Female Wolf Name Generator

She-wolf names for matriarchs, huntresses and pups

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Generate female wolf names for stories, RPG companions, wolf OCs and wolfdogs: she-wolf words like Loba and Wilczyca, old names such as Wulfrun and Ulfheid, matriarch bynames like Greymother and Den Queen, and wild picks like Fireweed, Snowsong and Sister Frost.

About female wolf names

Many languages have a word of their own for the female wolf, and most of them make fine names: Spanish and Portuguese loba, Latin and Italian lupa, Polish wilczyca, Russian volchitsa, Serbian vučica, Greek lykaina and Old Norse ylgr. Rome's founding legend turns on one, the lupa that nursed Romulus and Remus, and Turkic legend has Asena, a she-wolf ancestor.

The old Germanic languages had a rule that shapes this list. A name ending in -wulf or -ulf was a man's, so women carried the word at the front, joined to a feminine second part: Old English Wulfrun, Wulfhild, Wulfgifu and Wulfthryth, Old Norse Ulfheid and Ulfhild. Ylva, still used in Sweden, means she-wolf.

The rest is built for character. Wolf researchers describe a wild pack as a family led by a breeding pair, so the leading female is the mother of most of the pack: hence Greymother, Den Queen, Packmother and Old Mother Frost. Around them are queens and huntresses (Tsarina, Valkyrie, Atalanta), women of Norse myth and saga (Signy, Hyndla, Gudrun), coat and voice names (White Lady, Snowsong, Velvetpaw), wildflowers and rivers of wolf country (Fireweed, Toklat, Angara), snow words (Lumi, Drifa, Fubuki) and bynames such as Sister Frost and She Who Runs Ahead. Fenrir and the men's names in -ulf are left out.

How to choose female wolf names

  • Decide her place in the pack. A breeding female suits a mother or queen name (Greymother, Den Queen, Matron), a yearling who helps raise the pups suits Pupsitter, Little Sister or Auntie Frost, and a lone disperser suits The Runaway or She Who Walks Alone.
  • Use a real she-wolf word when the setting has a language. Loba fits Spain, Portugal or the American Southwest, Wilczyca and Volchitsa a Slavic forest, Lupa and Lupetta the Apennines, and Ylgr or Ulfheid a Norse saga.
  • For an Anglo-Saxon setting, put the wolf word first. Wulfrun, Wulfwynn and Wulfgyth are recorded Old English women's names, while a name ending in -wulf would read as a man's.
  • For a wolfdog or a husky, test the name as a recall shout. One or two clear syllables carry best: Loba, Lumi, Maeve, Juno, Thora, Zora.
  • Borrow from wolf country. Fireweed, Cloudberry and Twinflower grow where northern wolves live, and Toklat, Teklanika and Sheenjek are Alaskan rivers.

Frequently asked questions

What are cool names for a female wolf?

For a pack leader, try Greymother, Den Queen, Tsarina or The Gray Queen. For a mythic feel use Asena, Hyndla, Morrigan or Luperca, and for a historical one Wulfrun, Wulfhild or Ulfheid. Fireweed, Snowsong, White Lady and Sister Frost suit a she-wolf in a realistic wilderness story.

What is a female wolf called?

In English she is a she-wolf. Biologists simply say female, and the one that leads a pack is the breeding female or, in older writing, the alpha female. Other languages have a word of their own, such as loba in Spanish, lupa in Latin and Italian, wilczyca in Polish and Wölfin in German, and those four are in the list as names.

Which female names mean wolf?

Ylva is a Swedish name that means she-wolf, and Old English women's names such as Wulfrun, Wulfgifu and Wulfthryth start with the word wulf. Serbian has Vuka and Vukica from vuk, and Basque has the medieval name Otsanda from otso. Adolfina and Rudolfina are feminine forms of Adolf and Rudolf, which both end in the old Germanic word for wolf.

How is this different from the general wolf name generator?

