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ZAAHIR (1)   m   Arabic
Derived from Arabic زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine, to radiate".

ZAAHIR (2)   m   Arabic
Derived from Arabic ظهر (zahara) meaning "to become clear, to emerge".

ZAAHIRA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of ZAAHIR (1)

ZABEL   f   Armenian
Armenian form of ISABEL... [more]

ZACARÍAS   m   Spanish
Spanish form of ZECHARIAH

ZACCHAEUS   m   Biblical
From the Greek form of the Hebrew name זַכָּי (Zakhhay) which meant "pure"... [more]

ZACH   m   English
Short form of ZACHARY

ZACHARIAH   m   English, Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ZECHARIAH... [more]

ZACHARIAS   m   Biblical
Greek form of ZECHARIAH... [more]

ZACHARIASZ   m   Polish
Polish form of ZECHARIAH

ZACHARIE   m   French
French form of ZECHARIAH

ZACHARY   m   English
Usual English form of ZACHARIAS... [more]

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... [more]

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 زهير (zahir) meaning "helper, supporter".

ZAHIRA   f   Arabic
Feminine form of ZAHIR

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

ZAHRAH   f   Arabic
Derived from Arabic زهرة (zahrah) 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
Diminutive of ROZALIJA

ZALMAN   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of SOLOMON

ZALMON   m   Biblical
Means "shady" in Hebrew... [more]

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

ŽAN   m   Slovene
Variant of JANEZ

ZAN   f & m   Chinese
Means "support, favour" in Chinese.

ZANDER   m   English (Modern)
Variant of XANDER

ZANDRA   f   English
Short form of ALEXANDRA

ZANE   m   English
From an English surname of unknown meaning... [more]

ZANNA   f   English
Short form of SUZANNA

ZARA (1)   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ZAHRAH... [more]

ZARA (2)   f   Bulgarian
Diminutive 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"... [more]

ZARAY   f   Arabic
Possibly a variant of ZAHRAH

ZAREEN   f   Iranian
Means "golden" in Persian.

ZARIA   f   English (Modern)
Possibly based on ZAHRAH or the Nigerian city of Zaria.

ZARITA   f   Spanish
Spanish diminutive of SARAH

ZAVANNA   f   English (Rare)
Variant of SAVANNAH

ZAVIA   f   English (Rare)
Modern feminine form of XAVIER

ZAVIER   m   English (Modern)
Variant of XAVIER

ZAYD   m   Arabic
Derived from Arabic زاد (zada) "to increase"... [more]

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... [more]

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, Bulgarian
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

  m   Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of JOSÉ

ZEBADIAH   m   Biblical
Means "YAHWEH has bestowed" in Hebrew... [more]

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... [more]

ZECHARIAH   m   Biblical, English
From the Hebrew name זְכַרְיָה (Zekharyah) meaning "YAHWEH remembers"... [more]

ZED   m   English
Short form of ZEDEKIAH

ZEDEKIAH   m   Biblical
Means "justice of YAHWEH" in Hebrew... [more]

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)... [more]

ZEKE   m   English
Short form of EZEKIEL

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

ZELDA (1)   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of SELIG

ZELDA (2)   f   English
Diminutive of GRISELDA

ZELDE   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of SELIG

ZELIG   m   Yiddish
Variant of SELIG

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

ŽELJKO   m   Croatian
Diminutive of ŽELIMIR

ZELLA   f   German
German diminutive of MARCELLA

ZELMA   f   English
Variant of SELMA

ZELPHA   f   Biblical (Variant)
Variant of ZILPAH

ZENA   f   English
Meaning unknown... [more]

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... [more]

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"... [more]

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
Diminutive of KRESZENZ

ZEPH   m   English
Short form of ZEPHANIAH

ZEPHANIA   m  
Variant of ZEPHANIAH... [more]

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

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

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... [more]

ZERU   m   Basque
Means "sky" in Basque.

