Browse Names

Zaahir 1 زاهر m Arabic
Means "shining, brilliant, radiant" in Arabic, derived from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".

Zaahir 2 ظاهر m Arabic
Means "clear, evident, manifest, outward" in Arabic, a derivative of ظهر (ẓahara) meaning "to be visible, to be clear". In Islamic tradition الظاهر (al-Ẓāhir) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Zaahira زاهرة f Arabic
Feminine form of Zaahir 1.

Zafar ظفر m Arabic, Urdu
Means "victory" in Arabic.

Zaheer ظهير m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic ظهير or Urdu ظہیر (see Zahir).

Zaher ظاهر m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ظاهر (see Zaahir 2).

Zahi زاهي m Arabic
Means "beautiful, brilliant" in Arabic.

Zahia زاهية f Arabic
Feminine form of Zahi.

Zahid زاهد m Arabic, Urdu
Means "pious, devout" in Arabic.

Zahida زاهدة f Arabic, Urdu
Feminine form of Zahid.

Zahir ظهير m Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali
Means "helper, supporter" in Arabic, related to ظهر (ẓahara) meaning "to be visible, to be clear". This can also be an alternate transcription of Arabic زاهر (see Zaahir 1) or ظاهر (see Zaahir 2).

Zahira ظهيرة, زاهرة f Arabic
Feminine form of Zahir.

Zahra 1 زهراء f Arabic, Persian
From Arabic زهراء (zahrāʾ), the feminine form of أزهر (ʾazhar) meaning "shining, brilliant, bright". This is an epithet of the Prophet Muhammad's daughter Fatima.... [more]

Zahra 2 زهرة f Arabic, Urdu
Means "blooming flower, splendour" in Arabic, from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine, to bloom".... [more]

Zahrah زهرة f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زهرة (see Zahra 2).

Zaid زيد m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زيد (see Zayd).

Zaida زيدة f Arabic (Rare), Spanish
Feminine form of Zayd. This was the name of a Muslim princess who took refuge at the court of (and perhaps married) Alfonso VI of León and Castile in the 11th century.

Zain زين m Arabic, Urdu, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic زين (see Zayn), as well as the usual Urdu and Malay form.

Zaina زينة f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زينة (see Zayna).

Zainab زينب f Arabic, Urdu, Hausa, Malay, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic زينب (see Zaynab), as well as the usual form in several languages.

Zainuddin زين الدين m Malay, Indonesian, Arabic
Malay and Indonesian form of Zayn ad-Din, as well as an alternate transcription of the Arabic name.

Zakaria زكريّا m Georgian, Malay, Indonesian, Arabic
Georgian, Malay and Indonesian form of Zechariah and Zacharias, as well as an alternate transcription of Arabic زكريّا (see Zakariyya).

Zakariya زكريّا m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زكريّا (see Zakariyya).

Zakariyya زكريّا m Arabic
Arabic form of Zechariah and Zacharias.

Zaki زكيّ m Arabic
Means "pure" in Arabic.

Zakiah زكيّة f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زكيّة (see Zakiyya).

Zakiya زكيّة f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زكيّة (see Zakiyya).

Zakiyya زكيّة f Arabic
Feminine form of Zaki.

Zaman زمان m Arabic, Urdu
Means "time, age, era" in Arabic.

Zamir ضمير m Arabic, Urdu, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik
Means "mind, heart, conscience" in Arabic.

Zarifa ظريفة f Arabic
From Arabic ظريف (ẓarīf) meaning "elegant, graceful, charming".

Zawar زوار m Arabic, Urdu
Means "pilgrim, visitor" in Arabic.

Zayd زيد m Arabic
Means "growth" in Arabic, derived from زاد (zāda) meaning "to grow, to increase". This was the name of a slave who became the adopted son of the Prophet Muhammad.

Zayn زين m Arabic
Means "beauty, grace" in Arabic. This was the name of a son of Husayn ibn Ali. Shia Muslims consider him to be the fourth imam.... [more]

Zayna زينة f Arabic
Feminine form of Zayn.

Zaynab زينب f Arabic
Meaning uncertain. It is possibly related to Arabic زين (zayn) meaning "beauty"; it could be from the name of a fragrant flowering tree; or it could be an Arabic form of Zenobia, a name borne by a pre-Islamic queen of Palmyra. Zaynab was the name of a daughter, a granddaughter, and two wives of the Prophet Muhammad.

Zayn ad-Din زين الدين m Arabic
Means "beauty of religion", from Arabic زين (zayn) meaning "beauty" combined with دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Zeina زينة f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زينة (see Zayna).

Zia ضياء m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Arabic ضياء (see Ziya), as well as the usual Urdu and Bengali transcription.

Ziad زياد m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زياد (see Ziyad).

Ziauddin ضياء الدين m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic ضياء الدين (see Ziya ad-Din), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.

Zineb زينب f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic زينب (see Zaynab) chiefly used in North Africa.

Zinedine زين الدين m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic زين الدين (see Zayn ad-Din) chiefly used in North Africa. A famous bearer is the French soccer player Zinedine Zidane (1972-), who was born to Algerian parents.

Ziya ضياء m Arabic, Turkish
Means "splendour, light, glow" in Arabic. This was the name of a 14th-century Islamic Indian historian.

Ziya ad-Din ضياء الدين m Arabic
Means "splendour of religion" from Arabic ضياء (ḍiyāʾ) meaning "splendour, light, glow" combined with دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Ziya al-Din ضياء الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ضياء الدين (see Ziya ad-Din).

Ziyad زياد m Arabic
Means "growth, increase, excess" in Arabic, a derivative of زاد (zāda) meaning "to grow, to increase".

Ziya ur-Rahman ضياء الرحمٰن m Arabic
Means "splendour of the merciful" from Arabic ضياء (ḍiyāʾ) meaning "splendour, light, glow" combined with رحْمن (raḥman) meaning "merciful".

Zohra زهرة f Urdu, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Urdu زہرہ (see Zuhra 1) or Arabic زهرة (see Zuhra 2).

Zoubida زبيدة f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Form of Zubaida chiefly used in North Africa (using French-influenced orthography).

Zubaida زبيدة f Arabic, Urdu
Means "elite, prime, cream" in Arabic. This was the name of a 9th-century wife of Harun ar-Rashid, the Abbasid caliph featured in the stories of The 1001 Nights.

Zubair زبير m Arabic, Urdu
Derived from Arabic زبر (zubar) meaning "pieces of iron". Zubair ibn al-Awwam was a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad and an early Muslim military commander.

Zuhair زهير m Arabic
Means "small flower" in Arabic, from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine, to blossom".

Zuhra 2 زهرة f Arabic (Rare)
Means "brilliancy, light" in Arabic, derived from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine". This name is written identically to the related name Zahra, though it is pronounced differently.

Zulaykha زليخا f Arabic (Rare)
Arabic form of Zuleika.

Zulekha زليخا f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic زليخا (see Zulaykha).

Zulfaqar ذو الفقار m Arabic, Urdu
Variant of Zulfiqar.

Zulfikar ذو الفقار m Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic/Urdu ذو الفقار (see Zulfiqar), as well as the Indonesian form.

Zulfiqar ذو الفقار m Arabic, Urdu
From Arabic ذو الفقار (Dhū al-Faqār) interpreted as meaning "cleaver of the spine", derived from ذو (dhū) meaning "possessor, holder" and فقار (faqār) meaning "spine, vertebra". This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's sword, also used by his son-in-law Ali.