The wolf name generator mixes males, females and unisex nature names, and the male wolf name generator holds the names in -ulf, the kings and the father bynames. This list is built for a female: she-wolf words, women's names, queens, mothers, sisters and daughters, and the goddesses and huntresses of myth, with wildflower, river, snow and coat names around them that carry no gender of their own.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 51 names

  • Abbess
  • Abnoba
  • Acca Larentia
  • Adelheid
  • Adolfina
  • Aethelflaed
  • Afterglow
  • Agouti
  • Alabaster
  • Alatna
  • Alba
  • Alcyone
  • Alfhild
  • Alpenglow
  • Alpha Queen
  • Amazon
  • Ambereye
  • Amma
  • Ancestress
  • Andraste
  • Andromeda
  • Anemone
  • Angara
  • Angelica
  • Angrboda
  • Antiope
  • Anya
  • Aoife
  • Arctic Poppy
  • Arduinna
  • Arethusa
  • Aria
  • Ariadne
  • Arianrhod
  • Arnbjorg
  • Arnica
  • Arnora
  • Asdis
  • Asena
  • Asena's Heir
  • Ashmaiden
  • Aslaug
  • Aspenglow
  • Atalanta
  • Atnarko
  • Aube
  • Aud
  • Aunt Sorrel
  • Auntie Frost
  • Auntie Longlegs
  • Avalanche Lily

B: 45 names

  • Babine
  • Babushka
  • Badb
  • Ballad
  • Banrion
  • Banshee
  • Baroness
  • Basswood
  • Battle Maiden
  • Bearberry
  • Begum
  • Bela Vučica
  • Belaya Volchitsa
  • Bellatrix
  • Belle of the Barrens
  • Bellona
  • Bergdis
  • Bergthora
  • Bestla
  • Bialowieza
  • Biebrza
  • Big Sister
  • Bilberry
  • Birchlight
  • Bise
  • Black Sister
  • Blackmask Belle
  • Bleiddast
  • Bleizez
  • Bloodroot
  • Blue Flag
  • Blue Moon
  • Bluebell
  • Bluehour
  • Bog Myrtle
  • Borghild
  • Brackenlight
  • Brenhines
  • Brigantia
  • Brina
  • Brindle
  • Britomartis
  • Bruma
  • Bunchberry
  • Buttermilk

C: 41 names

  • Cadence
  • Calamity
  • Calanda
  • Callisto
  • Calypso
  • Camas
  • Camilla
  • Campion
  • Capella
  • Caramel
  • Cassandra
  • Catkin
  • Cedarsmoke
  • Celaeno
  • Ceridwen
  • Chandalar
  • Chandni
  • Chena
  • Chequamegon
  • Chestnut
  • Chief Huntress
  • Chilko
  • Chitina
  • Chorus
  • Cinnamon
  • Cinnamon Girl
  • Circe
  • Clear Voice
  • Cloudberry
  • Cold Moon
  • Columbine
  • Contessa
  • Cottongrass
  • Countess
  • Creamthroat
  • Crescent
  • Crowberry
  • Crown Princess
  • Culebra
  • Cynthia
  • Cyrene

D: 47 names

  • Dagny
  • Dalarna
  • Dame Blanche
  • Dame Hiver
  • Dame Louve
  • Daphne
  • Dapplegray
  • Darya
  • Daughter of Ash
  • Daughter of the Moon
  • Daughter of the North
  • Daughter of the Storm
  • Daughter of Winter
  • Daughter of Ylgr
  • Dawnsong
  • Dawnwalker
  • Daybreak
  • Demeter
  • Den Guardian
  • Den Keeper
  • Den Mother
  • Den Queen
  • Denwarden
  • Denwatcher
  • Devana
  • Dhiba
  • Dictynna
  • Disir
  • Dove
  • Dovegray
  • Dowager
  • Drava
  • Dreamweaver
  • Drifa
  • Drina
  • Dronning
  • Drottning
  • Dryas
  • Duchess
  • Dull Bar
  • Durance
  • Duskcaller
  • Duskmaiden
  • Dusksong
  • Dvina
  • Dwarf Willow
  • Dziewanna

E: 23 names

  • Eadburh
  • Eadgyth
  • Echo
  • Echo of the Glen
  • Edelweiss
  • Eiderdown
  • Eir
  • Eirlys
  • Eirwen
  • Elder Sister
  • Eldest Daughter
  • Electra
  • Elkwatcher
  • Empress
  • Enyo
  • Ermine
  • Escarcha
  • Estrella
  • Etoile
  • Evensong
  • Evenstar
  • Eydis
  • Eyebright

