Puerto Rican Girl names beginning with Z
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- Zafira
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"to succeed"Description:
Has a gemlike glow, as in Sapphire.
- Zahara
Origin:
Hebrew; SwahiliMeaning:
"to shine; flower"Description:
Zahara, a delicate but strong multicultural name, came into the spotlight when Angelina Jolie bestowed it on her Ethiopian-born daughter, and we predict other parents will adopt it as well. If you want something simpler than Zahara, consider Zara, a royal name in England--but also the name of a Spanish-based clothing store chain.
- Zahira
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"helper, supporter"Description:
Zahira is the feminine form of Zahir. Some may relate it to the more familiar Zahara.
- Zaida
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"properous"Description:
Could be some disconnect between spelling and pronunciation.
- Zamira
Origin:
Arabic, Hebrew, Albanian, "mind, heart, conscious; lean, slender; nightingale; sweet voice"Meaning:
"mind, heart, conscious; lean, slender; nightingale; sweet voice"Description:
An elegant, powerful, and multi-cultural name with various origins. Used occasionally in the US since the 80s, the name has seen more significant use since the mid-2010s and is now given to around 130 girls each year.
- Zara
Origin:
Hebrew and ArabicMeaning:
"blooming flower; God remembers"Description:
Zara has multiple origins, but most notably is a variation of Zahrah, a name derived from the Arabic zahrah, meaning "blooming flower." Zara can also be a diminutive of the Bulgarian name Zaharina, a feminine form of the Hebrew Zechariah. Today, Zara is heavily associated with the Spanish fast-fashion empire of the same name.
- Zarah
- Zenaida
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"the life of Zeus"Description:
This name of a daughter of Zeus has an intriguing air of antiquity.
- Zoe
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"life"Description:
Zoe is one of those surprising names that has been on the Top 1000 nearly every year since 1880, but it's only since the turn of this century that it's ranked in the Top 100.
- Zoey
Origin:
Spelling variation of ZoeMeaning:
"life"Description:
Zoey is a modern spelling variation of Zoe, the Greek Jewish translation of Eve. For a few years, it was even more popular than the original Zoe, but has now dropped back to the second ranked spelling.
- Zoraya
Origin:
Arabic, PersianMeaning:
"the Pleiades"Description:
Variant of rising star Soraya, with that cool Z initial.
- Zuleika
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"fair, brilliant beauty"Description:
Zuleika is a high-wire act of a name that might appeal to the intrepid baby namer, Like most 'Z'-starting girls' names, it projects a cool, strong aura, as exemplified by the character in Max Beerbohm's satirical 1910 novel, Zuleika Dobson, a heroine so gorgeous that the entire student body of Oxford University committed collective suicide at the sight of her.
- Zuleyka
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"fair, brilliant beauty"Description:
This spelling variation of the alluring Zuleika was brought to the spotlight by 2006's crowned Miss Universe, Zuleyka Rivera. Zuleika is considered to be the name of the Biblical Potiphar's wife, about whom several famous poems have been written throughout history.
- Zachary
- Zashenka
- Zoelis
- Zoely
- Zoelys
- Zoralys
- Zorielys