Zaynab

Meaning and origin of Zaynab

Popularity of Zaynab in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Zaynab has been rising (+7% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Zaynab every 14 schools, all spellings combined.

Zaynab in English-speaking countries

Zaynab ranks 297^th in England and Wales, against 359^th in France.

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  297^th girls’ name439 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,749+1.1% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  408^th girls’ name88 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,756+4.1% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  612^th girls’ name12 babies in 3 years1 girl in 4,532

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,515^th girls’ name426 babies in 3 years1 girl in 11,343+4.1% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Northern Ireland, Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Zainab155
• Zaïnab45

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Zaynab

• Zahra
• Zayneb
• Safa
• Mayssa
• Saja
• Zayna
• Esma
• Imane
• Sidra
• Marwa
• Meryem
• Israa

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin