The name was, at least for decades, best known as a masculine nickname for "Zachary" or "Zechariah", from its use by J. D. Salinger for his character Zooey Glass. ... Zooey Deschanel, an American actress and singer named after the Salinger novel. (She pronounces it as "Zoë.")
Origin of the name Sophia: A borrowing from the Greek, Sophia is directly derived from sophia (wisdom, skill). The name has been in common use in England since the 17th century, when it was bestowed upon the infant daughter of James I. From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.Buy the book.
Czechoslovakian Meaning: The name Zophie is a Czechoslovakian baby name.
Related names. Charles, Šarlote. Charlotte is a female given name, a female form of the male name Charlot, a diminutive of Charles. It is of French origin meaning "free man" or "petite". The name dates back to at least the 14th century.
Zorana. DIMINUTIVE OF: zora. OTHER SCRIPTS: Serbian (зорана) LANGUAGE FAMILY: indo-european > balto-slavic > slavic ORIGIN: slavic NAME ROOT: ZORA NATIVE NAME ROOT: ZORA (Зора) MEANING: This name derives from the South and West Slavic word “Zora (Зора)”, meaning “dawn, aurora, daybreak”.
The meaning of the name Zoraya is Rich. The origin of the name Zoraya is Arabic. This is the culture in which the name originated, or in the case of a word, the language. Form of the name Soraya.
zo-ria, zor-ia ] The baby girl name Zoria is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced as ZAORiyAH †. Zoria has its origins in the Ukrainian language and it is also used largely in Ukrainian. The meaning of Zoria is 'star'. ... See also the related categories, star (moon) and ukrainian.
The name Zoriana is a Female name. Greek meaning: The name Zoriana is a Greek baby name The Greek meaning of Zoriana is: Golden dawn.
What does Zorica mean? Zorica [zor-i-ca] as a name for girls is of Latin derivation, and the name Zorica means "dawn". Zorica is an alternate spelling of Aurora (Latin).
Origin of the name Zora: Of Slavonic origin, meaning "dawn." From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.Buy the book.