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 [ 2 syll. ze-na, zen-a ] The girl name Zena is pronounced as ZIYNah KEY. 1: Zena is an English, Italian, and Romanian name of Old Greek origin. Zena can be derived from other names of a similar sound, such as Zenobia and Rosina. It has been adopted by English speakers since the 19th century. In Scotland, it is taken as a diminutive of Alexina. The name Zina (Czech, English, Greek, and Russian) is a variation of Zena. 2: Zena is of Old Greek origin. Here, the meaning is 'of Zeus'. Zena is the feminine version of the English, French, German, and Greek Zeno. 3: Zena's language of origin is Old Persian. Meaning: 'woman'. In addition, Zena is a variant spelling of the name Xenia (English, German, Greek, Italian, and Romanian) in the English, Greek, Italian, and Romanian languages. Zena is also a pet form of the name Zenobia (Italian and Romanian) in the English, Italian, and Romanian languages. Zena is also a pet form of the name Rosina (English, German, Italian, and Spanish) in the English language. See also the related forms, the English Zona and the English, Scottish, and Spanish Alexina. Zena is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1964 with 0.011% of baby girls being given the name Zena. It was #696 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a marked decline in frequency since then, and is of only sporadic use now. Among all girl names in its family, Zena was nonetheless the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Zena include the English Zeena, the Czech, English, Greek, and Russian Zina, the English and Greek Xena, the Hebrew and English Zana, the Latvian Zanna, the Arabic Zayna, the English Zenna, the Russian Zhanna, the name Zihna, the English Zona, the Galician Xoana, the English Zania, the English, Greek, and Italian Zenia, the name Zhen, the Armenian Ziazan, the name Zigana, the English Zinia, the English Zinnia, the Hungarian Zsuzsanna, and the Swahili Zuwena. KEY: English pronunciation for Zena: Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
