Given name & surname · Greek
Ζήνα
“A secret spirit”·“welcoming”
Ζήνα (Zína) is a feminine given name. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Xena.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ζήνα is Zina written in the Greek alphabet. “A secret spirit” and “welcoming” occur as interpretations in other naming contexts; neither is established as the literal meaning of the Russian short form.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ζήνα is Zina written in the Greek alphabet. In Russian use, Zina belongs to the Zinaida and Zinovia name families. Other naming traditions use the same spelling.
Explained through its name family
Ζήνα’s family of names
In Greek usage, Ζήνα has a conventional equivalent in the English form Xena. In Greek usage, Ζήνα can be written in the Roman alphabet as Zína. In Greek usage, Ζήνα has a transliteration in Zina.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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