Zarya - Meaning of Zarya

What does Zarya mean?

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Zarya

[ 2 syll. za-rya, zar-ya ] The baby girl name Zarya is pronounced ZAA-RYaa- †. Zarya's origin is Arabic, African-Nigeria, and Slavonic. From Slavonic roots, its meaning is 'water priestess'.

In addition, Zarya is a variant of Zara.

Zarya is also a variant of Zaria (English and Hebrew).

Variants of Zarya include Zaria (English) and Zorya.

Zari (pet form) is another variant of the name.

See also the related categories, priestess, water (sea), and arabic.

Zarya is not popular as a baby name for girls. It is not listed within the top 1000 names. In 2018, within the group of girl names directly related to Zarya, Zara was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Zarya include Zagiree, Zagiry, Zaher, Zahir, Zahra, Zahraa, Zahria, Zahyr, Zaire, Zakir, Zara, Zarah, Zareh, Zari, Zarie, Zarree, Zarri, Zarrie, Zarry, and Zary.

† English pronunciation for Zarya: Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; Y as in "you (Y.UW)"