Given name
Zubaidah
“a laborer; a hardworking woman”
Zubaidah is a variant of Zubaida. One Arabic interpretation is “a laborer; a hardworking woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zubaidah is a variant of Zubaida. One Arabic interpretation is “a laborer; a hardworking woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zubaidah is a variant of Zubaida. An origin associated with Zubaida is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Arabic زُبَيْدة; its root is Arabic ز ب د.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zubaidah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 5 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zubaidah’s family of names
Zubaidah has a related form in Zubaida. Zubaidah has a related form in ZABEDAH. Zubaidah has a related form in ZABEDAH.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Zubaidah
- Zubaidah bint Ja'farMedieval Arabian princess766–831
- Zubaidah Begumdaughter of shah Abbas the Great of Persia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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