Given name
Zenaida
Zenaida is a feminine given name from Spanish. It is used in English, Spanish, and Tagalog.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Zenaida is associated with a daughter of Zeus.
Zenaida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,972
- 0 boys · 2,972 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 76 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #3,576 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +36%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 43 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,576 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,715 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zenaida’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Zenaida has a diminutive in ZENY. In English usage, Zenaida shares an earlier linguistic root with Zinaida. Zenaida has a related form in Zenna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Zennavariant
- Zenydiminutive · Tagalog
- Zinaidavariant · English
- Zenaydavariant
- Zennaidalikely variant
- Zenaedahvariant
- Zenaedavariant
- Zenaydahvariant
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Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zenaida
- Zenaida Alexandrovna MinkwitzRussian botanist (1878-1918)
- Zenaida MoyaBelizean politicianborn 2000
- Zenaida YanowskyFrench-born Spanish ballet dancerborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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