Zoja

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzoja]

Proper noun

Zoja f (related adjective Zojin)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Zoja (mixed feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	Zoja	Zoji, Zoje
genitive	Zoji, Zoje	Zoj, Zojí
dative	Zoje, Zoji	Zojám, Zojím
accusative	Zoju	Zoji, Zoje
vocative	Zojo	Zoji, Zoje
locative	Zoje, Zoji	Zojách, Zojích
instrumental	Zojou	Zojami, Zojemi

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. From Russian Зо́я (Zója). Cognate with English Zoe.

Proper noun

Zoja f

1. a female given name
2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Зо́я (Zója).

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.

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

Slovene

Proper noun

Zoja ?

1. a female given name