Zenaida
zeh-NAY-dah
Greek
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Life of Zeus; Devoted to God
- Origin
- Greek
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Zenaida does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Life of Zeus; Devoted to God", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Zenaida.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
- Spiritual meaning
- Zenaida devotes all to God — heart, soul, might, a living sacrifice holy and acceptable, reasonable service that loves without reservation.
- Verses on this meaning
- Deuteronomy 6:5
"And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might."
- Romans 12:1
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service."
- Deuteronomy 6:5