ZelmirafTheatre, 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.
ZelotesmEnglish (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... [more]
ZelyianafObscure Meaning unknown. Social media star Zelyiana of The Trench Family bears this name.
ŽemėfLithuanian (Rare) Derived from the Lithuanian noun Žemė meaning "Earth" (as in, the planet), which is ultimately derived from the Lithuanian noun žemė meaning "land, earth".
Zenm & fEnglish This 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.... [more]
ZenmJapanese This name can be used as 然 (zen, nen, sa, shika, shika.shi, shika.ri) meaning "if so, in that case, so, sort of thing, well," 善 (zen, i.i, yo.i, yo.ku, yoshi.tosuru) meaning "good(ness), virtuous" or 禅 (sen, zen, shizuka, yuzu.ru) meaning "silent meditation, Zen," the latter being the Japanese on'yomi/reading of the Chinese word chán (禅), which is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, meaning 'absorption, meditative state.'... [more]
ZenasmAncient Greek, Biblical Greek name, possibly originally a short form of Zenodoros or another name beginning with the element Ζηνός (Zenos) meaning "of Zeus"... [more]
Zenithf & mEnglish (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").... [more]
ZenitsumJapanese Overall, Zenitsu can mean "goodness" or "run fast", but "善ぜん"("zen") and "逸いつ"("itsu") can mean different things individually. "善ぜん"("zen") often has good meanings like "goodness", "right thing" or "improve", while "逸いつ"("itsu") has both good and bad meanings... [more]
ZenjimJapanese From 泉 (zen) meaning "natural spring, wellspring" or 善 (zen) meaning "good, virtue" combined with 時 (ji) meaning "time, moment, chance, occasion" or 二 (ji) meaning "two"... [more]
ZenjiromJapanese From 泉 (zen) meaning "natural spring, wellspring" or 善 (zen) meaning "good, virtue" combined with 時 (ji) meaning "time, moment, chance, occasion" or 二 (ji) meaning "two", and then combined with 郎 (rō) meaning "son".
ZenkimJapanese From 善 (zen) meaning "virtue, good, goodness" and 生 (ki) meaning "living". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
ZenkichimJapanese From 善 (zen) meaning "good" and 吉 (kichi) meaning "fortune, luck." Other kanji combinations can be used.
ZenkofJapanese From Japanese 善 (zen) meaning "good, virtuous, charitable, kind" or 然 (zen), a suffix after nouns to express likeness combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Zenmif & mJapanese Another unisex name? Look at the details for more information.... [more]
ZenodorosmAncient Greek Means "gift of Zeus", derived from Greek Zeno (a prefix form of the name of Zeus) combined with Greek δωρον (doron) meaning "gift."
ZenorafEnglish (Rare), Literature The name of a woman in 'A genuine account of the life and transactions of H. ap D. Price ... Written by himself' (1752).
ZenouskafObscure Invented 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-)... [more]
ZenpomJapanese From the kanji 善 (zen) meaning “good” and 保 (ho) meaning “protection”.... [more]
ZensukemJapanese From 前 (zen) meaning "in front of, before" and 記 (suke) meaning "mark, describe, statement, inscription, mention, the Kojiki". Other kanji combinations can be used.
ZenzelefXhosa Means "she will do for herself" in Xhosa.
Zenzilef & mXhosa, Swazi From Xhosa uzenzile meaning "you brought this on yourself". This was the first name of the South African singer and civil rights activist Miriam Makeba (1932-2008), full name Zenzile Miriam Makeba... [more]
ZenzōmJapanese It is from the Kanji characters "禅" (zen) meaning "ritual" and "僧" (sō) meaning "monk".
ZephathimBiblical, Jewish The name might mean "one born on Sabbath", but more probably is a modification of the ethnic Zephathi (Zephathite), from Zarephathi (Zarephathite).
ZéphirinmFrench (Archaic), French (African) Variant of Zéphyrin (see Zephyrinus). Though it was a popular French name in the 19th and early 20th centuries, its usage is mainly confined to various French-speaking African nations today.
ZephyranthefObscure From Zephyranthes, the name of a genus of flowering plants in the Amaryllis family, derived from the name of the Greek god Zephyros and Greek ἄνθος (anthos) meaning "flower, blossom".
ZephyriafAncient Greek, Greek Mythology Derived from Greek ζεφύριος (zephyrios) "of the West". This was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
ZeppelinmEnglish (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... [more]
Zeqingm & fChinese From Chinese 泽 (zé) meaning "moist, grace, brilliance" and 清 (qīng) meaning "blue, green, young", as well as other character combinations that can form this name.
ZereldafEnglish (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]
ZerlenefEnglish (American, Rare) Possibly a variant of Zerline. This is the title of a 1955 song by American R&B duo Gene & Billy (singers Gene Ford and Billy Boyd), about a woman named Zerlene.
Zerom & fVarious Derived from the Italian zero itself from Medieval Latin zèphyrum, Arabic صفر (ṣifr) and Sanskrit शून्य (śūnyá), ultimately meaning "empty".... [more]
ZeromItalian from the medieval Greek personal name Xeros, derived from Greek xeros meaning "dry", "bare".
ZerrinfTurkish Means "golden, yellow" or "daffodil, jonquil, narcissus" in Turkish, ultimately from Persian زرین (zarrin).
ZeruafBasque Modern coinage derived from Basque zeru "sky; heavens; heaven".
ZerubbabelmBiblical, 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"... [more]