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The Ultimate Baby Name Book


Names for Girls:  Z


Zabrina (see Sabrina)

Zadee (see Sarah)

Zakelina (see Jacqueline)

Zandra (see Alexandra)

Zaneta (see Jane)

Zanna (see Jane)

Zara, Zarah (see Sarah)

Zelda              Form of Griselda.
     Famous name:  Zelda Fitzgerald (writer)

Zelia              Greek "zeal."
     Famous name:  Zelia Nuttall (archaeologist)

Zelma              Variation of Selma.  This unusual name might be better
                   known if actress Kathryn Grayson had kept the name her
                   parents gave her, Zelma Hedrick.

Zena (see Xena)

Zenevieva (see Genevieve, Guinevere)

Zillah             Hebrew zillah, "a shadow."  In the Bible, Zillah is the
                   mother of Tubal-Cain, the blacksmith.

Zilvia (see Sylvia)

Zina               Nsenga "a child's spirit name."  Many Black-American
                   parents choose this name because of its African heritage.
                   It is also associated with the flower zinnia, which was
                   named after botanist Gottfried Zinn.
     Famous name:  Zina Garrison (tennis player)

Zoe                Greek "life"; also, a variation of Eva.  This name was used
                   in Alexandria, Egypt, to translate the Biblical name Eve.
    Famous names:  Zoe Akins (playwright)
                   Zoe Caldwell (actress)

Zofia (see Sophia)

Zora (see Aurora)

Zosia (see Sophia)

Zozi (see Susan)

Zsa Zsa            Hungarian form of Susan.
     Famous name:  Zsa Zsa Gabor (actress)

Zula               Variation of Arabic Zuleeka, "the beautiful."  A novel by
                   Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, made the name familiar in
                   England, but Byron had also used the name in The Bride of
                   Abydos.
      Variations:  Zuleeka, Zuleika

Zuleika (see Zula)

Zuwena             Swahili "good."

Zuzanna (see Susan)

Zuzanny (see Susan)

Zuzeth (see Judith)

Zuzi (see Susan)

Zuzu (see Susan)