Such a beautiful name! It's unusual without being too strange. Very feminine and sophisticated.
― Anonymous User 7/21/2022
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Another version of the European origin of the name Zinaida is the Latin version. Fans of this version claim that the name Zinaida means "caring". It is believed that it comes from the Latin word sinus. https://namehistory.su/zinaida/
Zinaida is the name of one of the main characters - a very beautiful young woman - in the book 'First Love' by Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The original book is written in Russian.
Zinaida Stepanovna Amosova (Russian: Çèíàèäà Ñòåïàíîâíà Àìîñîâà) was a former Soviet cross country skier who competed from 1976 to 1983, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Novosibirsk.
Zinaida Martynovna Portnova, commonly known as Zina Portnova (Russian: Çèíàèäà Ìàðòûíîâíà Ïîðòíîâà, Çèíà Ïîðòíîâà), was a Russian teenager, Soviet partisan, and Hero of the Soviet Union.