Names starting with Z

Bosnian form of Zaynab.

Short form of Ezekiel.

Turkish form of Zechariah.

Hebrew form of Zechariah.

Means "intelligent, clever" in Turkish, ultimately from Arabic ذكيّ (dhakīy) [1].

Feminine form of Zeki.

Possibly a feminine form of Zelig.

Short form of Griselda. This is the name of a princess in the Legend of Zelda video games, debuting in 1986 and called ゼルダ (Zeruda) in Japanese....

Possibly a feminine form of Zelig.

Short form of Azélie. This is another name of Saint Marie-Azélie Guérin (1831-1877).

Means "blessed, happy" in Yiddish, a vernacular form of Asher.

Variant of Züleyha.

Derived from Serbo-Croatian želeti "to wish, to desire" combined with the Slavic element mirŭ "peace, world".

Combination of the name Salim and the Turkic title khan meaning "ruler, leader".

Feminine form of Željko.

Derived from South Slavic želja meaning "desire", ultimately from Old Slavic želěti.

Meaning unknown, possibly an invented name. It arose in the 19th century.

Variant of Selma 1.

Slovak feminine form of Želimir.

Possibly means either "first born" or "shadow from terror" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, Zelophehad is a man who dies while the Israelites are...

Form of Zilpah used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament.

Derived from Latvian zelts meaning "gold". The Latvian playwright Aspazija used it for the title character in her play Zeltīte (1901).

Nahuatl name of uncertain meaning, said to mean "delicate".

Diminutive of José Manuel.

Diminutive of José Maria.

Meaning unknown, possibly of Romani origin. This name was (first?) used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem The Gypsies (1827).

Meaning unknown. It could be a variant of Xenia or a diminutive of names featuring this sound, such as Alexina, Rosina or Zenobia. This name has...

Form of Zaynab used in parts of Central Africa (chiefly Chad).

Apparently a Greek derivative of Ζηναΐς (Zenais), which was derived from the name of the Greek god Zeus. This was the name of a 1st-century saint who...

French form of Zenaida.

Ancient Greek variant of Zenaida.

Borne by the American actress Zendaya Coleman (1996-), known simply as Zendaya. Her name was apparently inspired by the Shona name Tendai.

Variant of Xenia.

Hungarian form of Zeno.

From the Greek name Ζήνων (Zenon), which was derived from the name of the Greek god Zeus (the poetic form of his name being Ζήν). Zeno was the name...

Means "life of Zeus", derived from Greek Ζηνός (Zenos) meaning "of Zeus" and βίος (bios) meaning "life". This was the name of the queen of the...

Masculine form of Zenobia.

Spanish form of Zeno.

Ancient Greek form of Zeno, as well as the modern Polish form.

Lithuanian form of Zeno.

Alternate transcription of Greek Ζηνοβία (see Zinovia).

German diminutive of Kreszentia, also used in Latvia.

Derived from Hungarian szent meaning "holy, saint".

Diminutive of Kreszenz.

Short form of Zephaniah.

Variant of Zephaniah. This form of the name appears to be used in southern and eastern Africa.

From the Hebrew name צְפַנְיָה (Tsefanya) meaning "Yahweh has hidden", derived from צָפַן (tsafan) meaning "to hide" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the...

From Hebrew צָפַן (tsafan) meaning "to hide" and אֵל (ʾel) meaning "God". This is the name of an angel in medieval Jewish mysticism.

From the Greek Ζέφυρος (Zephyros) meaning "west wind". Zephyros was the Greek god of the west wind.

French feminine form of Zephyrinus (see Zeferino).

Latin form of Zeferino.

Greek form of Zephyr.

Latinized form of Zephyros (see Zephyr).

Hebrew form of Zerah.

Possibly means "command of God" in Hebrew. The Book of Enoch names him as one of the seven archangels. His name is sometimes rendered as Sarakiel.

Means "dawning, shining" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of Judah and the twin of Perez in the Old Testament.

Means "earring, headdress" in Kazakh, derived from Persian زر (zar) meaning "gold".

Meaning unknown, probably of Persian origin. In the Book of Esther in the Old Testament she is the wife of Haman the Agagite.

Bosnian form of Zarina.

Means "sky" in Basque.