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Zanthy m African (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Zaochi f Chinese (Rare, ?), Vietnamese (Rare, ?)

Zaquan m African American (Rare), Malaysian (Rare)
Elaboration of Quan.

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.

Zariel f & m English (Modern, Rare)

Zarije f Albanian (Rare)

Zarina f Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Tsarina and diminutive of Zara.

Zarlee f English (American, Rare)

Zarlia f English (Rare)
Allegedly a variant of Zarlee.

Zarlie f & m American (Rare, Archaic)

Zarria f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zariyah.

Zartar f Armenian (Rare, Archaic)

Zasily m Russian (Rare, ?)

Zaveon m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zavion.

Zavior m English (American, Rare)
Variant of Xavier.

Zaviša m Serbian (Rare)
Derived from the old name Zavida, which itself was derived from the verb zavideti, meaning "to envy". It was once used to divert evil forces from a child, since it was believed it would prevent envy towards the child.

Zayaan f & m South African (Rare), Muslim (Rare)
Variant transcript of Zayyan.

Zayana f English (Rare), Muslim
A Quranic name meaning "adorned" or "adorner".

Zaydon m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zayden.

Zayion m African American (Modern, Rare)

Zaylah f English (Rare)
Variant of Zayla.

Zaylen m English (American, Modern, Rare)
A combination of the phonetic element zay with the popular suffix len, likely inspired by names such as Kaylen, Braylen and Jaylen.

Zayley f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zaylee.

Zaylia f Hebrew (Rare)
Meaning "solemn", "argent", "zealous", and several more.

Zaylon m African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zaylen, the spelling influenced by Waylon. (Also compare Braylon and Jaylon.)

Zaylor m American (Modern, Rare)
Masculine variant of Saylor.

Zayven m English (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Xavier or Zavier. According to the SSA, Zayven was given to 13 boys in 2018.

Zayyan m & f Arabic (Rare), Nigerian (Rare), Muslim
From Arabic زَيْن (zayn) meaning "beautiful, handsome, nice" (see Zayn).

Zaziko m Georgian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zaza.

Zazuna m Georgian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zaza, as it contains the Georgian diminutive suffix -უნა (-una).... [more]

Zďenek m Czech (Rare)
Variant of Zdeněk.

Zdeňko m Czech (Rare)
Variant of Zdenko.

Zealia f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Zelia.... [more]

Zeanna f English (Rare)

Zebeon m English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly an early American variant of Zibeon.

Zebeth f Afrikaans (Rare)

Zebina f Danish (Rare)
Either a variant of Sebina or a feminine form of Zebulon.

Zebula f English (Rare)
Feminine form of Zebulon.

Zećira f Bosnian (Rare)
Feminine form of Zećir.... [more]

Zedric m English (American, Modern, Rare)
Modern take on the name Cedric.

Zeeana f Arabic (Rare)
Variant transcription of Zouina.

Zeebah f English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Ziba.

Zeelan m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zealand.

Zeffie f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Likely a short form of Zeffirina, Zeffira, Zephyrine or other names containing zef, or maybe a rhyming variant of Effie.

Zefira f Italian (Rare)
Variant of Zeffira.

Zéfiro m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Zephyr.

Zefiro m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Zephyr.

Zefora f English (Rare), Spanish (Rare)

Zefrin m Eastern African (Rare)

Zekiel m American (Modern, Rare)
Short form of Ezekiel.

Zelena f English (Modern, Rare), Dutch (Modern, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Zelene f Spanish (Mexican, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare)
Variant of Selene.

Zelice f American (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Zelica.

Zelima f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Selima.

Zellie f English (Modern, Rare)
Possible diminutive of names beginning with Zel- (such as Zelda 2, Zelma, and Zelpha) or ending with the sound zel (such as Hazel and Gizelle).

Zelmer m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Selmer.

Zelopa f English (Rare)

Zeltza f Basque (Rare)
Basque feminine form of the Ancient Roman masculine name Celsus.

Zémire f Theatre, French (Rare)
French form of Zemira.... [more]

Zenara f Brazilian (Rare)

Zenaya f English (Modern, Rare), English (American), African American
Uncertain etymology. Possibly an alternative spelling of Zeniah, derived from Greek name Xenia meaning "hospitality"... [more]

Zenije f Albanian (Rare)

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").... [more]

Zeniya f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Xenia

Zennie f & m American (Rare)
Diminutive of Zen.

Zennor m & f Cornish (Rare)
Name of a Cornish village derived from the local saint, St Senara. In current use.

Zenoby f American (South, Rare, Archaic), Cornish (Rare, Archaic), English (Rare, Archaic)
Archaic variant of Zenobia, prevalent in Cornwall and Devon as well as in the southern states of the US.

Zenona f Polish, Kashubian, Latvian, Spanish (Rare, ?)
Feminine form of Zenon.

Zenora f English (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).

Zenzoh m Japanese (Modern, Rare)
It is a variant transcription of Zenzō.

Zéolie f French (Rare, Archaic)
Possibly related to Zoila or an erroneous form of Zoélie.

Zephan m English (Rare)
Truncated form of Zephaniah.

Zéphir m French (Rare), French (Belgian, Rare)
Variant of Zéphyr.

Zeplyn f English (American, Modern, Rare)
Feminine variant of Zeppelin using the suffix lyn.

Zeptah f Mormon (Rare)
An alternate name for Egyptus.

Zerida f Arabic (Rare, ?)

Zernin m Basque (Rare)
Basque form of Saturninus.

Zeruja f German (Rare)
German form of the Biblical name Zeruiah

Zeruya f Hebrew (Rare)
Hebrew form of Zeruiah. This is borne by Israeli novelist Zeruya Shalev (1959-).

