Zenaida (Greek name meaning "Life of Zeus.") Zenaide (
Italian), Zénaïde (
French
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), or Zinaida (russian: Зинаида).
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It is a personal name
A personal name, or full name, in onomastic terminology also known as prosoponym (from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον / ''prósōpon'' - person, and ὄνομα / ''onoma'' - name), is the set of names by which an individual person is known ...
used in many cultures used for women. It can also refer (as genus ''Zenaida'') to the Zenaida doves
The zenaida doves make up a small genus (''Zenaida'') of American doves in the family Columbidae.
The genus was introduced in 1838 by French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The name commemorates his wife, Zénaïde Laetitia Julie Bonapart ...
, named after Princess Zénaïde Bonaparte.
As a personal name
Zenaida
*Zenaida (saint) Saints Zenaida (Zenaida of Tarsus) and Philonella (d. ''circa'' 100) were traditionally the first Christian physicians after Luke the Evangelist, and the first "Holy Unmercenaries, unmercenaries" (physicians who would not accept fees from their pati ...
, a traditional 1st century Christian saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...
.
*Zenaida Beveraggi, "Zeny" of pop music duet Zeny & Zory
Zeny y Zory (Zenaida Beveraggi & Zoraida Beveraggi), ''Las gemelas Beveraggi'', (The Beveraggi twins) (born May 12, 1957), are identical twins and have performed as a pop-music duet since the age of 15.
Early years
The twins were born in Santur ...
* Zenaida Manfugás
Zenaida Elvira González Manfugás (February 22, 1922 - May 2, 2012) was a Cuban-born American-naturalized pianist, considered to be one of the best Cuban pianists in history. , Cuban-born American pianist
*Zenaida Moya
Zenaida Victoria Moya is a former mayor of Belize City, Belize, first elected in elections held in March 2006. She is a former member of the United Democratic Party (UDP). Moya was Belize City's first female mayor.
Childhood and education
Moya ...
, mayor of Belize City, Belize
*Zenaida Yanowsky
Zenaida Yanowsky, Lady Keenlyside (born 23 December 1975), is a French-born Spanish ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London.
Early life
Yanowsky was born in Lyon, France, where her parents, Russian ballet dan ...
, Spanish ballet dancer
Zénaïde
*, wife and cousin of ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), was a French naturalist and ornithologist. Lucien and his wife had twelve children, including Cardinal Lucien Bonaparte.
Life and career
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*Zénaïde Rossi
Zénaïde Rossi (1 May 1923, Nice, France – 28 October 2005, Grasse, France) was a singer, actress, and entertainer, also known under the stage name Irene Reni.
Life and work
Born to Luigi Rossi (Bari, Italy) and Armida Niccolaï ( Florence, ...
, stage name Irene Reni, Italian-French actress and singer
Zinaida
* Zinaida Aksentyeva (1900–1969), Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer
*Zinaida Amosova
Zinaida Stepanovna Amosova (russian: Зинаида Степановна Амосова) (born 12 January 1950 in Krupskaya kolkhoz, Talaz District, Dzhambul Oblast, Kazakh SSR) is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed from 1976 to 1 ...
, Soviet cross-country skier
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
* Zinaida Gippius, Russian poet
* Zinaida Greceanîi, Moldovan politician
* Zinaida Korotova, Russian rower
* Zinaida Kupriyanovich, Belarusian singer
*Zinaida Portnova
Zinaida Martynovna Portnova (russian: Зинаида Мартыновна Портнова; 20 February 1926 – 15 January 1944) was a Soviet teenager, partisan and posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union.
Biography
Portnova was born in Lenin ...
, seventh-grade Soviet partisan and Hero of the Soviet Union
* Zinaida Semenova, Russian long-distance runner
* Zinaida Serebriakova, first notable female Russian painter
*Zinaida Turchyna
Zinaida Mykhaylivna Turchyna ( ua, Зінаїда Михайлiвна Турчина, née ''Stolitenko'' on 17 May 1946) is a retired Ukrainian handball player. Coached by her husband Igor Turchin she competed for the Soviet Union in all majo ...
, Soviet handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
player
*Zinaida Volkova
Zinaida Lvovna Volkova (née Bronstein; russian: Зинаи́да Льво́вна Во́лкова; 27 March 1901 – 5 January 1933) was a Russian Marxist. She was Leon Trotsky's first daughter by his first wife, Aleksandra Sokolovskaya, a mar ...
, daughter of Leon Trotsky
* Zinaida Voronina, Soviet gymnast
*Zinaida Yusupova
Princess Zinaida Nikolayevna Yusupova (russian: Зинаи́да Никола́евна Юсу́пова; 2 September 1861 – 24 November 1939) was an Imperial Russian noblewoman, the only heiress of Russia's largest private fortune of her t ...
, Russian noblewoman at the end of the Romanov dynasty
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