Names starting with Z

Feminine form of Zlatan.

Derived from South Slavic zlato meaning "gold", a derivative of Old Slavic zolto.

Diminutive of Zlata.

Diminutive of Zlata.

Diminutive of Zlatan.

Diminutive of Zlata.

From Polish złoto "gold", used as a translation of Yiddish Golda.

Short form of Ntombizodwa.

Means "life" in Greek. From early times it was adopted by Hellenized Jews as a translation of Eve. It was borne by two early Christian saints, one...

French and Hungarian form of Zoe.

Catalan form of Zoe.

Dutch form and English variant of Zoe.

Variant of Zoe.

Slovak form of Sophia.

Polish form of Sophia.

Czech form of Sophia.

Lithuanian and Slovene form of Sophia.

Means "light, brilliance" in Hebrew.

Tatar and Bashkir form of Zohreh.

Alternate transcription of Urdu زہرہ (see Zuhra 1) or Arabic زهرة (see Zuhra 2).

Means "Venus (planet)" in Persian, borrowed from Arabic الزهرة (al-Zuhara), derived from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".

Modern Greek transcription of Zoe.

Variant of Zoe.

Spanish feminine form of Zoilus.

Spanish form of Zoilus.

Greek form of Zoilus.

Latinized form of Greek Ζωΐλος (Zoilos), derived from ζωή (zoe) meaning "life". This name was borne by a 4th-century BC Greek philosopher known as a...

Form of Zoe in several languages.

Meaning unknown, perhaps an invented name. It has been in occasional use in the English-speaking world since the 19th century. It coincides with an...

From the Xhosa root -zola meaning "calm".

Possibly related to the Turkish title sultan meaning "king, sultan". This was the name of a 10th-century ruler of Hungary, also known as Zsolt.

Means "girdle, belt" in Greek. This name was made popular by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and poet Zona Gale (1874-1938).

From Chinese 宗 (zōng) meaning "lineage, ancestry" combined with 翰 (hàn) meaning "writing, painting". Other character combinations are possible.

Means "glowing" in Greek. This was the name of a Persian nobleman who aided his king Darius in the capture of Babylon. He did this by mutilating...

Means "dawn, aurora" in the South Slavic languages, as well as Czech and Slovak.

Perhaps means "enchanting" or "dawn" in Arabic. This was the name of a minor 12th-century Spanish saint, a convert from Islam. The name was used by...

Masculine form of Zora.

Variant of Zora.

Means "having strength" in Persian, from زور (zōr) meaning "strength, power" and آور (āvar) meaning "to bring, to bear".

Alternate transcription of Ukrainian Зоряна (see Zoryana).

Serbian, Croatian and Macedonian diminutive of Zora.

Means "happiness" in Basque.

Feminine form of Zorion.

Diminutive of Zora.

Means "morning star" in Bulgarian.

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

Greek form of Zarathustra.

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...

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

Diminutive of Zofia.

Feminine form of Zosimos (see Zosimus).

Spanish form of Zosimus.

Greek form of Zosimus.

Latinized form of Ζώσιμος (Zosimos), a Greek name derived from ζώσιμος (zosimos) meaning "viable" or "likely to survive". This was the name of...

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

Greek form of Zoticus.

Form of Zubaida chiefly used in North Africa.

Alternate transcription of Arabic زليخا or زليخة (see Zulaykha) chiefly used in North Africa.

Variant of Zoe.

Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Bulgarian form of Zoe.