Name «Zyma»

The name "Zyma" is a Common Slavic personal name that was given to children based on the season they were born in. The earliest known Ukrainian written reference to this name dates back to 1484 and originates from the village of Dibrivka in the Tiachiv district: Zimo f. Veronicae rei. Lazari. There is also a record from 1591 of a nobleman named Luc. Zima from the neighboring village of Sopunka (now in Romania), where the lexeme "zima" already appears as a surname alongside the personal name Lucas. Another example is from 1677, when the Kyiv merchant Vasiliy Zymenko is mentioned, where "Zymenko" serves as a patronymic surname.