Explore curated boy baby names starting with the letter Z with meanings, origins, and pronunciation.
Names starting with 'Z' bring contemporary flair with roots in Indic and Persian cultural intersections.
Sky of wonder, high ambition
Friend of the soul, trustworthy heart
Fragrant blossom, jasmine scent
Luminous night, bright star
Fragrant blossom, jasmine scent
Luminous night, bright star
Living with love, radiance
Luminous night, bright star
Living with love, radiance
Noble leader, gentle rain
Gift of God, divine favor
Sky of wonder, high ambition
Remembered by God.
Victory.
Beautiful, brilliant.
Pious, devout.
Pure.
Albino In the 11th-century Persian epic the 'Shahnameh' this is the name of a white-haired warrior.
Golden camel Iranian, derived from zarat meaning golden combined with ushtra meaning camel. Zarathustra was the Persian prophet who founded the ancient religion of Zoroastrianism about the 10th century BC.
Beauty, grace.
Spear in Persian, ultimately from Sanskrit.
Variant transcription of ZIYA AL-DIN.
From Arabic ضياء (diya) meaning splendour, light, glow. This was the name of a 14th-century Islamic Indian historian.
Splendour of religion from Arabic ضياء (diya) splendour, light, glow combined with دين (din) religion, faith.
Growth.
Gift of God, Light, Bright.
Glowing This was the name of a Persian nobleman who aided his king Darius in the capture of Babylon. He did this by mutilating himself and then going to the Babylonians claiming that it had been Darius who did it to him. After gaining their trust he betrayed them.
Variant of ZHUBIN.
From Arabic ذو الفقار (Dhu al-Fiqar) meaning cleaver of the spine. This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's sword, also used by his son-in-law Ali.
Gift of God, divine favor
Friend of the soul, trustworthy heart
Fragrant blossom, jasmine scent
