Zaynab (name)

Zainab (Arabic زينب ) is an Arabic female first name. It means " desert flower ", " ornament of the Father" or " ornamental tree ." The Turkish form of the name is Zeynep.

Other spellings are Zaynab, Zainab, Zainab, Zyneb, zineb, latin Zenobia. In Bosnia, the forms Zejneb and Zejneba and in West Africa ( Gambia) Sainabou and Zainabou exist.

Name winners

  • Zainab bint Ali, daughter of ʿ Alī ibn Abī Taalib
  • Zainab bint Chuzaima, a woman of the Muslim prophet Mohammed
  • Zainab bint Jahsh, a woman of the Muslim prophet Mohammed
  • Zainab bint Muhammad, daughter of Khadijah bint Chuwailid and her second husband, the Prophet Mohammed
  • Zainab Hawa Bangura ( born 1959 ), Sierra Leonean politician
  • Zaynab Alkali ( b. 1955 ), Nigerian writer
  • Zenobia ( 240 - after 272), ruler of Palmyra
  • Zineb Jammeh ( born 1977 ), Gambian First Lady, who was born in Morocco
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