Given name
Zhenya
“a noble man”
Zhenya is a variant of Zhenechka. One Russian interpretation is “a noble man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zhenya is a variant of Zhenechka. One Russian interpretation is “a noble man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zhenya is a variant of Zhenechka. An origin associated with Zhenechka is Russian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zhenya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 333 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.
Zhenya’s family of names
Zhenya has a related form in Zhenechka.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Zhenya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.