Meaning, origin and history of the name Zainab

Gender Feminine

Scripts زينب (Arabic) زینب (Urdu)

Pronounced Pron. /ˈzaj.nab/ (Arabic) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Alternate transcription of Arabic زينب (see Zaynab), as well as the usual form in several languages.

VariantsZaynab (Arabic) Zeineb, Zineb (Arabic (Maghrebi)) Zainabu (Hausa)

Other Languages & CulturesZeynəb, Zeynab (Azerbaijani) Zejneb (Bosnian) Zenaba (Central African) Zeinab, Zeynab (Persian) Saynab (Somali) Zainabu (Swahili) Zeynep (Turkish) Seynabou (Western African)

mature formal upper class wholesome strong refined strange serious