Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Zviyo m & f ShonaIt is the plural of
Chiyo. It means "grains". This is a name that symbolizes the smallness of grains which when planted and in their own season and time, grow and are harvested for multitudes and nations... [
more]
Zvizdana f CroatianDerived from dialectal Croatian
zvizda meaning "star". The standard form is
zvijezda or Serbian
zvezda.
Žvoruna f Baltic MythologyThis was the name of the Lithuanian goddess of the hunt and the forest as well as the protector of wild animals who was first recorded in Russian chronicles of the 13th century. ... [
more]
Zybagözel f TurkmenFrom Turkmen
zyba meaning "beautiful" and Turkmen
gözel meaning "beautiful, pretty, lovely".
Żyrborka f PolishDerived from
żyr, an obsolete word meaning "prey", and the Slavic name element
bor meaning "fight".
Zysia f YiddishPolish Yiddish name, presumably related to
Zysla. Found in documents from the early 1800s regarding contemporary Yiddish-speakers in Poland.
Żywila f Polish, LiteratureCoined by Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz for the titular character of one of his early works. It is uncertain where he found the inspiration for this name. One theory derives this name from Lithuanian
žygiuoti "to move; to march" and
viltis "hope", while other scholars believe this name to be a much-mangled form of
Zizili, the name of an obscure fertility goddess of whom nothing else is known; should the name indeed be derived from Zizili, then its meaning would be lost... [
more]
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).