Yiddish Names that Start With Z

A super quirky and upbeat choice, if it can ever shake off its ubiquitous-guy Woody Allen identity.

More familiar now via its Salman form, thanks to author Rushdie; this is an unusual biblical alternative.

Woody Allen introduced us to the name Zelig as the ever-morphing title character of his 1983 film. Zelig does have an upbeat meaning, and nickname Zelie makes it accessible for a girl, though it's an undeniably quirky choice for either gender.