Zarina

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Зарина in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 6 more, Jarina in IN India, BD Bangladesh, Заріна in UA Ukraine and Jorina in NL Netherlands.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Zarina is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Turkish given name3.4K records spelled Zarina6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Turkmen

  Also written Зарина, Zariņa

• French given name1.5K records spelled Zarina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Zariņa

• a separate given name1.4K records spelled Zarina3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Russia, Malaysia

  Also written Zariņa, Zarīnā

• Croatian given name295 records spelled Zarina8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, India, Malaysia

  Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Macedonian

  Also written Žarina, Zariņa

• Finnish given name295 records spelled Zarina4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, India, Russia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Zariņa, Žarina

• Romanian given name230 records spelled Zarina2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Moldova, Turkmenistan, Philippines, United States

  Also written Zariņa

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Zarina is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, s,:, (zareena): golden

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, golden thread

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• Emperatriz

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• Dorada

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• golden

  as a name·Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 88 years between 1897–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Zarinab. 1937INIndian artist (1937–2020)
• Zarina Estrada Fernándezb. 1947MXMexican linguist
• Zarina Wahabb. 1959INIndian actress
• Zarina Bhimjib. 1963UGUgandan artist (born 1963)
• Zarina Jamalb. 1970PKbadminton player
• Zarina Baibatinab. 1984KZKazakhstani Paralympic judoka
• Zarina Qurbanovab. 1990AZAzerbaijani actress
• Zarina Raifovab. 1991KZKazakhstani judoka
• Zarina Karabaevab. 1999KZbadminton player
• Zarina ShukurGBPh.D. University of Nottingham 1999

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 488 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Zarina?

We estimate roughly 29 thousand people bear Zarina (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Zarina have the most bearers?

Zarina is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled jarina.

How common is Zarina compared with other names?

In India, Zarina is the 662nd most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Zarina a male or female name?

Zarina is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Zarina mean?

Recorded meaning: Muslim name, from Persian: ‘golden’.