"Zeynab" redirects here. For Muhammed's granddaughter, see
Zaynab bint Ali. For the village in Iran, see
Zeynab, Iran.
Zaynab, also spelled as Zainab, Zaenab, Zayneb, Zeinab, Zenab, Zineb, Zinab, Zynab, Zaineb, and Zeynep. (
Arabic: زينب, [ˈzeːnæb,ˈziːnæb,ˈzajnab]) is an
Arabic female
given name meaning "a fragrant tree".
In 2021, the Chicago Tribune found that Zeinab was the most popular name for girls among names unusually frequent in Michigan, "17.2 times more common than nationwide."[1]
Bosnian forms of the name are "
Zeineb", "Zejneb" and "Zejneba", the
Somali form of the name is Seynab, and the
Turkish form is
Zeynep.