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Zena

Zena, Oklahoma is named after Asenith Wood, the wife of the first postmaster

Zahara

According to author Washington Irving, a woman of forbidding and inaccessible virtue was called a ZahareƱa after the fortress of Zahara

Zulfiqar

Zulfiqar is a surname as well as a first name

Zander

Zander the Great is the title of a 1925 silent film starring Marion Davies

Yinka

Yinka is a Yoruba name given to both boys and girls in Nigeria, sometimes the second part of a longer name

Xanthus

Xanthos is the name one of the twelve sons of the Greek god Pan, and various other mythological folks and creatures

Wynne

Winnie is a more common as an American female given name than Wynne

Willa

Willa came back into the Top 1000 Girls Names in 2010 after a 47-year absence

Winifred

In 1880, Winifred was the 150th American choice for female babies; by 1962 (its last appearance in the Top 1000), it was No. 992

Winslow

11 American baby boys were named Winslow in 2013, the same number as Winthrop, Oaks and Khan

Ward

Ward was a consistent Top 500 popular American male name from 1880 until 1942. It totally dropped out of the Top 1000 after 1972.

Walker

Walker’s popularity as an American baby name waned in the 1950s but began to rise again in the 1990s

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