Every child deserves a name with meaning.

Boy · Persian · Hindu · Simha

Zayd

Sky of wonder, high ambition

Boy · Persian · Hindu · Mesh

Zeeshan

Friend of the soul, trustworthy heart

Boy · Persian · Hindu · Dhanu

Zubair

Fragrant blossom, jasmine scent

Boy · Persian · Hindu · Simha

Zain

Luminous night, bright star

Girl · Persian · Hindu · Mesh

Zoya

Living with love, radiance

Boy · Persian · Hindu · Kark

Zainab

Fragrant blossom, jasmine scent

Boy · Persian · Hindu · Meena

Zunaira

Luminous night, bright star

Boy · Persian · Hindu · Vrishchik

Zeba

Living with love, radiance

Girl · Persian · Hindu · Meena

Zara

Gift of God, divine favor

Boy · Persian · Hindu · Tula

Zia

Luminous night, bright star

Boy · Persian · Hindu · Mithun

Zaheer

Living with love, radiance

Boy · Persian · Hindu · Kumbha

Zoha

Noble leader, gentle rain

Boy · Persian · Hindu · Tula

Zakir

Gift of God, divine favor

Boy · Persian · Hindu · Mithun

Zidaan

Sky of wonder, high ambition

Boy · Hebrew · Universal

Zach

/Za-ch/

Remembered by God.

Boy · Turkish · Hindu

Zafer

/Za-fe-r/

Victory.

Boy · Arabic · Muslim

Zahi

/Za-hi/

Beautiful, brilliant.

Boy · Arabic · Muslim

Zahid

/Za-hi-d/

Pious, devout.

Girl · Arabic · Muslim

Zahrah

/Za-hra-h/

From Arabic زهرة (zahrah) meaning blooming flower.

Boy · Arabic · Muslim

Zaki

/Za-ki/

Pure.

Boy · Persian Mythology · Muslim

Zal

/Za-l/

Albino In the 11th-century Persian epic the 'Shahnameh' this is the name of a white-haired warrior.

Boy · History · Hindu

Zarathustra

/Za-ra-thu-stra/

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.

Girl · Persian · Muslim

Zareen

/Za-ree-n/

Golden.

Boy · Arabic · Muslim

Zayn

/Za-yn/

Beauty, grace.

Girl · Arabic · Muslim

Zaynab

/Za-yna-b/

. It is possibly related to Arabic زين (zayn) meaning beauty; it could be from the name of a fragrant flowering tree; or it could be an Arabic form of ZENOBIA, a name borne by a pre-Islamic queen of Palmyra. Zaynab was the name of a daughter, a granddaughter, and two wives of the Prophet Muhammad.

Girl · Turkish/Arabic · Muslim

Zehra

/Ze-hra/

Flower, blossom.

Girl · Turkish · Hindu

Zeynep

/Ze-yne-p/

Ornament, beauty.

Girl · Persian · Muslim

Zhaleh

/Zha-le-h/

Dew or hoarfrost.

Boy · Persian · Muslim

Zhubin

/Zhu-bi-n/

Spear in Persian, ultimately from Sanskrit.

Boy · Arabic · Muslim

Ziauddin

/Ziau-ddi-n/

Variant transcription of ZIYA AL-DIN.

Boy · Arabic · Muslim

Ziya

/Zi-ya/

From Arabic ضياء (diya) meaning splendour, light, glow. This was the name of a 14th-century Islamic Indian historian.

Boy · Arabic · Muslim

Ziya Al-din

/Zi-ya- A-l-di-n/

Splendour of religion from Arabic ضياء (diya) splendour, light, glow combined with دين (din) religion, faith.

Boy · Arabic · Muslim

Ziyad

/Zi-ya-d/

Growth.

Girl · Greek · Hindu

Zoe

Life.

Boy · Arabic · Muslim

Zohan

/Zo-ha-n/

Gift of God, Light, Bright.

Boy · Ancient Greek · Hindu

Zopyros

/Zo-pyro-s/

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.