Zeinab
Zaynab, and variant spellings, is an Arabic female given name meaning 'a flower in the desert'.
Meaning & Origin of Zeinab
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zaynab, and variant spellings, is an Arabic female given name meaning 'a flower in the desert'.
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The Story of Zeinab
Zeinab first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1982, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1999, when 55 Zeinabs were born — ranking #2,567 that year. As of 2026, Zeinab ranks #5,090 for baby girls with 26 births, gradually rising (+11%). In total, more than 1K Zeinabs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Zeinab
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Zainab Abbas (born 1988), Pakistani sports presenter
- Zaynab Abd al-Razzaq (born 1938), Moroccan lawyer and the first female judge in Morocco
- Zaynab al-Awadiya , medieval physician
- Zainab Ahmad (born 1980), American prosecutor
- Zainab Ahmed (born 1960), Nigerian politician
- Zeinab Badawi (born 1959), Sudanese-British television and radio journalist for the BBC
- Zaynab bint Al-Harith (died 629), Jewish woman who poisoned Muhammad
- Zaynab bint Ali (c. 626–682), daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the sister of Husayn ibn Ali, and granddaughter of Muhammad
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Names that sound like Zeinab
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About the name Zeinab
Zeinab is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Zeinab's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #2,567. Use the chart and map above to compare Zeinab's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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