Given name · Belarusian · Ukrainian
Зіновія
“Zeus”·“life”
Зіновія (Zinóvija) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Ukrainian and Belarusian.
Belarusian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Zenobia.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Зіновія is built from elements meaning “Zeus” and “life”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Ukrainian usage, Зіновія developed from Ζηνόβιος.
Зіновія’s family of names
In Ukrainian usage, Зіновія developed from the Ancient Greek form Ζηνόβιος. In Belarusian usage, Зіновія has a conventional equivalent in the English form Zenobia. In Belarusian usage, Зіновія can be written in the Roman alphabet as Zinóvija.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Зіновія has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Зіновія comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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