Zoja

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Зо́я (Zója), equivalent to the Czech and English Zoe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzoja]

Proper noun

Zoja f

1. a female given name.

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian Зоя (Zoja). Cognate with English Zoe.

Proper noun

Zoja f

1. a female given name.
2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Зоя (Zoja).

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Zoja was the only given name of 3452 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

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Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Зо́я (Zója).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔja/

Proper noun

Zoja f (genitive singular Zoje, nominative plural Zoje, declension pattern of ulica)

1. a female given name.

Declension

Declension of Zoja

	singular	plural
nominative	Zoja	Zoje
genitive	Zoje	Zojí
dative	Zoji	Zojam
accusative	Zoju	Zoje
locative	Zoji	Zojach
instrumental	Zojou	Zojami

Further reading

• “Zoja”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Proper noun

Zoja ?

1. a female given name