Zarina
[zəˈriː.nə]Meaning
from Persian zarīn, "golden"
Background Story
Behind the Name gives the meaning of Zarina as "golden", from Persian زرین (zarīn), and records the name in use in Bosnian. According to the 5th-century BC Greek historian Ctesias, Zarina was the name of a Scythian queen. A separate etymology derives the name from the Slavic word tsar, a title used by Slavic monarchs, with the suffix -itsa.
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