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The Name Begins With The Letter Z:

ZABEL  f  Armenian
Armenian form of ISABEL...

ZACARÍAS  m  Spanish
Spanish form of ZECHARIAH

ZACCHAEUS  m  Biblical
From the Greek form of the Hebrew name זַכָּי (Zakkay) which meant "pure"...

ZACH  m  English
Short form of ZACHARIAS

ZACHARIAH  m  English
Variant of ZECHARIAH

ZACHARIAS  m  Biblical
Greek form of ZECHARIAH...

ZACHARIASZ  m  Polish
Polish form of ZECHARIAH

ZACHARIE  m  French
French form of ZECHARIAH

ZACHARY  m  English
Usual English form of ZECHARIAH

ZACHERY  m  English
Variant of ZACHARY

ZACK  m  English
Short form of ZACHARY or ISAAC

ZACKARY  m  English
Variant of ZACHARY

ZACKERY  m  English
Variant of ZACHARY

ZADOK  m  Biblical
Means "righteous" in Hebrew...

ZAHARI  m  Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of ZECHARIAH

ZAHARINA  f  Bulgarian
Bulgarian feminine form of ZECHARIAH

ZAHI  m  Arabic
Means "beautiful, brilliant" in Arabic.

ZAHIA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of ZAHI

ZAHID  m  Arabic
Means "pious, devout" in Arabic.

ZAHIDA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of ZAHID

ZAHIR  m  Arabic
Derived from Arabic zahir meaning "shining, radiant, blossoming".

ZAHIRA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of ZAHIR

ZAHRA  f  Arabic
Means "brilliant, bright" in Arabic.

ZAHRAH  f  Arabic
Derived from Arabic zahra meaning "blooming flower".

ZAID  m  Arabic
Variant of ZAYD

ZAIDA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of ZAYD

ZAIN  m  Arabic
Variant of ZAYN

ZAINA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of ZAYN

ZAINAB  f  Arabic
Variant of ZAYNAB

ZAIRA  f  Arabic
Possibly a variant of ZAHRAH

ZAK  m  English
Short form of ZACHARY or ISAAC

ZAKHAR  m  Russian
Russian form of ZECHARIAH

ZAKI  m  Arabic
Means "pure" in Arabic.

ZAKIAH  f  Jewish
Means "pure" in Hebrew.

ZAKIYYA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of ZAKI

ZALA  f  Slovene
Means "beautiful" in Slovene.

ZALMAN  m  Yiddish
Yiddish form of SOLOMON

ZALMON  m  Biblical
Means "shady" in Hebrew...

ZAMAN  m  Arabic
Means "time, age, era" in Arabic.

ŽAN  m  Slovene
Possibly a variant of JANEZ

ZAN  f  Chinese
Means "praise, support" in Chinese.

ZANDER  m  English
Short form of ALEXANDER

ZANDRA  f  English
Short form of ALEXANDRA

ZANE  m  English
Meaning unknown, from a surname...

ZANNA  f  English
Short form of SUZANNA

ZARA (1)  f  English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Variant of ZAHRAH

ZARA (2)  f  Bulgarian
Pet form of ZAHARINA

ZARAMAMA  f  New World Mythology
Means "grain mother" in Quechua. This was the name of the Inca goddess of grain.

ZARATHUSTRA  m  History
Possibly means either "golden camel" or "old camel" in Persian, derived from zara meaning "golden" or zareta meaning "old" combined with ushtra meaning "camel"...

ZARAY  f  Arabic
Possibly a variant of ZAHRAH

ZAREEN  f  Iranian
Means "golden" in Persian.

ZARIA  f  Arabic
Possibly a variant of ZAHRAH

ZARITA  f  Spanish
Spanish pet form of SARAH

ZAVANNA  f  English
Variant of SAVANNAH

ZAVIA  f  English
Feminine form of XAVIER

ZAVIER  m  English
Variant of XAVIER

ZAYD  m  Arabic
Means "growth", derived from Arabic ziyada "to increase"...

ZAYN  m  Arabic
Means "beauty, grace" in Arabic.

ZAYNA  f  Arabic
Feminine form of ZAYN

ZAYNAB  f  Arabic
From the Arabic name of a fragrant flowering plant...

