Given name
Zakiyya
“one who is chaste; pure”·“an intelligent woman”
Zakiyya is a variant of Zakia. Interpretations include “one who is chaste; pure” and “an intelligent woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zakiyya is a variant of Zakia. Interpretations include “one who is chaste; pure” and “an intelligent woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
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 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zakiyya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 0 boys · 39 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1980.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zakiyya’s family of names
Zakiyya has a related form in Zakia. Zakiyya has a related form in Zakia. In Persian usage, Zakiyya is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ذکیه.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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