Zain (name)
Zain (زين ) and Zayn is an Arabic personal name meaning "beauty, grace".
There are other potential meanings for the masculine name Zain. Zayin, Zain and Zayn are all transcriptions for the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet (as well as other Semitic languages such as Aramaic and Phoenician). In fact, the Greeks took this letter from the Phoenicians for their own letter Zeta (Z). From this perspective Zayin or Zain means “seventh” in Hebrew. Lastly, Zain is merely an altered spelling of the name Zane borne famously by author Zane Grey (1872-1939) whose works idealized the American Old West.
Title
- Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin, (born 1982), more popularly known as Tunku 'Abidin Muhriz, is the second son of the reigning Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia, Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir
- Zain-ul-Abidin the eighth sultan of Kashmir that reigned: 1418–1419 and 1420–1470
- Zain ud-Din Ahmed Khan, also known as Mirza Muhammad Hashim, a Mughal aristocrat from Nawab of Bengal family and the father of Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal
Given name
- Zain Abbas (cricketer, born 1986), a Hong Kong cricketer
- Zain Abbas (cricketer, born 1991), a Pakistani cricketer
- Zain Amat (born 1975), Singaporean trapshooter
- Zain Asher (born 1983), British-born journalist and TV anchor
- Zain Bhikha (born 1974), South African musician, singer and songwriter
- Zain Al Fandi (born 1983), Syrian footballer
- Zain Imam (born 1987), television actor
- Zain Mahmood (died 1994), Malaysian author and screenwriter
- Zain "Zayn" Malik (born 1993), British singer and songwriter
- Zain Safar-ud-Din (born 1938), Malaysian cyclist
- Zain Saidin (born 1984), Malaysian actor and a model
- Zain Khan Sirhindi (died 1764), the Mughal Faujdar of Sirhind,
- Zain Verjee (born 1974), Kenyan-born journalist and TV anchor
- Zain Westbrooke (born 1996), English footballer
- Zain Wright (born 1979), Tasmania-born field hockey player
Middle name
- Habeeb Zain Arif, Indian politician
Surname
- Ahmed Al-Zain (born 1991), Saudi footballer
- Anuar Zain (born 1970), Malaysian singer, and brother of Ziana Zain
- C.C. Zain (1882–1951), astrologer and occult author
- Fred Zain (1951-2002), American forensic lab technician
- Harun Al Rasyid Zain (1927–2014), Indonesian teacher, economist and bureaucrat
- Maher Zain (born 1981), Swedish singer
- Osama Al-Zain, Palestinian filmmaker and writer
- Qari Zain (died 2009), Pakistani member of the Mehsud tribe, and a leader of a Taliban faction in South Waziristan
- Ziana Zain (born 1968), Malaysian singer, model, actress, and sister of Anuar Zain
See also
References
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