girls names

X marks the spot in names these days, usually at the middles or ends of names, but here is one that puts it squarely up front.

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.

A light, bohemian-sounding biblical name, mentioned in the bible as a wife of Lamech, one of the first men.