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Zena - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Zena
 
 

 


The girl name Zena [ syll. ze-na, zen-a ] is pronounced as ZIYNah KEY. Zena is an English name of Old Greek origin. Zena is a variation of the name Xenia (English and German).

Zena is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked modestly in 1964 with 0.011% of baby girls being given the name Zena. It ranked at #696 then. The baby name has since fallen out of favor, and is today of very light use. Among all girl names in its group, Zena was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Zena include Zina (English), Zenia (English and Italian), Zsuzsanna (Hungarian), Zuzana (Czech), Zuzanna (Polish), and Xenia (English and German).

KEY: approx 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)"


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