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زَيْنَب
Zeinab
ZAY-nab
“Fragrant flowering plant.”
About Zeinab
Zeinab is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "fragrant flowering plant" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Variant of Zainab. Same root.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Girl
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 Zeinab is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Zeinab
- What does the name Zeinab mean?
- Zeinab (زَيْنَب) means "Fragrant flowering plant". Variant of Zainab. Same root.
- Is Zeinab a name from the Qur'an?
- Zeinab 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 Zeinab a boy or a girl name?
- Zeinab is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Zeinab come from?
- Zeinab is an Arabic name, built on the root letters Z-Y-N-B.
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