# Zarina (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zarina/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “gold”, “golden” |
| Pronunciation | /zəˈɹinə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,612 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,612 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 278, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Tatar Зара (Zara). Cognate with Persian زر (zar, “gold”), زرین (zarin, “golden”), Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), and Russian зо́лото (zóloto).

## What it means

Zarina is grouped under gold.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 3,914 |
| 2012 | 33 | 4,485 |
| 2013 | 42 | 3,701 |
| 2014 | 74 | 2,468 |
| 2015 | 95 | 2,079 |
| 2016 | 69 | 2,593 |
| 2017 | 57 | 2,924 |
| 2018 | 63 | 2,741 |
| 2019 | 58 | 2,890 |
| 2020 | 57 | 2,889 |
| 2021 | 59 | 2,890 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 66 | 2,673 |
| 2024 | 79 | 2,346 |
| 2025 | 79 | 2,325 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## In other languages

- French: Zarina
- Russian: Зарина́

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.