F: 38 names

  • Far Caller
  • Farseeker
  • Featherpaw
  • Fern
  • Fernhollow
  • Feronia
  • Finnskogen
  • Firedancer
  • Fireweed
  • First Mother
  • First Voice
  • Firstborn
  • Firstfrost
  • Firstlight
  • Fleetfoot
  • Flidais
  • Flora
  • Flower Moon
  • Flower of the Tundra
  • Fonn
  • Foremother
  • Foster Mother
  • Foxglove
  • Freawaru
  • Freydis
  • Frost Bride
  • Frost Moon
  • Frostdaughter
  • Frostfern
  • Frostflower
  • Frostlily
  • Frostmaiden
  • Frostsong
  • Froststar
  • Fubuki
  • Fulla
  • Fury
  • Fylgja

G: 41 names

  • Gaia
  • Garnet
  • Gealach
  • Gefjon
  • Geirskogul
  • Gentian
  • Gerd
  • Gerhild
  • Ghost Girl
  • Ghost of the Birchwood
  • Ginger
  • Glacier Lily
  • Gloaming
  • Globeflower
  • Godgifu
  • Golden Girl
  • Goldeneye
  • Goll
  • Gondul
  • Grace of the North
  • Grand Duchess
  • Grandmother Pine
  • Grandmother Snow
  • Granny Graycoat
  • Gray Lady
  • Great-Aunt Birch
  • Greeneyes
  • Greta
  • Greymother
  • Greywidow
  • Grimhild
  • Gro
  • Groa
  • Gudrun
  • Gullveig
  • Gunn
  • Gunnhild
  • Gunnlod
  • Gunnvor
  • Gwyneira
  • Gyda

H: 46 names

  • Half Black
  • Half Moon
  • Halla
  • Halldis
  • Hallgerd
  • Harebell
  • Harvest Moon
  • Havoc
  • Heart of the Pack
  • Hearthkeeper
  • Heather
  • Hecate
  • Heid
  • Heiress
  • Helga
  • Hepatica
  • Her Grace
  • Her Majesty
  • Herdis
  • Herfjotur
  • Herja
  • Hervor
  • Hestia
  • High Priestess
  • High Voice
  • Hild
  • Hildeburh
  • Hildegund
  • Hina
  • Hippolyta
  • Hjordis
  • Hlin
  • Hlokk
  • Hoarlace
  • Honeyeye
  • Howlmother
  • Hrimgerd
  • Hrist
  • Huckleberry
  • Hunger Moon
  • Huntress
  • Husfreyja
  • Hvit Ulvinne
  • Hymn
  • Hyndla
  • Hyrrokkin

I: 17 names

  • Icebloom
  • Ilia
  • Ilta
  • Indigirka
  • Indigo
  • Infanta
  • Ingibjorg
  • Ingunn
  • Inkspot
  • Io
  • Irmgard
  • Isere
  • Iskut
  • Isolde
  • Ivory
  • Ivoryflank
  • Ivy

J: 9 names

  • Jarnsaxa
  • Jarnvidja
  • Jet
  • Jewel of the Lamar
  • Jinx
  • Jord
  • Jorunn
  • Julussa
  • Juno

K: 23 names

  • Kaamos
  • Kabetogama
  • Kaiserin
  • Kama
  • Kananaskis
  • Kantishna
  • Kara
  • Kasumi
  • Katun
  • Kawishiwi
  • Keening
  • Keeper of the Crossing
  • Keeper of the Den
  • Khangai
  • Khatun
  • Kinnikinnick
  • Kira
  • Kispiox
  • Koyuki
  • Kriemhild
  • Kusawa
  • Kuura
  • Kynna

L: 83 names

  • La Loba
  • La Louve
  • Labrador Tea
  • Lada
  • Ladakh
  • Ladoga
  • Lady Ash
  • Lady Graymuzzle
  • Lady Moon
  • Lady of the Frozen Lake
  • Lady of the High Meadow
  • Lady of the Larches
  • Lady of the Long Howl
  • Lady Pewter
  • Lady Sable
  • Lady Wolf
  • Lady's Slipper
  • Lament
  • Larchgold
  • Larentia
  • Larkspur
  • Last of Her Litter
  • Lastlight
  • Laufey
  • Lead Huntress
  • Leafdancer
  • Lena
  • Leofrun
  • Lessinia
  • Leto
  • Lightstep
  • Lingonberry
  • Linnea
  • Litter Queen
  • Little Dipper
  • Little Gray
  • Little Mama
  • Little Sister
  • Little Smoke
  • Liv
  • Lleuad

