Zubaidah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zoo-BAY-dah
- Origin
- Arabic
Zubaidah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “cream, the best part”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zubaidah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zubaida; Arabic Zubayda, a diminutive of zubda 'cream, the best part'
“cream, the best part”
Zubaida bint Ja'far, wife of the caliph Harun al-Rashid, funded the Darb Zubayda pilgrim road to Mecca.
Meaning borrowed from Zubaida.
Is Zubaidah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zubaidah is a girls' name.
How popular is Zubaidah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 5 girls.
Zubaidah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
Names like Zubaidah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab, Aaliyah, Aaminah, Umaymah, Farah, Umamah, Nusaybah, Safa, Ruqayyah, Summer, Sumayyah, Safiya
Names related to Zubaidah
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) 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, “Zubaidah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zubaidah, updated 20 October 2026.