Zenaida

Zenaida, Zenaide (Italian), Zénaïde (French), or Zinaida (Russian: Зинаида), from Greek: Ζηναΐς meaning "dedicated to Zeus".

It is a personal name used in many cultures for women. It can also refer to the genus Zenaida, a genus of doves named after Princess Zénaïde Bonaparte.

As a personal name

Zenaida

Zenaida (saint), traditional 1st century Christian saint
Zenaida Alcalde (born 1981), Spanish circus performer
Zenaida Beveraggi (born 1957), "Zeny" of pop music duet Zeny & Zory
Zenaida Manfugás (1922–2012), Cuban-born American pianist
Zenaida Moya, mayor of Belize City, Belize
Zenaida Yanowsky (born 1975), Spanish ballet dancer

Zénaïde

Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonaparte (1801–1854), wife and cousin of ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Zénaïde Rossi (1923–2005), stage name Irene Reni, Italian-French actress and singer

Zinaida

Zinaida Aksentyeva (1900–1969), Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer
Zinaida Amosova (born 1950), Soviet cross-country skier
Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945), Russian poet
Zinaida Greceanîi (born 1956), Moldovan politician
Zinaida Kajevic (born 1979), Swedish politician
Zinaida Korotova (born 1936), Russian rower
Zinaida Kupriyanovich (born 2002), Belarusian singer
Zinaida Liepiņa (1907–2000), Latvian sprinter
Zinaida Portnova (1926–1944), seventh-grade Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union
Zinaida Semenova (born 1962), Russian long-distance runner
Zinaida Serebriakova (1884–1967), Russian painter
Zinaida Turchyna (born 1946), Soviet handball player
Zinaida Volkova (1901–1933), Russian Marxist, daughter of Leon Trotsky
Zinaida Voronina (1947–2001), Soviet gymnast
Zinaida Yusupova (1861–1939), Russian noblewoman at the end of the Romanov dynasty

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