Zaiba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-bah
- Origin
- Persian
Zaiba is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “beautiful, adorned”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zaiba mean?
Persian: Persian zeba/ziba 'beautiful', used in Urdu
“beautiful, adorned”
From the Persian word for beautiful, as in Zeba and Ziba.
Is Zaiba a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaiba is a girls' name.
How popular is Zaiba in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zaiba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Zaiba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Zaiba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Faiza, Salma, Saba, Zaha, Habiba, Zayra, Fatma, Zaisha, Aysha, Farah, Safia, Uma
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zaiba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaiba, updated 20 October 2026.