# Zemfira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zemfira/  
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 | “the gypsies (1827)” |
| Pronunciation | [zɪɱˈfiɹə], 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zemphira |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Земфи́ра (Zemfíra), name of the heroine in Pushkin's poem Цыга́ны (Cygány, “The Gypsies (1827)”). Possibly of Romani origin.

## In other languages

- Arabic: زمفيرا
- Armenian: Զեմֆիրա
- Czech: Zemfira
- Dutch: Zemfira
- Finnish: Zemfira
- French: Zemfira
- Georgian: ზემფირა
- German: Semfira
- Greek: Ζεμφίρα
- Hebrew: זמפירה
- Italian: Zemfira
- Japanese: ゼムフィラ
- Korean: 젬피라
- Polish: Zemfira
- Portuguese: Zemfira
- Romanian: Zemfira
- Russian: Земфи́ра
- Spanish: Zemfira
- Swedish: Zemfira
- Turkish: Zemfira

## People named Zemfira

- Zemfira Meftakhetdinova, Azerbaijani sports shooter

## 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.