Zenab
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZEH-nab
- Origin
- Arabic
Zenab is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “fragrant flowering tree”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zenab mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zaynab
“fragrant flowering tree”
Variant spelling of Zaynab, the name of the Prophet Muhammad's eldest daughter.
Is Zenab a girl's or a boy's name?
Zenab is a girls' name.
How popular is Zenab in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zenab in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Zenab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 23 | #1,016 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 19 | #1,158 |
| 1997 | 19 | #1,119 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Zenab in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Zenab in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zenab in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
Names like Zenab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab Safa Rabab Aaliyah Hiba Hafsa Ayah Sumayyah Safaa Faiza Rahma Farah
Names related to Zenab
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zenab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zenab, updated 20 October 2026.