L, continued

  • Lloba
  • Lluna
  • Loba
  • Loba Blanca
  • Loba Gris
  • Loba Negra
  • Lobezna
  • Lobinha
  • Lobita
  • Long Night Moon
  • Longsong
  • Lopa
  • Lost Sister
  • Lostine
  • Louhi
  • Louve Blanche
  • Louve Grise
  • Louvette
  • Low Sides
  • Lua
  • Lullaby
  • Lumi
  • Luna
  • Lune
  • Lupa
  • Lupa Bianca
  • Lupa Capitolina
  • Lupa Grigia
  • Lupa Mater
  • Lupa's Daughter
  • Lupacchiotta
  • Luperca
  • Lupercalia
  • Lupetta
  • Lupoaica
  • Lusatia
  • Lycisca
  • Lycoris
  • Lykaina
  • Lykeia
  • Lyra
  • Lyssa

M: 95 names

  • Macha
  • Madame Frost
  • Madame Loup
  • Madison
  • Madre
  • Madrina
  • Maeve
  • Maharani
  • Mahina
  • Maia
  • Maid of the Mist
  • Maid of the Mountain
  • Maiella
  • Maligne
  • Mama Gray
  • Mama Loba
  • Mardoll
  • Marigold
  • Marlowe
  • Marquise
  • Marsh Marigold
  • Marzanna
  • Matron
  • Matushka
  • Mayhem
  • Meadowsweet
  • Medb
  • Medeina
  • Meltwater
  • Mene
  • Menglod
  • Merope
  • Metelitsa
  • Mica
  • Mielikki
  • Miette
  • Mila
  • Milena
  • Milk Mother
  • Minam
  • Mink
  • Minkback
  • Minx
  • Mischief
  • Miss Cinder
  • Miss Graycoat
  • Miss Whitesocks

M, continued

  • Missinaibi
  • Mist
  • Mistaya
  • Mistdancer
  • Mistmaiden
  • Mistress of the Hunt
  • Mistwalker
  • Mistweaver
  • Miyuki
  • Mizore
  • Mjoll
  • Modgud
  • Mokosh
  • Monkshood
  • Moon Bride
  • Moonbeam
  • Moonborn
  • Moondog
  • Moonface
  • Moonflower
  • Moonglow
  • Moonlit
  • Moonmaid
  • Moonshadow
  • Moonsinger
  • Moonstone
  • Moonwatcher
  • Morana
  • Morava
  • Mormolyce
  • Mormor
  • Morning Star
  • Morrigan
  • Moss Campion
  • Mother Ash
  • Mother Hemlock
  • Mother Juniper
  • Mother of Howls
  • Mother of Hunters
  • Mother of Nine
  • Mother of the Den
  • Mother of the Ridge
  • Mother Winter
  • Mother Wolf
  • Mountain Ash
  • Mountain Avens
  • Moxie
  • Muskwa

N: 35 names

  • Nabesna
  • Namakan
  • Namekagon
  • Nanna
  • Natt
  • Nebbia
  • Nechako
  • Neige
  • Neisse
  • Nemain
  • Nemesis
  • Neretva
  • Nettle
  • Neva
  • Nevada
  • New Moon
  • Niebla
  • Nieve
  • Night Queen
  • Night Watcher
  • Nightcaller
  • Nightmother
  • Nightsong
  • Nightwanderer
  • Nika
  • Nike
  • Nocturne
  • Nonna
  • Norn
  • Norrsken
  • North Star
  • Nott
  • Notte
  • Nursemaid
  • Nutmeg

O: 21 names

  • Oddny
  • Oddrun
  • Old Dam
  • Old Gran
  • Old Lady Winter
  • Old Mother Frost
  • Old Silverface
  • Olrun
  • Ombre
  • One Who Stayed
  • Onega
  • Onon
  • Ontonagon
  • Opal
  • Opeongo
  • Oracle
  • Orkhon
  • Ortrun
  • Osdalen
  • Otsanda
  • Otseme

