Zina

Q: Where does Zina come from?

Zina is a girls' name of Greek origin, short form of Zinaida; also an Arabic name meaning 'adornment'.

Gender: Girl
Say it: ZEE-na
Origin: Greek
UK rank, 2025: #3,409 for girls
US rank, 2025: #7,131 for girls

Zina is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).

Where does Zina come from?

Greek: short form of Zinaida; also an Arabic name meaning 'adornment'

Is Zina a girl's or a boy's name?

Zina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Zina in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #3,409among girls
Babies in 2025: 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steadydown 11% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Zina, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 girls.

Half of all the girls named Zina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 35 girls in the UK were given Zina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #934, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.

Xena 21
Zeena 7
Zina 7

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 10 in 20192025

Zina in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	7	#3,409
2024	10	#2,644
2023	7	#3,388
2022	8	#3,050
2021	7	#3,338
2020	8	#3,009
2019	10	#2,590
2018	9	#2,825
2017	7	#3,395
2016	4	#4,980
2015	5	#4,294
2014	4	#4,888
2013	0	–
2012	5	#4,390
2011	4	#4,980
2010	5	#4,220
2009	6	#3,603
2008	9	#2,663
2007	4	#4,494
2006	4	#4,357
2005	6	#3,133
2004	3	#4,789
2003	5	#3,233
2002	0	–
2001	5	#2,928
2000	3	#4,074
1999	8	#2,089
1998	5	#2,855
1997	4	#3,345
1996	5	#2,815

How popular is Zina in the US?

Rank in 2025: #7,131among girls
Babies in 2025: 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 47% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Zina, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 793 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Zina than any year since 2005.

Half of all the girls named Zina in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1977, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 216 girls in the US were given Zina or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,011, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.

Xena 177
Zeena 24
Zina 15

1884Busiest: 793 in 19642025

Zina in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	15	#7,131
2024	22	#5,612
2023	33	#4,274
2022	38	#3,891
2021	22	#5,569
2020	27	#4,755
2019	56	#2,923
2018	49	#3,244
2017	38	#3,918
2016	28	#4,849
2015	25	#5,286
2014	31	#4,542
2013	25	#5,315
2012	25	#5,396
2011	29	#4,806
2010	20	#6,380
2009	19	#6,808
2008	21	#6,347
2007	29	#4,942
2006	26	#5,232
2005	15	#7,495
2004	20	#5,965
2003	14	#7,575
2002	21	#5,440
2001	23	#5,004
2000	23	#4,976
1999	18	#5,655
1998	17	#5,794
1997	25	#4,236
1996	26	#4,054
1995	26	#3,964
1994	17	#5,440
1993	29	#3,676
1992	21	#4,679
1991	29	#3,627
1990	53	#2,340
1989	35	#3,039
1988	22	#4,010
1987	20	#4,119
1986	23	#3,643
1985	26	#3,327
1984	27	#3,143
1983	20	#3,805
1982	22	#3,646
1981	27	#3,147
1980	28	#3,069
1979	31	#2,795
1978	28	#2,859
1977	15	#4,424
1976	20	#3,406
1975	22	#3,155
1974	26	#2,757
1973	40	#2,019
1972	53	#1,674
1971	47	#1,857
1970	56	#1,653
1969	47	#1,784
1968	57	#1,504
1967	113	#959
1966	164	#765
1965	363	#497
1964	793	#338
1963	679	#369
1962	117	#992
1961	54	#1,532
1960	60	#1,416
1959	53	#1,477
1958	46	#1,577
1957	50	#1,506
1956	48	#1,532
1955	40	#1,616
1954	34	#1,768
1953	31	#1,782
1952	27	#1,933
1951	19	#2,313
1950	14	#2,780
1949	8	#3,891
1948	9	#3,591
1947	15	#2,636
1946	17	#2,317
1945	10	#2,915
1944	10	#2,945
1943	15	#2,351
1942	15	#2,310
1941	14	#2,271
1940	13	#2,296
1939	15	#2,125
1938	11	#2,578
1937	12	#2,447
1936	8	#3,101
1935	13	#2,304
1934	13	#2,288
1933	15	#2,051
1932	15	#2,129
1931	18	#1,875
1930	15	#2,201
1929	19	#1,891
1928	12	#2,622
1927	14	#2,432
1926	19	#1,996
1925	13	#2,616
1924	15	#2,408
1923	12	#2,732
1922	18	#2,109
1921	21	#1,927
1920	24	#1,708
1919	17	#2,063
1918	21	#1,805
1917	24	#1,552
1916	17	#1,949
1915	14	#2,142
1914	16	#1,665
1913	5	#3,185
1912	0	–
1911	5	#2,463
1910	6	#2,140
1909	13	#1,152
1908	9	#1,439
1907	0	–
1906	6	#1,727
1905	0	–
1904	8	#1,363
1903	9	#1,204
1902	6	#1,593
1901	11	#1,007
1900	8	#1,430
1899	8	#1,180
1898	7	#1,379
1897	8	#1,167
1896	6	#1,416
1895	8	#1,202
1894	12	#905
1893	6	#1,277
1892	11	#908
1891	0	–
1890	8	#1,006
1889	0	–
1888	0	–
1887	0	–
1886	7	#897
1885	0	–
1884	7	#851

Names like Zina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ada Nina Rosa Cora Thea Lara Nora Eva Etta Martha Alma Sara

Other spellings of Zina

Xena Zeena

Names related to Zina

Zaina Zeina Zinnia Ziana Zienna Zionna Ziona Zinaya

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Zina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zina, updated 20 October 2026.