The first name Zarina
A girl’s name meaning “gold”, “golden”.
Pronounced /zəˈɹinə/ 3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Zarina means “gold”, “golden”.
From Tatar Зара (Zara). Cognate with Persian زر (zar, “gold”), زرین (zarin, “golden”), Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), and Russian зо́лото (zóloto).
More names that mean gold.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 9 girls were named Zarina, making it the 2,788th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2016, with 15 births (#1,920).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Zarina with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Zarina at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 79 girls born in the United States were named Zarina, the 2,325th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2015, when 95 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Zarina in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Zarina in French too.
Questions
- What does the name Zarina mean?
- Zarina means “gold”, “golden”.
- How popular is the name Zarina?
- In 2025, 9 girls born in England and Wales were named Zarina, ranking 2,788th. Its peak was 2016, with 15 births.
- Is Zarina a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 1,612 US babies named Zarina since 1880 were girls.
- When was Zarina most popular?
- 2015 in the United States, when 95 babies were named Zarina, its highest rank at 2,079th.
- How do you pronounce Zarina?
- Zarina is /zəˈɹinə/, 3 syllables.