P: 33 names

  • Pack Queen
  • Packmother
  • Pahsimeroi
  • Paintbrush
  • Palatina
  • Pale Sister
  • Palecheek
  • Pasqueflower
  • Pathseeker
  • Pearl
  • Pearlcoat
  • Pechora
  • Penthesilea
  • Pepper
  • Persephone
  • Petawawa
  • Phoebe
  • Pinesong
  • Pink Moon
  • Pleiad
  • Prairie Rose
  • Prairie Smoke
  • Pride of the Pack
  • Priestess
  • Primrose
  • Prioress
  • Prophetess
  • Pukaskwa
  • Pupcaller
  • Pupkeeper
  • Pupsitter
  • Pupwatcher
  • Pythia

Q: 8 names

  • Quaking Aspen
  • Queen
  • Queen Mother
  • Queen of the North Fork
  • Queen of the Ridge
  • Queen Regent
  • Quickfoot
  • Quietfoot

R: 34 names

  • Ragnfrid
  • Ragnhild
  • Raksha
  • Ran
  • Randgrid
  • Rani
  • Raven Sister
  • Ravenna
  • Realta
  • Regina
  • Reginleif
  • Reina
  • Reina Lupa
  • Reindeer Moss
  • Requiem
  • Revontuli
  • Rhea
  • Rhiannon
  • Ridge Matron
  • Ridgesinger
  • Rimefeather
  • Rind
  • Riot
  • Riven
  • Riverleaper
  • Rogue Queen
  • Rose of the Taiga
  • Rosehip
  • Roskva
  • Rota
  • Rudolfina
  • Rue
  • Rumina
  • Ruminalis

S: 129 names

  • Sabine
  • Sabra
  • Saffron
  • Saganaga
  • Salcha
  • Sanabria
  • Sanetti
  • Sangro
  • Satin
  • Sava
  • Saxifrage
  • Scathach
  • Sedge
  • Sedna
  • Seeress
  • Selenga
  • Senna
  • Señora Loba
  • Seren
  • Serenade
  • Serviceberry
  • Shadowdancer
  • She of the Long Night
  • She of the Old Den
  • She Who Came Back
  • She Who Remembers
  • She Who Runs Ahead
  • She Who Sings First
  • She Who Waits
  • She Who Walks Alone
  • She-Wolf
  • Sheenjek
  • Shieldmaiden
  • Shooting Star
  • Shorewalker
  • Sibilla
  • Sibyl
  • Sieglind
  • Sif
  • Signora Lupa
  • Signy
  • Sigrdrifa
  • Sigrun

S, continued

  • Sigyn
  • Sila
  • Silentpaw
  • Silk
  • Silver Birch
  • Silver Dowager
  • Silver Lady
  • Silver Sister
  • Silverbrow
  • Silverthroat
  • Silvia
  • Simien
  • Sinmara
  • Siren
  • Sister Frost
  • Sister Moon
  • Sister Night
  • Sister Rain
  • Sister Smoke
  • Sister Snow
  • Sister Willow
  • Sister Wolf
  • Siv
  • Skeggjold
  • Skjaldmey
  • Skogul
  • Skuld
  • Sloane
  • Smoke Lady
  • Snaedis
  • Snezhana
  • Snofrid
  • Snow Dowager
  • Snow Moon
  • Snow Queen
  • Snowberry
  • Snowdancer
  • Snowface
  • Snowflake
  • Snowlace
  • Snowmaiden
  • Snowmelt
  • Snowmother

S, continued

  • Snowrose
  • Snowsinger
  • Snowsong
  • Snowspinner
  • Snowstar
  • Snowveil
  • Snowwalker
  • Softfoot
  • Sol
  • Sombra
  • Somiedo
  • Sootnose
  • Soul of the Valley
  • Sovereign
  • Spakona
  • Speedwell
  • Spica
  • Spiti
  • Spree
  • Star of the Yukon
  • Starbreast
  • Starflower
  • Starsinger
  • Starwatcher
  • Steinunn
  • Stella
  • Sterope
  • Stjarna
  • Stormborn
  • Stormdaughter
  • Stormmother
  • Stormy
  • Strawberry Moon
  • Sultana
  • Sundog
  • Sunwapta
  • Surefoot
  • Svanhild
  • Svava
  • Swansdown
  • Sweetbriar
  • Sweetgale
  • Sweetvoice

