Given name · Russian
Зинаида
“belonging to Zeus”
Зинаида (Zinaída) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “belonging to Zeus.” It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Zinaida.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Ζηναΐς (“belonging to Zeus”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Зинаида’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Зинаида has an affectionate form in Senta. In Russian usage, Зинаида has a conventional equivalent in the English form Zinaida. In Russian usage, Зинаида has a transliteration in Zinaida.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Зинаида has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
7 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Зинаида
- Zinaida GippiusRussian poet, playwright, editor, short story writer and religious thinker (1869-1945)
- Zinaida SerebriakovaRussian and French painter (1884-1967)
- Zinaida KupriyanovichBelarusian singer, actress and television presenterborn 2002
- Zinaida PortnovaSoviet partisan (1926–1944)
- Zinaida YermolyevaRussian microbiologist (1898–1974)
- Zinaida Tusnolobova-MarchenkoQuadruple amputee veteran of WWII and Heroine of the Soviet Union (1920-1980)
- Zinaida SharkoSoviet and Russian actress (1929-2016)
- Zinaida YusupovaRussian princess (1861-1939)
- Zinaida Voroninagymnast1947–2001
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