Zinaida - Meaning of Zinaida

What does Zinaida mean?

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Zinaida

[ 3 syll. zi-nai-da, zin-a-ida ] The baby girl name Zinaida is pronounced as ZiyNEY-D-ah or Ziy-Naa-IY-D-ah †. Zinaida is a Latvian and Russian name of Old Greek origin. Zinaida's meaning is daughter of Zeus. Zenais (Old Greek) is an old form of the name. The name was borne by two 1st-century saints and martyrs. It was first popularized among English speakers as the name of the beautiful heroine in Turgenev's novella First Love (1860).

The name Zenaida (Spanish) is a variant transcription of Zinaida.

Zina (Czech, English, and Russian shortening) is another variant transcription of the name.

See also the related categories, latvian, daughter, zeus, beautiful (fair), heroine (conqueror), saints, and russian.

Zinaida is not popular as a baby name for girls. It is not listed within the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Zinaida include Zanadu, Zeenet, Zenaide, Xanthia, Zenaida, Zandee, Zandey, Zandi, Zandie, Zandy, Zanth, Zanthe, Zanthippe, Zenda, Zsanett, Jeanette, Jeannet, Jeannette, Xanth, and Xantha.

† English pronunciation for Zinaida: Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"