Given name · also Russian
Zemfira
“The Gypsies (1827)”
Zemfira is a feminine given name from Russian, ultimately from Romani. It is used in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and 7 other languages.
Original RussianЗемфи́ра
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zemfira goes back to a word meaning “The Gypsies (1827).”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Zemfira comes from Russian, and ultimately from Romani.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Zemfira’s family of names
In English usage, Zemfira has a conventional equivalent in the German form Semfira. In English usage, Zemfira has a related form in Zemphira. In English usage, Zemfira has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Ζεμφίρα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zemfira has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
Russianwhere Zemfira 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 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Земфи́раRussian
- Земфі́раUkrainian, Belarusian
- زمفیراPersian
- 젬피라Korean
- ゼムフィラJapanese
- זמפירהHebrew
- ΖεμφίραGreek
- SemfiraGerman
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People named Zemfira
- ZemfiraRussian rock musician and songwriterborn 1976
- Zemfira MeftahatdinovaAzerbaijani sports shooterborn 1963
- Zemfira TsakhilovaSoviet actressborn 1943
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