Zineb
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zee-NEB
- Origin
- Arabic
Zineb 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 Zineb mean?
Arabic: North African spelling of Zaynab
“fragrant flowering tree”
North African spelling of Zaynab, the name of the Prophet Muhammad's eldest daughter.
Is Zineb a girl's or a boy's name?
Zineb is a girls' name.
How popular is Zineb in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6 girls.
Zineb in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Zineb in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Zineb in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zineb in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Zineb
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab, Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Ayah, Aaliyah, Rahma, Safaa, Rabab, Zoha, Sumayyah, Huda
Names related to Zineb
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, “Zineb: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zineb, updated 20 October 2026.