Zayba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZAY-bah
- Origin
- Persian
Zayba is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “beautiful, adorned”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zayba mean?
Persian: variant of Zaiba, from Persian zeba/ziba 'beautiful'
“beautiful, adorned”
Variant of Zaiba, from the Persian word for beautiful.
Is Zayba a girl's or a boy's name?
Zayba is a girls' name.
How popular is Zayba in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zayba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zayba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
Names like Zayba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Summer, Zainab, Faiza, Salma, Zaha, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Rahma, Safaa, Zoha, Habiba
Names related to Zayba
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, “Zayba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zayba, updated 20 October 2026.