This is a list of submitted names in which an editor of the name is
LMS.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Ziusudra m Near Eastern Mythology, SumerianMeaning, "life of long days." The name of a king listed in the Sumerian king list; listed as the last king of Sumer prior to the deluge and subsequently recorded as the hero of the Sumerian flood epic... [
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Ziza m BiblicalFrom Hebrew זִיז (
ziyz) "abundance" or "wild beast". This name is mentioned in the Old Testament as belonging to two Israelites.
Zöhrä f Tatar, BashkirFrom Arabic
زُهْرَة (
zuhra, “Venus (the planet)”). Cognate with Uzbek
Zuhra, Uyghur زوھرە (
zohre).
Zonda f Spanish (Latin American), Indigenous AmericanName of a specific type of fast, dry mountain wind in Argentina. The name comes from a valley in San Juan Province, Argentina. Both the valley and the wind are related to an Indigenous people
Ullum-Zonda similar to the Huarpe people.
Zontikos m Ancient Greek (Rare)Meaning uncertain. It might possibly be derived from Greek ζώντως
(zontos) meaning "vivid" combined with the Greek adjectival suffix -ικός
(-ikos). Also compare the similar name
Zotikos, which might possibly be related.... [
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Zophar m Biblical HebrewIn the Old Testament Book of
Job, Zophar, meaning "chirping; rising early," the Naamathite is one of the three friends of
Job who visits to comfort him during his illness.
Zorah f TheatreMeaning uncertain; used very occasionally in Britain in the 20th century, probably because of the character by this name in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera
Ruddigore, first performed in 1887; Zorah is the professional bridesmaid... [
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Zoram m MormonZoram has five plausible etymologies, though only the first etymology given below is attested in an ancient Semitic source (see below). The first three of the five are only slightly different from each other: "The Rock is the (divine) kinsman," "Rock of the people," and "Their Rock." These three plausible etymologies will be discussed in that order, with the first discussion supplying most of the basic information... [
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Zosimas m Late GreekVariant of
Zosimos (see
Zosimus). A known bearer of this name was saint Zosimas of Palestine, who lived in the 6th century AD.
Zura f ChechenEither from Persian زور
(zur) meaning "force, strength, power" or a form of the Arabic name
Zahra.
Zurvan m Persian MythologyThe primordial god in Persian religion, and the god of infinite time and space. Zurvan is the father of the good god Ahura Mazda and the evil god Angra Mainyu.
Zuse m Popular CultureTransferred use of the surname
Zuse, borne by engineer Konrad Zuse, inventor of the first programmable computer, though it may also be a variant of
Zeus... [
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Zutoia f Basque (Rare)Derived from Basque
zutabe "pillar". This name is considered a direct translation of Spanish
Pilar.
Zvezda f Macedonian, Bulgarian, Soviet (Rare)Derived from
звезда (zvezda) meaning "star". In Russia, this name was used mostly during the Soviet era as a communist name referencing the red star.
Zyeth m EnglishPossibly used in reference to Zyeth Atham, or the eighth day of the bright half of Jyeshtha (May–June), a Brahmin festival. For example, the usage
Bodhi.
Zyx m & f English (Rare)Possibly a variant of the surname
Zick, meaning "descendant of
Sigo", or a diminutive of
Isaac. It may also simply from the last three letters of the English alphabet (compare
Abcde).