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    Zinia

    ZIN-ee-ah

    Greek/Botanical
    Girl
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Zinnia flower; Thoughts of absent friends
    Origin
    Greek/Botanical
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Zinia does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Zinnia flower; Thoughts of absent friends", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Zinia.
    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
    Zinia is never forgotten — covenant remembered, compassion unfailing, the flower who blooms knowing God will not forget for a thousand generations.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Psalm 105:8

      "He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations."

    • Isaiah 49:15

      "Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee."

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