All Names (page 90) - Behind the Name

Zornitsa f Bulgarian
Means "morning star" in Bulgarian.

Zoroaster m History
English form of Zarathustra, via the Greek form Ζωροάστρης (Zoroastres).

Zoroastres m Avestan (Hellenized)
Greek form of Zarathustra.

Zorro m Literature, Popular Culture
Means "fox" in Spanish. This is the name of a masked vigilante created by writer Johnston McCulley in 1919 for a series of books, later adapted into movies and television.

Zoryana f Ukrainian
Derived from Ukrainian зоря (zorya) meaning "dawn, star".

Zosia f Polish
Diminutive of Zofia.

Zosime f Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Zosimos (see Zosimus).

Zosimos m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Zosimus.

Zosimus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Ζώσιμος (Zosimos), a Greek name derived from ζώσιμος (zosimos) meaning "viable" or "likely to survive". This was the name of several early saints and a pope.

Zoticus m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ζωτικός (Zotikos), derived from ζωτικός (zotikos) meaning "full of life". This was the name of several early saints.

Zotikos m Ancient Greek
Greek form of Zoticus.

Zoubida f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Form of Zubaida chiefly used in North Africa (using French-influenced orthography).

Zowie f English (Rare)
Variant of Zoe.

Zoya f Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Bulgarian
Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Bulgarian form of Zoe.

Zrinka f Croatian
Possibly from Zrin, the name of a village in Croatia, or from the noble Zrinski family that originated there.

Zrinko m Croatian
Masculine form of Zrinka.

Zsanett f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Jeannette.

Zsazsa f Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Zselyke f Hungarian
Possibly a Hungarian form of Željka.

Zsiga m Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsigmond.

Zsigmond m Hungarian
Hungarian form of Sigmund.

Zsófia f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Sophia.

Zsófika f Hungarian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zsófia.

Zsóka f Hungarian
Diminutive of Erzsébet or Zsófia.

Zsolt m Hungarian
Old variant of Zoltán.

Zsombor m Hungarian
Possibly of Turkic origin meaning "bison, wisent".

Zsuzsa f Hungarian
Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Zsuzsanna f Hungarian
Hungarian form of Susanna.

Zsuzsi f Hungarian
Diminutive of Zsuzsanna.

Zuan m Medieval Italian
Medieval Venetian form of John.

Zubaida f Arabic, Urdu
Means "elite, prime, cream" in Arabic. This was the name of a 9th-century wife of Harun ar-Rashid, the Abbasid caliph featured in the stories of The 1001 Nights.

Zubair m Arabic, Urdu
Derived from Arabic زبر (zubar) meaning "iron". Zubair ibn al-Awwam was a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad and an early Muslim military commander.

Zuberi m Swahili
Swahili form of Zubair.

Zübeyde f Turkish
Turkish form of Zubaida.

Zubin m Indian (Parsi)
Possibly a Parsi form of Chobin.

Zuhaitz m Basque
Means "tree" in Basque.

Zuhra 1 f Urdu
Urdu form of Zohreh.

Zuhra 2 f Arabic (Rare)
Means "brilliancy, light" in Arabic, derived from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine". This name is written identically to the related name Zahrah, though it is pronounced differently.

Zuhura f Swahili, Dhivehi
Means "Venus (planet)" in Swahili and Dhivehi. Both are borrowed from Arabic الزهرة (al-Zuharah), derived from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".

Zula 1 f Polish (Rare)
Polish diminutive of Zuzanna.

Zula 2 f English
Meaning unknown. It has been in use since the 19th century. It is possibly related to the name of the African tribe that lives largely in South Africa, the Zulus. In the 19th century the Zulus were a powerful nation under their leader Shaka.

Zulaykha f Arabic (Rare)
Arabic form of Zuleika.

Zuleika f Literature
Meaning uncertain, possibly of Arabic origin. According to medieval tradition, notably related by the 15th-century Persian poet Jami, this was the name of the biblical Potiphar's wife. She has been a frequent subject of poems and tales.

Zuleima f Spanish
Variant of Zulema.

Zulekha f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زليخا (see Zulaykha).

Zulema f Spanish
Possibly a Spanish feminine form of Sulayman.

Züleyha f Turkish
Turkish form of Zuleika.

Züleyxa f Azerbaijani
Azerbaijani form of Zuleika.

Zulfaqar m Arabic, Urdu
Variant of Zulfiqar.

Zülfikar m Turkish
Turkish form of Zulfiqar.

Zulfikar m Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic/Urdu ذو الفقار (see Zulfiqar), as well as the Indonesian form.

Zulfiqar m Arabic, Urdu
From Arabic ذو الفقار (Dhu al-Faqar) interpreted as meaning "cleaver of the spine", derived from ذو (dhu) meaning "possessor, holder" and فقار (faqar) meaning "spine, vertebra". This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's sword, also used by his son-in-law Ali.

Zümra f Turkish
From Turkish zümrüt meaning "emerald", derived via Arabic from Greek σμάραγδος (smaragdos).

Zümrüd f Azerbaijani
Means "emerald" in Azerbaijani, of Persian origin.

Zurab m Georgian
Georgian form of Sohrab.

Zuri f Swahili
Means "beautiful" in Swahili.

Zuriel m Biblical
Means "my rock is God" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this name is borne by a chief of the Merarite Levites at the time of the Exodus.

Zuriñe f Basque
Derived from Basque zuri "white". This is a Basque equivalent of Blanca.

Zusa f Yiddish (Rare)
Means "sweet" in Yiddish.

Zusman m Yiddish (Rare)
Means "sweet man" in Yiddish.

Zuza f Slovak, Polish
Slovak and Polish diminutive of Susanna.

Zuzana f Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian
Czech, Slovak and Lithuanian form of Susanna.

Zuzanka f Czech, Slovak
Diminutive of Zuzana.

Zuzanna f Polish, Latvian (Rare)
Polish and Latvian form of Susanna.

Zuzen m Basque
Means "just, fair" in Basque.

Zuzia f Polish
Polish diminutive of Zuzanna.

Zuzka f Czech, Slovak
Diminutive of Zuzana.

Zvezdana f Serbian, Slovene
Serbian and Slovene form of Zvjezdana.

Zvi m Hebrew
Alternate transcription of Hebrew צְבִי (see Tzvi).

Zviad m Georgian
Derived from Georgian ზვიადი (zviadi) meaning "proud, arrogant".

Zviadi m Georgian
Form of Zviad with the nominative suffix, used when the name is written stand-alone.

Zvjezdana f Croatian
Derived from Croatian zvijezda meaning "star".

Zvonimir m Croatian
Derived from the Slavic elements zvonŭ "sound, chime" and mirŭ "peace, world". Dmitar Zvonimir was an 11th-century Croatian king.

Zvonimira f Croatian
Feminine form of Zvonimir.

Zvonko m Croatian
Diminutive of Zvonimir.

Zyaire m African American (Modern)
Variant of Zaire.

Zyanya f Zapotec
Possibly means "forever, always" in Zapotec. It appears in the novel Aztec (1980) by the American author Gary Jennings.

Žydrė f Lithuanian
From Lithuanian žydra meaning "light blue".

Žydrūnas m Lithuanian
From Lithuanian žydra meaning "light blue" (using the patronymic suffix ūnas).

Zygfryd m Polish
Polish form of Siegfried.

Zygmunt m Polish
Polish form of Sigmund.

Zyta f Polish
Possibly a Polish form of Zita 1, or possibly a short form of Felicyta.

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