Arabic origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “life of Zeus”
From Latin Zēnobiā, from Ancient Greek Ζηνοβίᾱ (Zēnobíā), name of a third century Queen of Palmyra. Ostensibly from Ζήνων (Zḗnōn), an ancient derivative of Ζεύς (Zeús), but also suggested to be a rendering of the Arabic زَيْنَب (zaynab, “Zaynab”). First recorded as an English given name in Cornwall in 1586.
Sources for this account (7)
- Wiktionary: ZenobiaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Greek Wiktionary: ZenobiaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Spanish Wiktionary: ZenobiaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Italian Wiktionary: ZenobiaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Polish Wiktionary: ZenobiaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Turkish Wiktionary: ZenobiaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Wikipedia: Zenobia (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
