Zuleikha
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Zuleikha is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Zuleikha mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zuleika
A female given name from Arabic.
Meaning borrowed from Zuleika. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zuleikha a girl's or a boy's name?
Zuleikha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zuleikha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Zuleikha, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Zuleikha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Zuleikha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaha, Habiba, Safa, Zulaikha, Waziha, Zahara, Halima, Faiza, Sabiha, Fariha, Fatiha, Saba
Names related to Zuleikha
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, “Zuleikha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zuleikha, updated 20 October 2026.