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 [ syll. zi-na, zin-a ] The girl name Zina is pronounced ZIYNah KEY. Zina's language of origin is Old Greek and African-Nsenga, and it is used largely in the Czech, English, Greek, and Russian languages. From Old Greek and African-Nsenga roots, its meaning is 'name'. In addition, Zina is a short form (Czech, English, and Russian) of the Italian and Romanian Zenobia. Zina is also a short form (Czech, English, and Russian) of the Latvian and Russian Zinaida. Zina is also a variant form (Czech, English, and Russian) of the English, Greek, Italian, and Romanian Zena. Zina is also a variant spelling (Czech, English, Greek, and Russian) of the English, German, Greek, Italian, and Romanian Xenia. Zina is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked modestly in 1964 with 0.041% of baby girls being given the name Zina. Its ranking then was #339. The baby name has since dropped out of favor, and is currently used only on a very light scale. Among all girl names in its group, Zina was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Zina include the English Zeena, the English, Greek, Italian, and Romanian Zena, 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. A famous person named Zina is Zina Garrison, Tennis Player, born November 16, 1963, Houston, Texas. KEY: approx pronunciation for Zina: 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)"   |
