Zaynab

Where Zaynab comes from

Arabic زَيْنَب (zaynab, literally “fragrant flower”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Zaynab
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1982
    First appearance
    #7,469 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2025
    Peak, #1,484
    144 babies named Zaynab — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Arabic.
Namesakes

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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.