Arabic Names (page 4) - Behind the Name

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ZAHI زاهي m Arabic
Means "beautiful, brilliant" in Arabic.

ZAHIA زاهية f Arabic
Feminine form of ZAHI.

ZAHID زاهد m Arabic, Urdu
Means "pious, devout" in Arabic.

ZAHIDA زاهدة f Arabic, Urdu
Feminine form of ZAHID.

ZAHIR ظهير, زاهر, ظاهر m Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali
Derived from Arabic ظهير (zahir) meaning "helper, supporter". This can also be an alternate transcription of Arabic زاهر (see ZAAHIR (1)) or ظاهر (see ZAAHIR (2)).

ZAHIRA ظهيرة, زاهرة f Arabic
Feminine form of ZAHIR, as well as an alternate transcription of Arabic زاهرة (see ZAAHIRA).

ZAHRA زهراء f Arabic, Persian
Means "brilliant, bright" in Arabic. This is an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad's daughter Fatimah.

ZAHRAH زهرة f Arabic
Derived from Arabic زهرة (zahrah) meaning "blooming flower".

ZAID زيد m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زيد (see ZAYD).

ZAIDA زيدة f Arabic
Feminine form of ZAYD.

ZAIN زين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زين (see ZAYN).

ZAINA زينة f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زينة (see ZAYNA).

ZAINAB زينب f Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic زينب (see ZAYNAB), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.

ZAINUDDIN زين الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زين الدين (see ZAYN AD-DIN).

ZAKARIA زَكَرِيّا m Georgian, Malay, Indonesian, Arabic
Georgian, Malay and Indonesian form of ZECHARIAH, as well as an alternate transcription of Arabic زَكَرِيّا (see ZAKARIYYA).

ZAKARIYA زَكَرِيّا m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زَكَرِيّا (see ZAKARIYYA).

ZAKARIYYA زَكَرِيّا m Arabic
Arabic form of ZECHARIAH.

ZAKI زكيّ m Arabic
Means "pure" in Arabic.

ZAKIAH زكيّة f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زكيّة (see ZAKIYYA).

ZAKIYA زكيّة f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زكيّة (see ZAKIYYA).

ZAKIYYA زكيّة f Arabic
Feminine form of ZAKI.

ZAMAN زمان m Arabic, Urdu
Means "time, age, era" in Arabic.

ZARAY f Arabic
Possibly a variant of ZAHRAH.

ZAWAR زوار m Arabic, Urdu
Means "pilgrim, visitor" in Arabic.

ZAYD زيد m Arabic
Derived from Arabic زاد (zada) meaning "to increase". This was the name of a slave who became the adopted son of the Prophet Muhammad.

ZAYN زين m Arabic
Means "beauty, grace" in Arabic.

ZAYNA زينة f Arabic
Feminine form of ZAYN.

ZAYNAB زينب f Arabic
Meaning uncertain. It is possibly related to Arabic زين (zayn) meaning "beauty"; it could be from the name of a fragrant flowering tree; or it could be an Arabic form of ZENOBIA, a name borne by a pre-Islamic queen of Palmyra. Zaynab was the name of a daughter, a granddaughter, and two wives of the Prophet Muhammad.

ZAYN AD-DIN زين الدين m Arabic
Means "beauty of religion", from Arabic زين (zayn) meaning "beauty" combined with دين (din) meaning "religion, faith".

ZIA ضياء m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ضياء (see ZIYA).

ZIAD زياد m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زياد (see ZIYAD).

ZIAUDDIN ضياء الدين m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic ضياء الدين (see ZIYA AL-DIN), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.

ZINEDINE زين الدين m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic زين الدين (see ZAYN AD-DIN) chiefly used in Northern Africa. A famous bearer is the French soccer player Zinedine Zidane (1972-), who was born to Algerian parents.

ZIYA ضياء m Arabic
Derived from Arabic ضياء (diya) meaning "splendour, light, glow". This was the name of a 14th-century Islamic Indian historian.

ZIYA AL-DIN ضياء الدين m Arabic
Means "splendour of religion" from Arabic ضياء (diya) meaning "splendour, light, glow" combined with دين (din) meaning "religion, faith".

ZIYAD زياد m Arabic
Means "growth" in Arabic.

ZIYA UR-RAHMAN ضياء الرحمٰن m Arabic
Means "splendour of the merciful" from Arabic ضياء (diya) meaning "splendour, light, glow" combined with رحمن (rahman) meaning "merciful".

ZUBAIDA زبيدة f Arabic
Means "elite, prime, cream" in Arabic.

ZULAYKHA زليخا f Arabic (Rare)
Arabic form of ZULEIKA.

ZULEKHA زليخا f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زليخا (see ZULAYKHA).

ZULFAQAR ذو الفقار m Arabic
Variant of ZULFIQAR.

ZULFIKAR ذو الفقار m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ذو الفقار (see ZULFIQAR).

ZULFIQAR ذو الفقار m Arabic
From Arabic ذو الفقار (Dhu al-Fiqar) meaning "cleaver of the spine". This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's sword, also used by his son-in-law Ali.