Zaynab (name)

"Zeynab" redirects here. For a famous lady personality in Islam, see Zaynab bint Ali. For the village in Iran, see Zeynab, Iran.

Zaynab (also spelled Zainab, Zayneb, Zeinab, and in other ways; Arabic: زينب, [ˈzeːnæb, ˈziːnæb, ˈzajnab]) is a female given name meaning "a father's precious jewel", or "the adornment/beauty of the father". It is derived from the Arabic root words "zeenah" Arabic: زينة (meaning adornment, beauty) and "ab" Arabic: الآب (meaning father). It can also mean "fragrant flower". It is also closely connected to the Hebrew name 'Zenyeb' (Zeyn-abi/Zeyn-aba) which means 'Pride of [her] father'.

Zaynab is the name of the daughter and the granddaughter of the Islamic prophet Mohammad and two wives of Prophet also named Zaynab bint Jahsh and Zaynab bint Khuzayma It is believed to be a modification of the name of a pre-Islam Syrian queen that is rendered in Greek as Zenobia.

Bosnian forms of the name are "Zeineb", "Zejneb" and "Zejneba".
Turkish form of the name is Zeynep.

People

• Zainab Ahmad, American prosecutor
• Zainab Ahmed, Nigerian politician
• Zainab bint Muhammad, daughter of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid and Muhammad
• Zaynab bint Ali, daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the sister of Husayn ibn Ali, and granddaughter of Muhammad
• Zaynab bint Khuzayma, a wife of Muhammad
• Zaynab bint Jahsh, a wife of Muhammad
• Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyat, an influential figure in the Almoravid movement
• Zeinab Badawi, Sudanese-British television and radio journalist for the BBC
• Zainab Masood, a character in the British TV soap opera EastEnders
• Zainab Biisheva, Bashkir poet and writer
• Zeynab bint Al-Harith, Jewish woman that poisoned Prophet Muhammad