Given name · Russian
Зиновий
“life of Zeus”
Зиновий (Zinóvij) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Zinovij.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Зиновий goes back to Ancient Greek Ζηνόβιος, meaning “life of Zeus.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Зиновий’s family of names
In Russian usage, Зиновий has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form ZENOBIUSZ. In Russian usage, Зиновий has a transliteration in Zinovij. In Russian usage, Зиновий can be written in the Roman alphabet as Zinóvij.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Зиновий has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Зиновий
- Zinovy GerdtSoviet and Russian actor (1916-1996)
- Zinovy VysokovskySoviet and Russian actor (1932–2009)
- Zinovy ZinikRussian writerborn 1945
- Susman KiselgofJewish folk song collector and pedagogue1878–1939
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