Zainab

Where Zainab comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Zainab.

Zainab through the years
  1. 599
    Zainab bint Muhammad born
    Eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
  2. 1957
    First appearance
    #6,086 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1959
    Zainab Hawa Bangura born
    Sierra Leonean politician
  4. 2025
    Peak, #807
    338 babies named Zainab, the most in any year.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes
  • Zainab bint Muhammad · Eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, 599–629
  • Zainab Hawa Bangura · Sierra Leonean politician, born 1959
  • Zainab Salbi · Iraqi American author, women's rights activist, 1969–2015
  • Zainab al-Ghazali · Egyptian activist, 1917–2005
  • Zainab Ahmed · Nigerian politician, born 1960

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.