ZBIGNIEW  m  Polish
Means "to dispel anger" from the Slavic elements zbit "to dispel" and gniew "anger".

ZDENĚK  m  Czech
Czech form of SIDONIUS

ZDEŇKA  f  Czech
Czech feminine form of SIDONIUS

ZDENKA  f  Slovak, Slovene
Slovak and Slovene feminine form of SIDONIUS

ZDENKO  m  Slovak, Slovene
Slovak and Slovene form of SIDONIUS

ZDISLAV  m  Czech
Czech form of ZDZISŁAW

ZDRAVKO  m  Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Derived from Slavic zdrav meaning "healthy".

ZDZISŁAW  m  Polish
Derived from the Slavic elements zde "here" and slav "glory".

ZDZISŁAWA  f  Polish
Feminine form of ZDZISŁAW

ZÉ  m  Portuguese
Portuguese pet form of JOSÉ

ZEBADIAH  m  Biblical
Means "YAHWEH has bestowed" in Hebrew...

ZEBEDEE  m  Biblical
Greek form of ZEBADIAH used in the New Testament, where it refers to the father of the apostles James and John.

ZEBULON  m  Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ZEBULUN

ZEBULUN  m  Biblical
Means "exaltation" in Hebrew...

ZECHARIAH  m  Biblical
From the Hebrew name זְכַרְיָה (Zekaryah) which meant "YAHWEH remembers"...

ZED  m  English
Short form of ZEDEKIAH

ZEDEKIAH  m  Biblical
Means "justice of YAHWEH" in Hebrew...

ZEEV  m  Jewish
Means "wolf" in Hebrew.

ZEF  m  Dutch
Dutch short form of JOZEF

ZEFERINO  m  Portuguese
From the Roman name Zephyrinus, which was derived from the Greek Zephyros (see ZEPHYR)...

ZEKE  m  English
Short form of EZEKIEL

ZEKI  m  Turkish
Means "intelligent" in Turkish (ultimately of Arabic origin).

ZELDA  f  Yiddish, English
Either means "luck" in Yiddish or else is a short form of GRISELDA.

ZELDE  f  Yiddish
Variant of ZELDA

ZELIG  m  Yiddish
Variant of SELIG

ŽELIMIR  m  Croatian
Derived from the Slavic elements zhelit "desire" and mir "peace".

ŽELJKO  m  Croatian
Pet form of ŽELIMIR

ZELLA  f  German
German pet form of MARCELLA

ZELMA  f  English
Variant of SELMA

ZELPAH  f  English (Archaic)
Variant of ZILPAH

ZELPHA  f  Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ZILPAH

ZENA  f  English
Variant of XENIA or short form of ROSINA or ZENOBIA

ZENAIDA  f  Spanish
Spanish form of Zenais (see ZINAIDA).

ZENIA  f 
Variant of XENIA

ZENO  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Ζηνων (Zenon), which was derived from the name of the Greek god ZEUS...

ZENOBIA  f  Ancient Greek
Means "life of Zeus", derived from Greek Ζηνο (Zeno), a prefix form of the name of ZEUS, combined with βιος (bios) "life"...

ZENON  m  Ancient Greek, Polish
Older form of ZENO, as well as the modern Polish form.

ZENOVIA  f  Greek
Modern Greek form of ZENOBIA

ZENZI  f  German
Pet form of KRESZENZ

ZEPH  m  English
Short form of ZEPHANIAH

ZEPHANIA  m 
Variant of ZEPHANIAH...

ZEPHANIAH  m  Biblical
Derived from the Hebrew name צְפַנְיָה (Tzefanyah) meaning "YAHWEH has hidden"...

ZEPHYR  m  Greek Mythology (Anglicized)
From the Greek Ζεφυρος (Zephyros) meaning "the west wind"...

ZEPHYRA  f  ?
Feminine form of ZEPHYR

ZÉPHYRINE  f  French
French feminine form of Zephyrinus (see ZEFERINO).

ZERACHIEL  m  Judeo-Christian Legend
Possibly means "command of God" in Hebrew...

ZERU  m  Basque
Means "sky" in Basque.

