ZACHARIAS (m) Greek form of ZECHARIAH.
ZACHARY (m) Anglicized form of ZACHARIAS
ZAHRAH (f) Either "splendor of the east" or "flower"
(Arabic)
ZAK
(m) Short form of ZACHARY or ISAAC
ZAN
(f) "support" or "praise" (Chinese)
ZANE (m) Meaning unknown. From a surname.
ZARA (f) Either a variant of ZAHRAH or a Spanish form of SARAH
ZARAY (f) Variant of ZAHRAH
ZARITA (f) Spanish pet form of SARAH
ZAVIER (m) Form of XAVIER
ZBIGNIEW (m) "to dispel anger" (Slavic)
ZDENEK (m) Czech form of SIDONIUS
ZDZISLAW (m) "here glory" (Slavic)
ZEBULUN (m) "exaltation" (Hebrew).
ZECHARIAH (m) "the Lord remembers" from Hebrew zecharyah.
ZED
(m) Short form of ZEDEKIAH
ZEDEKIAH (m) "justice of the Lord" (Hebrew).
ZEKE (m) Short form of EZEKIEL
ZELDA (f) Possibly "luck" (Yiddish from Teutonic) or a short form of
GRISELDA
ZELPAH (f) Variant of ZILPA
ZENA (f) Form of XENIA or short form of ROSINA or ZENOBIA
ZENOBIA (f) "Zeus life" (Greek). Zeus was the highest of the Greek
gods.
ZENON (m) Greek; This name likely derives from the name of the highest of the
Greek gods, Zeus.
ZENZI (f) Pet form of KRESZENZ
ZEPH (m) Short form of ZEPHANIAH
ZEPHANIAH (m) "the Lord protects" from Hebrew tsephanyah.
ZEPHYR (m) "the west wind" (Greek).
ZEUS (m) "god" (Greek). In Greek mythology this was the name of the
highest of the gods. After he and his siblings defeated the Titans, Zeus ruled
over the earth and humankind from atop Mount Olympus. He had control over the
weather and his weapon was a thunderbolt.
ZHENYA (f) Short form of YEVGENIYA
ZILPAH (f) "frailty" (Hebrew).
ZINA (f) Form of XENIA or short form of ROSINA or ZINAIDA
ZINAIDA (f) "of Zeus" from the Greek name Zenais. Zeus was the
highest of the Greek gods.
ZINOVIA (f) Russian form of ZENOBIA
ZOE
(f) "life" (Greek).
ZORA (f) Slavic form of AURORA
ZSA
ZSA (f) Pet form of ZSUZSANNA
ZSUZSANNA (f) Hungarian form of SUSANNA
ZUBERI (m) "strong" (Swahili)
ZUBIN (m) "toothy" from Russian zub "tooth".
Originally a surname.
ZULA (f) From 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
the leader Shaka.
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