Zevkso f Azerbaijani (Rare)
Azerbaijani form of Zeuxo.

Zevran m English (Rare)
Variant of Saffron.

Zhiuli m Georgian (Rare)
Georgian form of the French name Jules 1. A notable bearer of this name was the Georgian politician Zhiuli Shartava (1944-1993).

Zhobin m Persian (Rare)
Refers to a type of small, short spear in Persian.

Zholon m Kyrgyz (Rare)
Possibly derived from Kyrgyz жол (zhol) meaning "road, way, path".

Zhores m Soviet, Russian (Rare)
Taken from the French surname Jaurès, which was most famously borne by French Socialist Jean Jaurès (1859-1914)... [more]

Zhorzh m Armenian (Rare), Bulgarian (Rare), Georgian (Archaic)
Armenian, Bulgarian and Georgian form of Georges.

Zianna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Xiana.

Ziazan f Armenian (Rare)
Derived from Armenian ծիածան "rainbow".

Zienna f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sienna.

Zieven m English (American, Rare)

Zihara f Basque (Modern, Rare)

Zijona f Bosnian (Archaic), Medieval Jewish (Rare)
Variant of Ziona.

Zilika f Sanskrit (Rare)
Another variation for Sanskrit name "Jhilika" which means Sunlight, the strong light of sun.

Ziliya f Tatar (Rare), Bashkir (Rare)
Variant of Zilya.

Zillie f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Possibly a diminutive of Zilpha.

Zilmar f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Solimar or Celimar or possibly formed from azul and mar, in which case it would literally mean "blue sea".

Zilpha f English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Zilpah or Zelpha.

Zilver f & m Dutch (Modern, Rare)
Dutch cognate of Silver.

Zimena f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Ximena.

Zinara f Kazakh (Rare), Crimean Tatar (Rare)
Derived from Arabic نَار (nār) meaning "fire, flame, light".

Zinora f English (Rare), Trinidadian Creole (Rare)

Zinovi m Estonian (Rare)
Estonian transcription of Russian Зиновий (see Zinoviy).

Zintra f Latvian (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Dzintra.

Zionna f American (Modern, Rare)

Zípora f Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Zipporah.

Zirtze f Basque (Rare)
Basque form of Circe.

Živana f Slovak, Czech (Rare), Macedonian, Serbian
Variant of Živa and Zivena.

Ziviah f & m Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Combination of the name Ziv and the letters יה (ya) which are part of the name of God.

Ziyana f English (Rare), Arabic
Variant transcription of Zouina.

Zlatin m Bulgarian (Rare)
Variant of Zlatan.

Zoeigh f English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zoe.

Zoëlla f French (Archaic), French (Quebec, Rare)
French form of Zoella.

Zoella f English (Rare), Italian (Rare), Filipino (Rare)
Feminine form of Zoellus.

Zoëlle f French (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare)
Variant of Zoelle.

Zoelle f English (Rare), French (Quebec, Rare), French (Rare)
Feminine form of Zoel.

Zoetia f Ancient Greek (Rare)
Etymology certain, possibly a form of Zoe. It may be a feminine form of Greek Ζωητός (Zoetos), which meant "capable of being vitalized".

Zoetje f Dutch (Rare)
Diminutive of Soete via Zoete.

Zofeia f Medieval Baltic, Russian (Rare, Archaic), Medieval Slavic, Medieval Ukrainian
Variant of Sofija.

Zohemy f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Central American (Rare)
Possibly an invented name, rhyming with Nohemi.

Zolten m English (Rare)
Variant of Zoltán.

Zólyom m Hungarian (Rare)
Means "celebrated".

Zombre m Mormon (Rare)
An alias used by John Johnson in a volume of Mormon scripture.

Zophia f English (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare), Polish (Archaic)
English and Danish variant of Sophia as well as an archaic Polish variant of Zofia.

Zorada f English (American, Rare, Archaic)
Probably a variant of Zoraida. This was the middle name of American lighthouse keeper Ida Lewis (1842-1911), who was born Idawalley Zorada Lewis.

Zorena f English (Rare)

Zorina f Croatian (Rare), Moldovan
Derived from Zora.

Zosima m Russian (Rare)
Russian form of Zosimas. Also see Zosim, which is the Russian form of Zosimos (see Zosimus).... [more]

Zosime m Georgian (Rare), French (Rare)
Georgian and French form of Zosimos (see Zosimus).

Zosimo m Italian (Rare)
Italian form of Zosimos via Zosimus.

Zudora f American (Rare)

Zuelma f American (Hispanic, Rare)

Zulena f Literature (Rare)
Name of an African American character in Nella Larsen's 1929 novel Passing.

Zuster f Dutch (Rare)
Derived from the (slightly antiquated) Dutch noun zuster meaning "sister", which makes this name the modern form of the medieval name Suster.... [more]

Zutoia f Basque (Rare)
Derived from Basque zutabe "pillar". This name is considered a direct translation of Spanish Pilar.

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.

Zyanna f African American (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zyana.

Zykeem m African American (Rare)

Zykera f African American (Rare)
Variant of Zykeira or Zykeria.

Zyliah f English (Australian, Rare)
Variant of Xylia.

Zylina f English (American, Rare)
Variant of Xylina.

Zylpha f English (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Zilpah; also see Zilpha.

Zyquan m African American (Rare)
Elaboration of Quan with the popular prefix Zy-.

Zyquez m American (Modern, Rare)
Not available

Zyrell m African American (Modern, Rare)
An invented name, blending the phonetic prefix zy and the name Tyrell.

Zyriah f & m English (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zyria.

Zyriak m German (Rare, Archaic)
German form of Cyriak.