Names beginning with Z

Zadie

Princess (Zadie Smith, author of White Teeth)

English/Hebrew

Zainab

Fragrant flower

Arabic/Urdu

Zara

Flower, blooming

Arabic/Hebrew

Zaria

Dawn / flower (Nigerian city + Zaria Forman artist)

African/Slavic

Zarina

Golden

Persian/Russian

Zeenat

Beauty / adornment (iconic Zeenat Aman Padma Shri 2018)

Arabic/Urdu

Zenobia

Life of Zeus

Greek/Palmyrene

Zeresh

Gold (Haman's wife)

Persian/Hebrew

Zeynep

Beauty, ornament of father

Turkish/Arabic

Zinaida

Belonging to Zeus

Russian/Greek

Zinnia

The zinnia flower (first flower bloomed in space + Matilda's mother)

German/Latin

Zoya

Life

Russian/Greek

Zsófia

Wisdom (Hungarian Sophia)

Hungarian/Greek

Zuzana

Lily (Slovak Susanna)

Slovak/Czech

Zélie

Diligent (Saint Zélie Martin, mother of Saint Thérèse)

French/Greek