Zinaida

zee-nah-ee-dah
Russian, from Greek, related to Zeus
"the life of Zeus"

Zinaida Origin and Meaning

The name Zinaida is a girl's name of Russian origin.

This unusual name belonged to a character played by Kirsten Dunst in an early film.

Famous People Named Zinaida

  • Zinaida Nikolayevna YusupovaRussian noblewoman at the end of the Romanov dynasty
  • Zinaida GippiusRussian poet
  • Zinaida ReichRussian actress
  • Zinaida Greceaniiformer prime minister of Moldova
  • Zinaida PortnovaSoviet Nazi resistor and Hero
  • Zinaida Lvovna Volkovadaughter of Soviet leader Leon Trotsky
  • Zinaida Yevgenyevna SerebriakovaRussian painter
  • Zinaida Mykhaylivna TurchynaUkrainian handball player

Zinaida in Pop Culture

  • Zinidalion,tamer, in love with Bazano and mistress to Briquet, in the Russian play 'Tot, kto poluchaet poshchochiny' (1914) by Leonid Andreyev (published in English, as 'He Who Gets Slapped', in 1922)
  • Russian form of Zenaida
  • Pronounced \zeenah,EE,dah\