ZETA  f  ?
Variant of ZITA

ZEUS  m  Greek Mythology
The name of a Greek god, related to the old Indo-European god *dyeus whose name probably meant "shine" or "sky"...

ZEV  m  Jewish
Variant transcription of ZEEV

ZHANNA  f  Russian
Russian form of JEANNE

ZHANNOCHKA  f  Russian
Pet form of ZHANNA

ZHELYAZKO  m  Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian желязо (zhelyazo) "iron".

ZHEN  f  Chinese
Means "precious" or "chaste, virtuous" in Chinese.

ZHENYA  f & m  Russian
Pet form of YEVGENIYA or YEVGENIY

ZHI  f & m  Chinese
Means either "aspiration, ambition" or "wisdom" in Chinese.

ZHIVKA  f  Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of ZHIVKO

ZHIVKO  m  Bulgarian, Macedonian
Derived from the Slavic element жив (zhiv) "living".

ZHOU  m  Chinese
Means "help, assist" in Chinese.

ZHUBIN  m  Iranian
Means "spear" in Persian, ultimately from Sanskrit.

ZIA  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of ZIYA

ZIAD  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of ZIYAD

ZIBA  f  Iranian
Means "beautiful" in Persian.

ZIBIAH  f  Biblical
Means "roe, deer" in Hebrew...

ZIEMOWIT  m  Polish
From an old Slavic name which meant "lord of the family"...

ŽIGA  m  Slovene
Slovene form of SIGMUND.

ZIGOR  m  Basque
Means "punishment" in Basque.

ZILLA  f  English
Variant of ZILLAH

ZILLAH  f  Biblical, English
Means "shade" in Hebrew...

ZILPAH  f  Biblical
Means "frailty" in Hebrew...

ZIMRI  m  Biblical
Means either "my praise" or "my music" in Hebrew...

ZINA  f  Russian
Short form of ZINAIDA

ZINAIDA  f  Russian
Russian form of the Greek name Ζηναις (Zenais), which was derived from the name of the Greek god ZEUS.

ZINNIA  f  English
From the name of the flower, which was itself named for the German botanist Johann Zinn.

ZINOVIA  f  Greek
Modern Greek form of ZENOBIA

ZINOVIY  m  Russian
Russian form of the Greek name Ζηνοβιος (Zenobios), the masculine form of ZENOBIA.

ZINOVIYA  f  Russian
Russian form of ZENOBIA

ZION  m  Jewish, Biblical
From the name of a citadel which was in the center of Jerusalem...

ZIPPORAH  f  Biblical, Jewish
From the Hebrew name צִפּוֹרָה (Tzipporah) which meant "bird"...

ZISEL  f  Jewish
Variant of SISEL

ZITA (1)  f  Italian
Means "little girl" in Tuscan Italian...

ZITA (2)  f  Hungarian
Pet form of FELICITÁS

ZIV  m & f  Jewish
Means "bright, radiant" in Hebrew...

ZIVA  f  Jewish
Feminine form of ZIV

ZIVIT  f  Jewish
Feminine form of ZIV

ZIYA  m  Arabic
Derived from Arabic diya meaning "splendour, light, glow"...

ZIYAD  m  Arabic
Means "growth" in Arabic.

ZLATA  f  Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Feminine form of ZLATAN

ZLATAN  m  Croatian, Serbian
Derived from south Slavic zlato meaning "gold".

ZLATKO  m  Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Pet form of ZLATAN

ZLOTA  f  Yiddish
Means "golden" in Yiddish.

ZOE  f  English, Greek, Ancient Greek
Means "life" in Greek...

ZOÉ  f  French
French form of ZOE

ZOË  f  English
Variant of ZOE

ZOEY  f  English (Modern)
Variant of ZOE

ZOFIA  f  Polish
Polish form of SOPHIA

ŽOFIE  f  Czech
Czech form of SOPHIA

ZOHAR  m & f  Jewish
Means "light, brilliance" in Hebrew.

ZOIE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of ZOE

ZOJA  f  Czech, Polish
Czech and Polish form of ZOE

ZOLA (1)  f  English
Meaning unknown, perhaps derived from a surname...

ZOLA (2)  f  African
Means "quiet, tranquil" in Zulu.

