Given name
Zubaida
“a laborer; a hardworking woman”
Zubaida is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “a laborer; a hardworking woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a laborer; a hardworking 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 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zubaida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 0 boys · 44 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,934 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,934 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 528 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.
Zubaida’s family of names
Zubaida has a related form in Zubeda. Zubaida has a related form in Zubaidah. Zubaida has a related form in Zubaeda.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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