ZETA   f   ?
Variant of ZITA (1)

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"... [more]

ZEV   m   Jewish
Variant transcription of ZEEV

ZEYNEP   f   Turkish
Turkish form of ZAYNAB

ZHANNA   f   Russian
Russian form of JEANNE

ZHANNOCHKA   f   Russian
Diminutive of ZHANNA

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

ZHEN   f   Chinese
From Chinese "precious, rare", "real, true" or "chaste, pure".

ZHENG   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "just, proper" or "government".

ZHENYA   f & m   Russian, Bulgarian
Russian diminutive of YEVGENIYA or YEVGENIY or a Bulgarian diminutive of EVGENIYA.

ZHI   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "will, purpose" or "wisdom, knowledge".

ZHIVKA   f   Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of ZHIVKO

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

ZHONG   m & f   Chinese
From Chinese "loyal" or "middle".

ZHOU   m & f   Chinese
Means "boat" 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... [more]

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

ŽIGA   m   Slovene
Slovene form of SIGMUND.

ZIGOR   m   Basque
Means "punishment" in Basque.

ZILLA   f   German
German diminutive of CECILIA

ZILLAH   f   Biblical
Means "shade" in Hebrew... [more]

ZILPAH   f   Biblical
Means "frailty" in Hebrew... [more]

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

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 (Rare)
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... [more]

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

ZISEL   f   Jewish
Variant of SISEL

ZISKA   f   German
Short form of FRANZISKA

ZITA (1)   f   Italian, German, Czech, Slovak
Means "little girl" in Tuscan Italian... [more]

ZITA (2)   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of FELICITÁS

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

ŽIVA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of ŠIWA

ZIVA   f   Jewish
Feminine form of ZIV

ZIVIT   f   Jewish
Feminine form of ZIV

ZIYA   m   Arabic
Derived from Arabic ضياء (diya) meaning "splendour, light, glow"... [more]

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
Diminutive of ZLATAN

ZLOTA   f   Yiddish
Means "golden" in Yiddish.

ZOE   f   English, Greek, Ancient Greek
Means "life" in Greek... [more]

ZOÉ   f   French
French form of ZOE

ZOË   f   Dutch, English
Dutch form and English variant of ZOE

ZOEY   f   English (Modern)
Variant of ZOE

ŽOFIA   f   Slovak
Slovak form of SOPHIA

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 an invented name... [more]

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

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

ZONA   f   Various
Means "girdle, belt" in Greek... [more]

ZOPYROS   m   Ancient Greek
Means "glowing" in Greek... [more]

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' (1606), 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
Diminutive 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"... [more]

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

ZOWIE   f   English (Rare)
Variant of ZOE

ZOYA   f   Russian
Russian form of ZOE

ZSANETT   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of JEANNETTE

ZSAZSA   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of ZSUZSANNA

ZSIGA   m   Hungarian
Diminutive of ZSIGMOND

ZSIGMOND   m   Hungarian
Hungarian form of SIGMUND

ZSÓFIA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of SOPHIA

ZSÓFIKA   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of ZSÓFIA

ZSÓKA   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of ERZSÉBET

ZSOLT   m   Hungarian
Old variant of ZOLTÁN

ZSUZSA   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of ZSUZSANNA

ZSUZSANNA   f   Hungarian
Hungarian form of SUSANNA

ZSUZSI   f   Hungarian
Diminutive of ZSUZSANNA

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

ZUBERI   m   Eastern African
Means "strong" in Swahili.

ZUBIN   m   Iranian
Variant of ZHUBIN

ZULA   f   English
Meaning unknown... [more]

ZULAYKHA   f   Arabic
Arabic form of ZULEIKA

ZULEIKA   f   Literature
Possibly means "brilliant beauty" in Persian... [more]

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 "cleaver of the spine"... [more]

ZURI   f   Eastern African
Means "beautiful" in Swahili.

ZURIEL   m   Biblical
Means "my rock is God" in Hebrew... [more]

ZURIÑE   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
Diminutive of ZVONIMIR

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

ŽYDRŪNAS   m   Lithuanian
Possibly from Lithuanian žydras "blue".

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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