Given name · Arabic
زينب
“a fragrant flowering plant”
زينب (zaynab) is a feminine given name. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: Zaynab.
Meaning & origin
What it means
زينب is Zaynab written in Arabic script. Zaynab is a variant of Zainab. One Arabic interpretation is “a fragrant flowering plant.”
Explained through its name family
زينب’s family of names
In Arabic usage, زينب has a diminutive in زنوبة.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named زينب
- Zaynab bint Alidaughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad (626-682)
- Zaynab bint KhuzaymaMuhammad's fifth wife (c. 596–625)595–625
- Zaynab Fawwazwomen's rights activist and writer1844–1914
- Zeynab HabibBeninese singer of world musicborn 1975
- Zaynab bint al-Kamalhadith scholar and teacher from Damascus1248–1339
- Zaynab bint Maz'unWife of Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab501–601
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