Zulaikhah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zoo-LAY-kha
- Origin
- Arabic
Zulaikhah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zulaikhah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zulaikha
In Islamic and Persian tradition Zulaikha is Potiphar's wife, who loves Joseph, as in Jami's 15th-century poem Yusuf and Zulaikha.
Meaning borrowed from Zulaikha.
Is Zulaikhah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zulaikhah is a girls' name.
How popular is Zulaikhah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zulaikhah in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2002. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Zulaikhah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Zulaikhah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aakifah, Azeemah, Hibah, Farah, Umamah, Nabeelah, Samah, Musfirah, Rufaidah, Umaymah, Safia, Habiba
Names related to Zulaikhah
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, “Zulaikhah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zulaikhah, updated 20 October 2026.