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زُبَيْدَة
Zubaida
zu-BAY-dah
“The choicest, the cream.”
About Zubaida
Zubaida is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "the choicest, the cream" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
A diminutive from the Arabic root ز-ب-د: zubda is the cream, the choicest part of a thing. Borne by Zubaida bint Ja'far, wife of the caliph Harun al-Rashid, who built the pilgrim road to Mecca.
Common in Pakistan, India, and East Africa.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Zubaidah, Zubeida, Zobeida
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 Zubaida is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Zubaida before.
- Zubaida bint Ja'far (d. 831 CE), Abbasid queen, patron of the Darb Zubaida pilgrim road
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Zubaida
- What does the name Zubaida mean?
- Zubaida (زُبَيْدَة) means "The choicest, the cream". A diminutive from the Arabic root ز-ب-د: zubda is the cream, the choicest part of a thing. Borne by Zubaida bint Ja'far, wife of the caliph Harun al-Rashid, who built the pilgrim road to Mecca.
- Is Zubaida a name from the Qur'an?
- Zubaida 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 Zubaida a boy or a girl name?
- Zubaida is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Zubaida come from?
- Zubaida is an Arabic name, built on the root letters Z-B-D. Common in Pakistan, India, and East Africa.
- How is Zubaida spelled?
- Zubaida is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (زُبَيْدَة) is also written Zubaidah, Zubeida, and Zobeida. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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