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Gem name from Greek
"gold-hued"
Tamazight and Berber
"moonlight"
Invented name
Yiddish
"little sweet one"
Italian or Persian; Greek
"little girl; seeker"
Hebrew
"brilliance"
"life"
Slavic, Hebrew
"vigorous, lively; bright, radiant"
Literary character
Arabic
"splendor, light, glow"
"splendor, abundance"
African, Kiswahili
"pledged to God"
South Slavic
"gold"
Bulgarian
"golden glow"
Greek
From the Greek name Zoe meaning life.
French from Greek
English
"life + girl"
Dutch
"sweet"
Czech, Polish, and Ukrainian variation of Sophia
"wisdom"
"painting, illustration"
"morning"
Arabic, Pakistani
"to shine"
"light, brilliance"
"light, splendor"
Persian
"Venus"
Alternative spelling or modern Greek form of Zoe
Slavic variation of Zoe
Spelling variation of Zoe; Greek
Greek, “lively”
Spanish derivation of Greek
"lively"
Polish and Slovene variation of Zoe, Greek
African, Congolese; also literary name
"piece of earth"
Literary surname
Hungarian
"sultan"
Hungarian, Slovak
Variant of Zoltan
"Sultan; ruler"
Latin
"belt, girdle"
Chinese
"a simple aim"
Literary name
Literary name or variation of Zoe, Greek
"to leap"
Biblical place-name
"captivating woman"
Urdu, Arabic
"spreader of light"
Croatian; Serbian; Slovene; Macedonian
"dawn"
Punjabi
"strong, brave"
Variation of Zorawar, Punjabi
Arabic, Persian
"the Pleiades"
