Given name
Zakiyyah
“one who is chaste; pure”·“an intelligent woman”
Zakiyyah 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
Zakiyyah 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
Zakiyyah is a variant of Zakia. An origin associated with Zakia is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zakiyyah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,163
- 0 boys · 1,163 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 71 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 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 71 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 978 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.
Zakiyyah’s family of names
Zakiyyah has a related form in Zakia.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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