Italian Names that Start With Z

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Updated Tue Oct 01 2024

Zelmira
- Origin:
  Neapolitan blend of Arabic, Slavic, Latin influences. "brilliant one; one who wish for peace"
- Meaning:
  "brilliant one; one who wish for peace"
- Description:
  This name belongs to the eponymous heroine of Rossini's opera Zelmira (1822) about a (fictional) princess of Lesbos who saves her father and husband and her kingdom.
Zeta
- Origin:
  Variation of Zita or Greek letter name
- Description:
  The sixth letter of the Greek alphabet, popularized by Welsh actress Catherine Zeta-Jones -- Zeta was her grandmother's first name. Zeta can also refer to the letter Z, the last in the Roman alphabet, or be a spelling variation of Zita, a name with several possible origins and meanings.

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