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Hebrew
"gold, golden"
African place-name
Bosnian form of Zaina, Arabic
"beauty, grace"
Diminutive of Ezekiel
"God strengthens"
African variation of Zoe
Biblical place-name
Diminutive of Zelda, Yiddish, English
"gray fighting maid"
Greek variation of Selena
Czech
"green"
"zealous, ardent"
French
"noble"
Yiddish, variation of Selig
"blessed, happy"
Greek
"zealous"
Hungarian form of Celeste; variation of Zelina
Russian botanical name
"bar rock"
African, Bobangi, Libyan place name, diminutive of Rosella, Marcella, Gizella, or Isabella
"lacking nothing, one who knows the way"
German, diminutive of Anselma
"God helmet"
Neapolitan blend of Arabic, Slavic, Latin influences. "brilliant one; one who wish for peace"
"brilliant one; one who wish for peace"
"frailty"
French, modern invented name
Literature
Modern invented name
Feminine form of Zimri, Zamir, or Samir, Hebrew, Arabic, Albanian
"song, music; heart, mind, conscience; companion for the evening talk; good voice"
Hebrew, Spanish
"music, song; olive tree"
Japanese, form of Buddhism
Variation of Xenia, Greek
"guest, hospitality"
"the life of Zeus; dedicated to Zeus"
Italian and Portuguese variation of Zenaida, Greek
"life of Zeus; dedicated to Zeus"
French form of Zenaida, Greek
Modern Invention, from Arabic, Igbo, or Greek
"hospitality; corner; princess"
Persian
"sacred"
English word name
"the time at which something is most powerful or successful; the point in the celestial sphere directly above an observer"
Modern Invented
Cornish, place name
"force of Zeus"
Pop cultural invention
Russian form of Zenobia, Greek
Latvian, Hungarian, German
"to grow"
Zulu, Xhosa
"you're responsible for what you've become"
"west wind"
"of the West Wind"
Feminine form of Zephyr, Greek "west wind"
Feminine variation of Zephyr, Greek
German word name from Slavic
"zeppelin; flail"
"to arise, dawn"
"to arise; dawn"
