Zinedine
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Zinedine is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beauty of the faith”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Zinedine mean?
Arabic
“beauty of the faith”
A male given name from Arabic, variant of Zayn ad-Din
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zinedine a girl's or a boy's name?
Zinedine is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zinedine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Zinedine, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 24 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Zinedine than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Zinedine in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Zinedine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Zinedine in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Zinedine in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zinedine in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
Names like Zinedine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zidane, Ayomide, Muhammad, Kobe, Oluwademilade, Boluwatife, Ademide, Zayan, Iremide, Oluwatamilore, Chidubem, Omari
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, 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, “Zinedine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zinedine, updated 20 October 2026.