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$Title{Names for Girls: Z}
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Editors of Consumer Guide
Harder, Kelsey}
$Subject{Names Girls Z}
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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)