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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