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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Zamantha f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Samantha.

Zamara f Spanish, Popular Culture, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Potential variant of Samara.

Zambra f Spanish (Modern, Rare)

Zamira f Spanish (Latin American)

Zamuel m Spanish (Modern), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Samuel.

Zamyra f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Zamira or Samira 1.

Zandro m Filipino, Brazilian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Sandro.

Zanthy m African (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Zaquel m Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Zaqueu.

Zaqueo m Spanish, Galician
Spanish and Galician form of Zacchaeus.

Zaqueu m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Zacchaeus.

Zaquiel m Spanish
A form of Zachaël (Zachael).

Zarco m Spanish (Rare)
This first name is predominantly found in South America, although it is not very common there: one is much more likely to encounter the name as a surname there instead. Because of that, it is possible that the bearers' parents were inspired to give their sons the surname as a first name, just like it is done in English-speaking countries these days... [more]

Zarelhy f Spanish (Latin American)
Unknown.

Zarita f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Sarita 1.

Zayra f Spanish
Variant of Zaira.

Zeane f Brazilian

Zebedeo m Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Zebedee.

Zebedeu m Portuguese, Biblical Portuguese
Portuguese form of Zebedee.

Zebulom m Portuguese, Biblical Portuguese
Portuguese form of Zebulun.

Zeca m Portuguese
Diminutive of José or the double name José Carlos.

Zedequias m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Tzidqiyyahu (see Zedekiah) via its hellenized form Zedekias.

Zedith f Spanish (Latin American)

Zedu m Portuguese
A diminutive of the composed name José Eduardo, formed by combining Zé and Du.

Zeferina f Spanish (Mexican), Portuguese
Spanish and Portuguese form of Zephyrine.

Zéfiro m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Zephyr.

Zefora f English (Rare), Spanish (Rare)

Zeira f Spanish (Mexican, Rare), South American (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Zaira.

Zelena f English (Modern, Rare), Dutch (Modern, Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Zeleste f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), American (Hispanic, Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Celeste.

Zeli f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Celi.

Zélia f Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Zelia.

Zelia f Basque (Rare), English (Rare), Portuguese
Basque form and English variant of Celia as well as a Portuguese variant of Zélia. It may also be the Latinate form of Zélie.

Zelice f American (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Possibly a variant of Zelica.

Zelima f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Selima.

Zelita f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Celita.

Zelmira f Theatre, Italian (Rare), Hungarian (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Form of Želimira and a feminine form of Gelmir. This name belongs to the title character of a Rossini opera; Zelmira (1822) was based on the play Zelmire (1762) by the French playwright de Belloy, about a princess of Lesbos who must save her father and husband from evil political machinations.

Zemi f Portuguese
A diminutive of the composed name José Maria, formed by combining Zé and Mi.

Zenadia f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Possibly an altered form of Zenaida.

Zenaide f Italian (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Italian form of Zenaida.

Zenão m Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Zeno or Zenon.

Zenara f Brazilian (Rare)

Zeneida f Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Canarian), Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Zenaida.

Zeneide f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Zenaide.

Zeni f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Diminutive of Zenaide.

Zenilda f Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)
Combination of Zé and Nilda or else a variant of Zeneide.

Zenir f Portuguese (Brazilian)

Zenita f Portuguese (Brazilian)

Zenite f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Zenita.

Zenobio m Spanish, Portuguese, Italian (Rare)
Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian masculine form of Zenobia.

Zenodoro m Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Zenodorus.

Zenón m Spanish (Rare), Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Galician (Rare), Aragonese, Kashubian
Spanish, Galician, Aragonese and Kashubian form of Zenon.

Zenona f Polish, Kashubian, Latvian, Spanish (Rare, ?)
Feminine form of Zenon.

Zequinha m Portuguese
Portuguese diminutive of José.

Zétó m Portuguese
Diminutive of the composed name José António, formed by combining Zé and Tó.

