Zulaikha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zoo-LAY-kha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
Zulaikha is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies).
What does Zulaikha mean?
Arabic
In Islamic and Persian tradition Zulaikha is Potiphar's wife, who loves Joseph, as in Jami's 15th-century poem Yusuf and Zulaikha.
Is Zulaikha a girl's or a boy's name?
Zulaikha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zulaikha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,868th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Zulaikha, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 16 girls.
2025 had more girls named Zulaikha than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Zulaikha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Zulaikha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 14 | #2,099 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,755 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Zulaikha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zahara, Sumayyah, Hiba, Zaha, Rahma, Halima, Abeeha, Zainab, Hafsa, Habiba, Safiya
Names related to Zulaikha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Zulaikha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zulaikha, updated 20 October 2026.