Zaynab (name)

Zaynab (Template:Lang-ar) (also spelled as Zeynab, Zainab, Zainub and Zaeneb Zeynep) is an Arabic female given name. It means 'a fragrant flowering plant', 'Desert Flower' or 'an ornamented tree". It is believed to be a modification of Zenubia, a pre-Islam Syrian queen.

• Zaynab bint Ali, daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib (Companion and sister of Husayn)
• Zaynab bint Khuzayma, a wife of Muhammad
• Zaynab bint Jahsh, a wife of Muhammad
• Zainab bint Muhammad, daughter of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid and Muhammad
• Zaynab d. al-Harith, a Jewish woman who is reported as having poisoned Muhammad
• Zaynab an-Nafzawiyyat, a woman of influence in the Almoravid movement

See also

• Arabic Name
• List of peoples
• List of adjectival forms of place names
• Most popular given names