ZOLTÁN  m  Hungarian
Possibly related to the Turkish title sultan meaning "king, sultan"...

ZONA  f  Various
Means "girdle, belt" in Greek...

ZOPYROS  m  Ancient Greek
Means "glowing" in Greek...

ZORA  f  Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "dawn" in south Slavic.

ZORAIDA  f  Spanish
Perhaps means "enchanting woman" in Arabic, but possibly a name invented by Cervantes for a character in his novel 'Don Quixote', in which Zoraida is a beautiful Moorish woman of Algiers who converts to Christianity and elopes with a Spanish officer.

ZORAN  m  Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Masculine form of ZORA

ZORION  m & f  Basque
Means "happiness" in Basque.

ZORIONE  f  Basque
Feminine form of ZORION

ZOROASTER  m  History
Greek form of ZARATHUSTRA

ZOSIA  f  Polish
Pet form of ZOFIA

ZOSIME  f  Ancient Greek
Feminine form of Ζωσιμος (Zosimos) (see ZOSIMUS).

ZOSIMOS  m  Ancient Greek
Original Greek form of ZOSIMUS

ZOSIMUS  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of Ζωσιμος (Zosimos), a Greek name derived from ζωσιμος (zosimos) meaning "viable" or "likely to survive"...

ZOTICUS  m  Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Ζωτικος (Zotikos), derived from ζωτικος (zotikos) meaning "full of life"...

ZOWIE  f  English (Modern)
Variant of ZOE

ZOYA  f  Russian
Russian form of ZOE

ZSANETT  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of JEANNETTE

ZSAZSA  f  Hungarian
Pet form of ZSUZSANNA

ZSIGA  m  Hungarian
Pet form of ZSIGMOND

ZSIGMOND  m  Hungarian
Hungarian form of SIGMUND

ZSÓFIA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of SOPHIA

ZSÓFIKA  f  Hungarian
Pet form of ZSÓFIA

ZSÓKA  f  Hungarian
Pet form of ERZSÉBET

ZSOLT  m  Hungarian
Old variant of ZOLTÁN

ZSUZSA  f  Hungarian
Pet form of ZSUZSANNA

ZSUZSANNA  f  Hungarian
Hungarian form of SUSANNA

ZSUZSI  f  Hungarian
Pet form of ZSUZSANNA

ZUBAIDA  f  Arabic
Means "elite, prime, cream" in Arabic.

ZUBERI  m  African
Means "strong" in Swahili.

ZUBIN  m  Iranian
Variant of ZHUBIN

ZULA  f  English
From the name of the African tribe that lives largely in South Africa, the Zulus...

ZULAYKHA  f  Arabic
Arabic form of ZULEIKA

ZULEIKA  f  Literature
Possibly means "brilliant beauty" in Persian...

ZULEKHA  f  Arabic
Variant transcription of ZULAYKHA

ZULFAQAR  m  Arabic
Variant of ZULFIQAR

ZULFIKAR  m  Arabic
Variant transcription of ZULFIQAR

ZULFIQAR  m  Arabic
From Arabic ذو الفقار (Dhu al-Fiqar) meaning "clever of the spine"...

ZURI  f  African
Means "beautiful" in Swahili.

ZURIŃE  f  Basque
Derived from Basque zuri "white".

ZUSA  f  Yiddish
Means "sweet" in Yiddish.

ZUSMAN  m  Yiddish
Means "sweet man" in Yiddish.

ZUZANA  f  Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of SUSANNA

ZUZANNA  f  Polish, Latvian
Polish and Latvian form of SUSANNA

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

ZVI  m  Jewish
Variant transcription of TZVI

ZVONIMIR  m  Croatian
Derived from the Slavic elements zvon "sound, chime" and mir "peace".

ZVONIMIRA  f  Croatian
Feminine form of ZVONIMIR

ZVONKO  m  Croatian
Pet form of ZVONIMIR

ZYANYA  f  Native American
Means "forever, always" in Nahuatl.

ZYGFRYD  m  Polish
Polish form of SIEGFRIED

ZYGMUNT  m  Polish
Polish form of SIGMUND

ZYTA  f  Polish
Possibly a Polish form of ZITA (2), or possibly a short form of FELICYTA.

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