555 Baby Girl Names That Start With Z (with Meanings and Popularity)
Baby girl names that start with Z are undeniably cool: with a zippy, zesty sound and that awesome Z initial right up front. It's no wonder that Z is becoming an ever more popular first initial for baby names for both genders!
The most popular baby girl names that start with Z in the US today are led by modern classics Zoe and Zoey in the Top 100. Zoe overtook Zoey as the top girl name starting with Z last year.
Along with Zoe and her variants, other top girl names beginning with Z in the US Top 500 include the exotic Zara, Zuri and Zariah.
The Top 300 baby girl names in England and Wales include several other lovely international Z-starting female names, such as the Arabic names Zainab and Zahra, or the Slavic Zoya, Zuzanna and Zofia. And in France, sweet saint's name Zélie joins Zoé in the Top 100 names for girls.
Uncommon Z-starting girl names which rank highly with Nameberry's visitors include such intriguing options as Zahara, Zelda, Zinnia, Ziva and Zephyrine. Other excellent unique Z names for girls that we recommend range from the unisex Zephyr and Zion to the ancient Zenobia and Zipporah.
Here, our full selection of baby girl names that start with the letter Z, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Zoe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"life"
- Zara
Origin:
Hebrew and ArabicMeaning:
"blooming flower; God remembers"
- Zinnia
Origin:
Flower name, from German surnameMeaning:
"Zinn's flower"
- Zoey
Origin:
Spelling variation of ZoeMeaning:
"life"
- Zora
Origin:
Serbo-CroatianMeaning:
"dawn"
- Zelda
Origin:
Diminutive of GriseldaMeaning:
"gray fighting maid"
- Zadie
Origin:
English variation of Sadie, from Sarah, HebrewMeaning:
"princess"
- Zosia
Origin:
Variant of Sophia, GreekMeaning:
"wisdom"
- Ziggy
Origin:
German, diminutive of names beginning Sig/ZigMeaning:
"victory"
- Zia
Origin:
Short form of Luzia or Terézia, Hungarian, PortugueseMeaning:
"light; harvest"
- Zariah
Origin:
Arabic, Hebrew, RussianMeaning:
"flower, God has helped, dawn"
- Zaya
Origin:
Arabic, Mongolian, AmericanMeaning:
"honest; fate, destiny"
- Zella
Origin:
African, Bobangi, Libyan place name, diminutive of Rosella, Marcella, Gizella, or IsabellaMeaning:
"lacking nothing, one who knows the way"
- Zoya
Origin:
Russian and Greek variation of Zoe, GreekMeaning:
"life"
- Zelie
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"noble"
- Zola
Origin:
African, Congolese; also literary nameMeaning:
"piece of earth"
- Zyla
Origin:
Modern invented name, English form of XylaMeaning:
"wood"
- Zuri
Origin:
SwahiliMeaning:
"good, beautiful"
- Zion
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"highest point"
- Zaria
Origin:
African place-name, variant of Zahra, ArabicMeaning:
"rose; to shine, to bloom"
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