Forename زينب

All around the world, زينب (زينب , Zeynep , Zainab , along with others...) is a prevalent predominantly girly, but very infrequently male forename. The given name زينب is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Turkey, where it is a widespread feminine name, Lebanon, and Bahrain, where it is a common female name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Turkey, Nigeria, and Egypt. Very seldom, زينب is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name زينب

name Zainab, name Zeyneb, name Зейнеб, name Zinab, name זינב, name Zeinab, name Зайнаб, name Zenab, name Zenb, name Zineb, name زینب, name Zeineb, name Zeynep, name זיינב, name Zeynab, name Zynb, name Zeynəb, name زينب, name Zaynab

VARIANT	COUNTRY
زينب	Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Palestinian Territory
Zeyneb, Zeynep	Morocco, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
Zenab, Zeinab, Zainab, Zaynab	Morocco, Egypt, Pakistan, Nigeria, Turkey
Zineb	Morocco, Iraq, Egypt, Nigeria, Turkey
Zeynab	Morocco, Egypt, India, Nigeria, Turkey

First names said to be same

Zeineb, Zenb, Zeynəb, Zinab, Zynb, Зайнаб, Зейнеб, זיינב, זינב, and زینب

First name زينب in the context

زينب is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Zainab Masood , the Fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Zineb , the operatic character in the opera Le mystère de l’écureuil bleu, Le mystère de l'écureuil bleu.

Notable namesakes

	زينب بنت خزيمة wife of Muhammad, SA (b. 595)
	زينب بنت محمد Eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, SA (b. 599)
	زينب بنت علي بن أبي طالب The daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad (626-682), SA (b. 626)
	زينب بنت عمر بن كندي Islamic traditionist, LB (b. 1213)
	زينب بنت الكمال hadith scholar and teacher from Damascus, SY (b. 1248)
	زينب فواز LB (b. 1844)
	زينب هانم أفندي EG (b. 1828)
	زينب الغزالى Egyptian activist (1923-2005), EG (b. 1917)
	زينب صدقى Egyptian actress (1895-1993), EG (b. 1895)
	زينب العبيد يوسف Sudanese aircraft engineer, SD (b. 1952)
	زينب بحراني Iraqi archaeologist, IQ (b. 1962)
	زينب سلبي Iraqi American author, women's rights activist, IQ (b. 1969)
	زينب السبكي Egyptian politician, EG (b. 1924)
	زينب المحب Palestinian physician, JO (b. 1928)
	زينب محمد صالح‎ Sudanese freelance journalist, SD