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زَيْن
Zayn
ZAYN
“Beauty, grace, adornment.”
About Zayn
Zayn is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "beauty, grace, adornment" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root ز-ي-ن meaning 'to adorn, to make beautiful'. Zayn is beauty and grace itself. Zayn al-Abidin, 'the adornment of the worshippers', was the title of Ali ibn al-Husayn.
Enormously popular worldwide in the last two decades, including in the West.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Zain, Zane, Zayne, Zein
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Zayn is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Zayn before.
- Ali Zayn al-Abidin ibn al-Husayn (c. 659–713 CE), great-grandson of the Prophet ﷺ
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Zayn
- What does the name Zayn mean?
- Zayn (زَيْن) means "Beauty, grace, adornment". From the Arabic root ز-ي-ن meaning 'to adorn, to make beautiful'. Zayn is beauty and grace itself. Zayn al-Abidin, 'the adornment of the worshippers', was the title of Ali ibn al-Husayn.
- Is Zayn a name from the Qur'an?
- Zayn does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Zayn a boy or a girl name?
- Zayn is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Zayn come from?
- Zayn is an Arabic name, built on the root letters Z-Y-N. Enormously popular worldwide in the last two decades, including in the West.
- How is Zayn spelled?
- Zayn is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (زَيْن) is also written Zain, Zane, Zayne, and Zein. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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