Zeynep

Zeynep

Gender	Feminine given name (common in Turkey), female given name
Language(s)	Turkish, origin = Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Turkish for "precious rock, precious gem", Arabic for "a fragrant flower" (زينب)
Region of origin	Middle East
Other names
Alternative spelling	Zaynab, Zainab, Zaynab, Zayneb

Zeynep is the Turkish form of the Arabic female given name Zaynab. Zeynep means "precious rock, precious gem" and may refer to:

People

• Zeynep Ahunbay (born 1946), Turkish scholar of antiquities
• Zeynep Sibel Algan (born 1955), Turkish diplomat
• Zeynep Çelik (born 1996), Turkish para judoka
• Zeynep Çelik-Butler, Turkish-American Professor of Electrical Engineering
• Zeynep Ergun, Turkish academic
• Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu, (born 1955), Turkish architect
• Zeynep Karahan Uslu (born 1969), Turkish politician and public relations specialist
• Zeynep Korkmaz (born 1922), Turkish scholar
• Zeynep Sevde Paksu (born 1983), Turkish writer and publisher
• Zeynep Tufekci, Turkish writer and academic

Arts and entertainment

• Farah Zeynep Abdullah (born 1989), Iraqi-Turkish actress
• Zeynep Değirmencioğlu (born 1954), Turkish actress
• Zeynep Tokuş (born 1977), Turkish actress and beauty pageant winner
• Zeynep Üçbaşaran, Turkish pianist

Sports

• Zeynep Acet (born 1995); Turkish Paralympian sprinter
• Zeynep Gamze Koçer (born 1998), Turkish footballer
• Zeynep Kerimoğlu (born 2003), Turkish footballer
• Zeynep Murat (born 1983), Turkish Taekwondo practitioner
• Zeynep Sever (born 1989) Turkish-Belgian volleyball player
• Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş (born 1998), Ukrainian-Turkish swimmer

Other uses

• MV Karadeniz Powership Zeynep Sultan, Liberia-flagged Turkish powership
• Zeynep Sultan Mosque, 1769-built mosque in Istanbul, Turkey for Ahmed III's daughter Zeynep Asıme Sultan
• Zeynep (storm), a 2022 cyclone over northwestern Europe