Zainab
Zainab ( Arabic زينب) is an Arabic female given name . It means "desert flower", "ornament of the father" or "ornamental tree". The Turkish form of the name is Zeynep .
Other spellings are Zaineb, Zaynab, Zeineb, Zeinab, Zeynab, Zyneb, Zineb, Latin Zenobia .
The forms Zejneb and Zejneba also exist in Bosnia and Sainabou and Zainabou in West Africa (Gambia).
Name bearers
- Zainab bint Ali , daughter of ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib and sister of al-Husain ibn ʿAlī
- Zainab bint Chuzaima , a wife of the Muslim prophet Mohammed
- Zainab bint Jahsch , a wife of the Muslim prophet Mohammed
- Zainab bint Muhammad , daughter of Hadīdscha bint Chuwailid and her second husband, the Prophet Mohammed
- Zainab Hawa Bangura (* 1959), Sierra Leonean politician
- Zaynab Alkali (* 1955), Nigerian writer
- Zenobia (around 240 - after 272), ruler of Palmyra
- Zineb Jammeh (* 1977), Gambian First Lady, born in Morocco
places
- Sayyidah Zaynab (السيدة زينب) also called Set Zaynab, is a suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of Curious Survey Published ; The Daily Observer dated December 19, 2006