Žilinskas Explained

Žilinskas is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Its feminine forms are: Žilinskienė (married woman or widow) and Žilinskaitė (unmarried woman). It is a Lithuanized form of the Polish-language surname Żyliński. Another Lithuanization is Žilinskis. "Žilinskaitė" may be transliterated via Russian language as Zhilinskayte.

Notable people with this surname include:

• Egidijus Žilinskas (born 1986), Lithuanian judoka
• (1893–1948), Lithuanian actor, former director of Kaunas State Drama Theatre
• Annette Zilinskas (born 1962), American musician
• Jurga Žilinskienė MBE, (born 1976), British Lithuanian entrepreneur
• Nelė Žilinskienė (born 1969), Lithuanian high jumper
• Rokas Žilinskas (1972–2017), Lithuanian journalist and politician
• Victoria Zhilinskayte (born 1989), Russian handball player
• Vytautė Žilinskaitė (born 1930), Lithuanian writer
• Yana Zhilinskayte (born 1989), Russian handball player