Girl · Greek
Zinaida
Say it: zee-nah-EE-dah
Meaning
From Greek Zēnais, 'of Zeus'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
An early Christian saint's name popular in pre-revolutionary and Soviet Russia.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 5 babies given this name since 2017
- At its height in 2017, about 1 in 344,400 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Zina
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Famous bearers
- Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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