Zina
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Zizah is a rare biblical name of Hebrew origin, meaning 'splendor' or 'abundance'
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ziːnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Zina is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country, where it is the 79th most common given name.
- UAUkraine≈1 in 392as Зінаїда(inferred from the name graph)
- RURussia≈1 in 777as Зинаида
- KZKazakhstan≈1 in 1Kas Зинаида
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Zina itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Russia (inferred from the name graph)
- #395 (measured from records)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 323 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈180,000 named Зинаида, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Tunisia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Зинаида in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, CN China, Zinaida in MD Moldova, LV Latvia and Зінаїда in UA Ukraine.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Zizah is a rare biblical name of Hebrew origin, meaning 'splendor' or 'abundance'. It appears in the Old Testament as a male Levite, but its sound has led to modern usage primarily as a feminine name. Its variant, Zina, is a multicultural name with roots in Greek, Arabic, and Slavic, often meaning 'hospitable,' 'beauty,' or 'shining'.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Zina counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #79 | ≈180,000 est. | ≈1 in 777 | #26 | Зинаида | 164 |
| UA Ukraine | #72 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 392 | — | Зінаїда | 46 |
| CN China | — | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 71K | — | Зинаида | 13 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | #129 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | 519 | Зинаида | 43 |
| MD Moldova | #62 | 18,164as Zinaida | 1 in 185 | 18K | Zinaida | 19 |
| TN Tunisia | #330 | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | 1.3K | Zina | 26 |
| LV Latvia | — | 2,381as Zinaida | 1 in 790 | 2.4K | Zinaida | 20 |
| SE Sweden | — | 493 | 1 in 21K | 493 | Zina | 27 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; e-services.md — living population register; PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); INS Tunisia — Les prénoms des nouveau-nés les plus populaires (2022); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Zina is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
The name Zizah (זִיזָה) is believed to be derived from the Hebrew root 'zuz' (זוז), suggesting movement, or from 'ziz' (זִיז), meaning 'splendor,' 'brightness,' or 'abundance'. The variant Zina (זִינָא) is possibly an orthographic error for Zizah and is thought to mean 'well-fed'.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In biblical genealogies, figures like Zizah represent the continuity of the covenant and the meticulous ordering of the Israelite community, particularly the priestly and Levitical lines responsible for worship. His inclusion underscores the principle that every individual and family had a designated role in the life of the nation and the service of God, regardless of their prominence.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, adultery, fornication
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Russian, 11 (24) octobre. Z£énaïde est son équivalent français. Fête : 11 octobre.
as a nameRussian Names
In Italian, forma feminina de Zino
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Zina D. H. Youngb. 1821USAmerican activist
- Zina Méranteb. 1832FRballet dancer and teacher (1832-1890)
- Zina Harmanb. 1914ILIsraeli politician
- Zina Bethuneb. 1945USAmerican actress, dancer, and choreographer (1945-2012)
- Zina Garrisonb. 1963USAmerican tennis player
- Zina Koutselinib. 1970GRGreek journalist, presenter and television executive with PTSD
- Zina Modianob. 1974FRFrench film director
- Zina Saro-Wiwab. 1976NGBritish video artist and filmmaker (born 1976)
- Zina Zaflowb. 1980USactress
- Zina Khakhouliab. 1986FRFrench actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 96 sources across 51 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TN Tunisia | INS Tunisia — Les prénoms des nouveau-nés les plus populaires (2022) | 1950 | 1.3K | #7 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 493 | #2,804 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 435 | — |
| MD Moldova | e-services.md — living population register | — | 330 | #548 |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register) | — | 228 | — |
| LV Latvia | PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup) | — | 225 | #849 |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Zina mean, and where does it come from?
- Zizah is a rare biblical name of Hebrew origin, meaning 'splendor' or 'abundance'. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- How do you pronounce Zina?
- A machine transcription gives /ziːnə/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Zina have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 182 thousand people named Зинаида in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
- What are other forms of the name Zina?
- In the etymology graph, Zénaïde is a form of the same name in other languages.
- Is Zina a male or female name?
- Zina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Zina?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 493 people named Zina, about 1 in 21 thousand residents.
- How common is Zina compared with other names?
- In Russia, Zina is the 79th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zinaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zina” — the 79th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.