My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Baby names

I spy with my little eye something beginning with...Z!

24 replies

MahnaMahna · 22/03/2013 20:22

DH and I like the name Zuzu for a girl (after Zuzu on It's A Wonderful life.)

However, we think that when she gets older it wouldn't be a practical name.

Are there any names beginning with a Z that can be shortened to Zuzu?

So far we have;
Zooey (but pronounced Zoo-ey no like Zoe)
Zuma
Zuri

OP posts:
Report
chartreuse · 22/03/2013 20:23

Zuleika

Report
Iseeall · 22/03/2013 20:29

Zara
Zahra
Zahara
Zena
Zandra

Report
MortifiedAdams · 22/03/2013 20:30

Love Zoey pronounced Zoo-ee

Suzanne

Report
TrishkanOEUFak · 22/03/2013 20:34

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

breatheslowly · 22/03/2013 20:35

I think that Zuzu is one of Zoe Zebra's little twin sisters in Peppa Pig. I think a Zooey would struggle with being called Zoe all the time. X is also pronounced like Z so something like Xanthe could work.

Report
MustafaCake · 22/03/2013 20:38

Zita
Zinnia
Zina
Zola
Zora

Report
MustafaCake · 22/03/2013 20:39

I'm afraid Zuzu just reminds me of those annoying hamster things..

Is it a ZhuZhu hamster or something like that?

Report
FriggFRIGG · 22/03/2013 20:40

Zara
Zuzanna
Zakirah
Zinnia
Zipporah
Xanthe

Report
smogwod · 22/03/2013 21:21

sorry just makes me think of those awful zhuzhu powers too

Report
SuedeEffectPochette · 22/03/2013 22:27

I think Zoe is best and shortening to ZuZu is very cute!

Report
SuedeEffectPochette · 22/03/2013 22:35

Zuzu's name came from Zu Zu Ginger Snaps which were round drop cookies produced beginning in 1901 by National Biscuit Company (NBC) - later changed to Nabisco - until the early 1980s. In the movie George Bailey refers to his daughter as "my little gingersnap."

so that's why she was called Zuzu, presumably had red hair!

Report
MahnaMahna · 23/03/2013 07:12

We read about the ginger snaps :)

OP posts:
Report
wedontplaywithelectrics · 23/03/2013 09:13

Zuzu is a lovely nickname for a Susannah

Report
breatheslowly · 23/03/2013 09:51

Yes - love it as a nn for Susannah.

Report
Nagoo · 23/03/2013 09:54

I really don't like zooey. It's my aversion to made up names.

I'm gettin very conservative in my old age (33) Wink

Report
Nagoo · 23/03/2013 09:55

Hmm my g fell off Blush

Report
soontobeslendergirl · 23/03/2013 17:56

Karenza
Aliza
Elizabeth
Beatriz
Azure/Azura
Charlize
Inez
Suzette
Vincenza
Zabrina
Zophia
Zahara
Zanna
Tazia
Azure
Rapunzel

Report
MahnaMahna · 23/03/2013 20:22

soontobe We have a Beatriz already :)

OP posts:
Report
laughinglil · 23/03/2013 20:34

My dd has a little girl in her class called Zahara. Beautiful little girl really suits her x

Report
twinklestar2 · 23/03/2013 21:28

Ooh call her Azure, that's lovely

Report
Taranta · 23/03/2013 21:34

Szusza -
Hungarian version of Susan I think, pronounced shju-sha

Report
glorious · 24/03/2013 09:32

I know a Zizanne but have never heard of it elsewhere if that bothers you

Report

Don’t want to miss threads like this?

Weekly

Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!

Log in to update your newsletter preferences.

You've subscribed!

nicelyneurotic · 24/03/2013 18:22

Zenobia

Report
CheeseStrawWars · 24/03/2013 18:33

Zulema, Zuelia, or Zuleika/Zuleikha?

Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.