Zetta f Italian (Archaic), Portuguese
A diminutive of Rosetta or for names such as Lizette and Suzette.

Zeuxipo m Spanish
Spanish form of Zeuxippus.

Zevi m Portuguese
Diminutive of the composed names José Vítor or José Vicente, formed by combining Tó and Vi.

Zeza f Portuguese
Diminutive of Maria José.

Zezinho m Portuguese
Diminutive of Jose.

Zico m Brazilian
Nickname (stage name?) of soccer coach and footballer Arthur Antunes Coimbra.

Zilá f Biblical Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian)
Portuguese form of Zillah.

Zilda f Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (African)

Zildo m Portuguese (Brazilian)

Zildomar m Portuguese (Brazilian)

Zildomara f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Feminine form of Zildomar.

Zilma f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Zilmar. Alternatively, it may be derived from Persian zilmat "dark, darkness".

Zilmar f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Variant of Solimar or Celimar or possibly formed from azul and mar, in which case it would literally mean "blue sea".

Zimena f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Ximena.

Zinaíde f Portuguese
Portuguese form of Zenaida.

Ziomara f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Variant of Xiomara.

Zípora f Portuguese (Rare)
Portuguese form of Zipporah.

Zito m Italian, Brazilian
Male form of Zita 1.

Zoa f English (Rare), Spanish (Rare), History (Ecclesiastical)
Latinate variant of Zoe. The Christian martyr Zoe of Rome is sometimes referred to as Saint Zoa.

Zohemy f Spanish (Latin American, Rare), Central American (Rare)
Possibly an invented name, rhyming with Nohemi.

Zonda f Spanish (Latin American), Indigenous American
Name 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.

Zonia f Spanish (Latin American), Central American, American (Hispanic)
Variant of Sonia.

Zoraide f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Cognate of Zoraida.

Zoraido m Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Masculine form of Zoraida.

Zorángel f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Sorángel.

Zoraya f Spanish (Latin American)

Zorero m Spanish

Zorimel f Spanish (Latin American)
Derived partly from the name Zoraida. The name Zorimel originated in Puerto Rico and means "mesmerizing golden light."

Zósimo m Spanish, Portuguese, Galician
Spanish, Galician and Portuguese form of Zosimos via Zosimus.... [more]

Zótico m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Zotikos (via Zoticus).

Zotico m Italian (Archaic), Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of Zotikos (via Zoticus).

Zózimo m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Zosimus.

Zuila f Portuguese (Brazilian)

Zujerlee f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Zulay f Spanish (Latin American), Spanish (Caribbean)
Probably a shortened form of Zuleika.

Zulayka f Spanish (Rare)
Variant of Zuleika.

Zuleica f Spanish (Rare), Portuguese, Italian
Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Zuleika.

Zuleide f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Likely a variant of Zuleica.

Zuleing f Spanish (Latin American)
Meaning unknown.

Zuleiva f Spanish (Latin American, Rare)

Zuleyka f Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Spanish form of Zuleika.

Zuleyma f Spanish (Latin American)
Variant of Zulema.

Zulia f Spanish (Latin American)
One of the 23 states of Venezuela. Zulia can also be used as a variant to the name Julia.

Zulleyka f Spanish (Latin American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Zuleika.

Zully f Spanish (Latin American)
In the case of the Argentine actress Zully Moreno (1920-1999), it was a diminutive of Zulema.

Zulma f Spanish

Zulmira f Portuguese

Zumira f Portuguese (Brazilian)
Variant of Zulmira.

Zunilda f Spanish

Zuriela f Spanish (Latin American), American
Feminine form of Zuriel.

Zurisadai m & f Biblical Spanish, Spanish (Mexican), Biblical Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)
Spanish and Portuguese form of Zurishaddai. In Latin America it is unisex, though predominantly feminine.

Zuzélia f Portuguese (Brazilian, Rare)

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