMINAS m Lithuanian (Rare)Derived from the Lithuanian verb
žadėti meaning "to promise" combined with the Lithuanian verb
minėti meaning "to celebrate" as well as "to remember, to commemorate".
ŽADVAINAS m LithuanianDerived from the Lithuanian verb
žadėti meaning "to promise" combined with the old Lithuanian noun
vaina meaning "cause, reason" as well as "fault".
ŽADVILAS m LithuanianDerived from the Lithuanian verb
žadėti meaning "to promise" combined with Baltic
vil meaning "hope" (see
VILTAUTAS).
ŽADVYDAS m LithuanianDerived from the Lithuanian verb
žadėti meaning "to promise" combined with Baltic
vyd meaning "to see" (see
VYTAUTAS). Also compare other names that end in
-vydas, such as
ALVYDAS and
TAUTVYDAS.
ZAER m ArabicMeans "revolutionist, rebel, insurgent" in Arabic.
ZAFARXO'JA m UzbekDerived from the Uzbek
zafar meaning "victory" and
xo'ja meaning "master".
ZAFEIRIS m GreekFrom Greek ζαφείρι
(zafeíri), derived via Italian from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος
(sáppheiros) (see
SAPPHIRE) through Latin (compare
Zafeiro).
ZAFEIRO f GreekFrom Greek ζαφείρι
(zafeíri), derived via Italian from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος
(sáppheiros) (see
SAPPHIRE) through Latin (compare
Zafeiris).
ZAFFARANA f ArabicMeans "saffron" in Sicilian Arabic, from Arabic زعفران
(za'farān), "saffron".
ZAFFIRO m ItalianMeans "sapphire" in Italian, from the Latin
sapphirus.
ZAFIRIS m & f GreekFrom Greek ζαφείρι ή σαπφειρός meaning "sapphire".
ZAFIRO f Spanish (Modern)Spanish feminine name derived from the word
zafiro meaning "sapphire". This is a modern coinage.
ZAGE m English (Modern, Rare)Newly created name combining the letter (
Z) and the popular name suffix -
age. Zage was given to 6 boys in 2017 according to the SSA.
ZAGORKA f Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)From Croatian and Serbian
загорје (zagorye) meaning "up behind the mountains, plains". It may also designate an inhabitant of Hrvatsko Zagorje, an area of Croatia.
ZAGREUS m Greek MythologyPossibly derived from Greek ζαγρεύς
(zagreus), which was a term used to refer to a hunter that catches live animals. The term would technically mean "great hunter", as it was derived from the Greek prefix ζα
(za) meaning "very" combined with Greek αγρεύς
(agreus) meaning "hunter"... [
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ZAHA f Hebrew, ArabicMeans "clear; pure" in Hebrew from the root צ־ח־ח (
ts-kh-kh). It also means "bright; shine" in Arabic.... [
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ZAHARIN m MalayPossibly derived from Arabic زَاهِر
(zāhir) meaning "shining, radiant".
ZAHAVA f HebrewDerived from Hebrew זָהָב
(zaháv) meaning "gold".
ZAHEERA f ArabicPossibly means "shining" or "brilliant". May also be an alternative spelling of
ZAHIRA or a feminine form of
ZAHEER.
ZAHHAK m Persian MythologyMeans "he who owns ten thousands of horses". Zahhak was an evil emperor in Persian Mythology who was revolted against by the blacksmith
KAVEH.
ZAHIR AL-DIN m ArabicMeans "helper of the faith" or "defender of the faith", derived from Arabic ظهير
(ẓahir) meaning "helper, assistant" combined with الدين
(ad-dīn) "the faith, the religion".
ZAHRAH f Malay, IndonesianMalay and Indonesian form of
ZAHRA. It is often paired with
FATIMAH in reference to the Arabic title for the daughter of the Prophet
MUHAMMAD, فاطمة الزهراء
(Fatimah Az-Zahrā’), meaning "Fatimah the Splendid".
ZAIB f & m Pashto, UrduMeans "beauty" in Pashto and "ornament" in Urdu ultimately from Persian زیب
zib.
ZAIGA f LatvianDerived from Latvian
zaigot "to glisten, to glimmer".
ZAIJIRŌ m JapaneseJapanese masculine name derived from
在 (zai) "be at, consist in",
二 (ji) "two" and #郎 (rou) "son".
ZAINI m Indonesian, MalayMeans "my decoration" from Arabic زَيْن
(zayn) meaning "ornament, decoration".
ZAINON f & m MalayFrom Arabic زَيْن
(zayn) meaning "beauty".
ZAÏR m LiteratureAppears in medieval legends of the knight-errant
AMADIS, perhaps related to
ZAÏRE or a place name mentioned in the Old Testament (2 Kings 8:21),
Za'ir meaning "little".
ZAIRE m African AmericanFrom a truncation of the Kongo phrase
nzadi o nzere meaning "river swallowing rivers". It is the former name of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
ZÁJA f HungarianOrigin and meaning unknown. Possibly related to the Albanian and Hungarian surname Zaja.
ZAKARYAN m Armenianmeans "God has remembered". Diminutive of Zackary/Zachariah. Elaboration of Zakary and Ryan.
ZAKI m ArabicZaaki is an Arabic name for boys that means “one who increases in growth and goodness”, “virtuous”, “blessed”.
ZAKIRYAN m BashkirCombination of
ZAKIR and the suffix -йән
(yän), which is derived from Persian جان
(jân) meaning "soul, being" or "dear, darling".
ZAKIY m UzbekMeans "bright, intelligent" in Uzbek.