Zenobia (given name)

Zenobia is a feminine given name of Greek origin meaning “life of Zeus”. It is the feminine form of Zenobios. The most famous bearer was Zenobia, queen of Palmyra.

Russian language form: Zinovia.

Women

• Zenobia (c. 240–272) was Queen of the Palmyrene Empire.
• Zenobia of Armenia (1st century CE), Queen of Armenia
• Zenobios and Zenobia (d. c. 290), martyrs
• Zenobia Camprubí (1887–1956), Spanish-born writer and poet
• Zenobia Frost, Australian poet
• Zenobia Galar (born 1958), Dominican painter
• Zenobia Gilpin (c. 1898–1948), American physician and clubwoman
• Zenobia Jacobs, South African-born Australian archaeologist and earth scientist specialising in geochronology
• Zenobia Kloppers (born 1974), Namibian actress and writer
• Zenobia Revertera (1712–1779), Italian noble and courtier
• Zenobia Shroff (born 1965), Indian-born American actress

Middle name

• L. Zenobia Coleman (1898–1999), American librarian
• Nannie Zenobia Carver Huddle (1860–1951), American painter

See also

• Zenobia Å»aczek (born 1974, formerly Jakub Å»aczek, née Gawlikowski), Polish activist for the rights of tenants

Fictional characters

• Zenobia (Conan), in the Conan the Barbarian mythos
• Zenobia, a character in Ethan Frome
• Zenobia, a character in Blithedale Romance
• Zenobia, a character in Blood and Gold
• Zenobia, a villain in Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
• Zenobia, a character in Italian Disney comics
• Zenobia, a Rare Blade in Xenoblade Chronicles 2
• Zenobia Dawson, a character in The Wire season 4
• Zenobia "Nobby" Hopwood, a character in several Jeeves novels and short stories by P. G. Wodehouse

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