Given name & surname
Zaina
“a beautiful woman”
Zaina is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a beautiful woman.”
Original Arabicزينة
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a beautiful woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zaina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,123
- 0 boys · 3,123 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 170 babies
- 2025
- 170
- #1,316 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 170 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,316 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Illinois and New York shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (20 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,292 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zaina’s family of names
Zaina has a related form in Zinaida. Zaina has a related form in Zeina. Zaina has a related form in Zayna.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Zaynavariant
- Zeinavariant
- Zaynahvariant
- Zainahvariant
- Zaenavariant
- Zeinahvariant
- Zinaidavariant
- Zaenahvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Zaina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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