T: 61 names

  • Tahquamenon
  • Taika
  • Takhini
  • Tansy
  • Tara
  • Tatshenshini
  • Tawny Sister
  • Taygete
  • Teklanika
  • Tellervo
  • Tempesta
  • Thawwater
  • The Black Widow of Elk Flats
  • The Bride of the Ridge
  • The Dam of Cold Creek
  • The First Howl of Evening
  • The Grand Dame
  • The Gray Queen
  • The Gray Wanderess
  • The Last Daughter
  • The Latecomer
  • The Maiden of the Larches
  • The Old Queen
  • The Pale Huntress
  • The Quiet Sister
  • The Runaway
  • The Seventh Daughter
  • The Snow Bride
  • The Stranger
  • The Tall Sister

T, continued

  • The White Ghost of Slough Creek
  • The Widow
  • Thea
  • Themis
  • Thistledown
  • Thora
  • Thordis
  • Thorgerd
  • Thorgunn
  • Thrud
  • Timber Queen
  • Tisza
  • Toklat
  • Tormenta
  • Torunn
  • Tove
  • Trailweaver
  • Trillium
  • Trouble
  • Trout Lily
  • Truefoot
  • Tsarevna
  • Tsarina
  • Tsaritsa
  • Tsuki
  • Tsukiko
  • Tuisku
  • Tunguska
  • Tuul
  • Tuulikki
  • Twinflower

U: 9 names

  • Ubaye
  • Ulfheid
  • Ulfhild
  • Ulphia
  • Ulvinne
  • Una
  • Unn
  • Urd
  • Usva

V: 37 names

  • Valerian
  • Valka
  • Valkyrie
  • Valley Singer
  • Varga
  • Varginna
  • Vargynja
  • Vasilisa
  • Velvet
  • Velvetpaw
  • Ventisca
  • Verdandi
  • Vermilion
  • Vervain
  • Vesna
  • Vesper
  • Vesper Song
  • Vesubie
  • Vigdis
  • Viima
  • Vilcene
  • Vilke
  • Vistula
  • Vlčice
  • Voice of the Ridge
  • Volchitsa
  • Volga
  • Volkulja
  • Vovchytsia
  • Vriki
  • Vučica
  • Vujana
  • Vuka
  • Vukana
  • Vukica
  • Vukmira
  • Vukosava

W: 55 names

  • Wabakimi
  • Warrior Queen
  • Watcher at the Ford
  • Waterton
  • Waxing Moon
  • Wealhtheow
  • White Lady
  • Whitebib
  • Whiteshoulder
  • Wilczyca
  • Wild Rose
  • Wild Sister
  • Wildling
  • Willa
  • Willowmist
  • Willowwalker
  • Windlistener
  • Winter Bride
  • Winter Queen
  • Winter Wolfess
  • Winter's Daughter
  • Winterberry
  • Winterborn
  • Wintergreen
  • Winterhowl
  • Wintermoon
  • Winterrose
  • Winterstar
  • Wolf Lichen
  • Wolfbride
  • Wolfdame
  • Wolfdaughter
  • Wolfess
  • Wolfhild
  • Wölfin
  • Wolfmaid
  • Wolfmother
  • Wolfqueen
  • Wolfsindis
  • Wolvin
  • Wren
  • Wulfburh
  • Wulfegundis
  • Wulfetrude
  • Wulfflaed
  • Wulfgifu
  • Wulfgyth
  • Wulfhild
  • Wulfrun
  • Wulfthryth
  • Wulfwaru
  • Wulfwynn
  • Wulpa
  • Wylf
  • Wylfen

Y: 10 names

  • Yaga
  • Yana
  • Yarrow
  • Ylgr
  • Ylgur
  • Ylva
  • Ylvi
  • Young Queen
  • Yrsa
  • Yuki

Z: 9 names

  • Zanskar
  • Zara
  • Zhiva
  • Zima
  • Zinnia
  • Zora
  • Zorana
  • Zorya
  • Zvezda