Zulekha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zoo-LAY-kah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Zulekha is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Zulekha mean?
Arabic: South Asian spelling of Zulaikha
Zulaikha is the name Islamic tradition gives Potiphar's wife, heroine of the Persian romance Yusuf and Zulaikha by Jami.
Is Zulekha a girl's or a boy's name?
Zulekha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zulekha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Zulekha, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zulekha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Zulekha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,722 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 18 | #1,182 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,694 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
Names like Zulekha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Habiba Faiza Safia Saba Zahara Salma Humaira Sabiha Zaha Fatma Nafisa Aysha
Names related to Zulekha
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, “Zulekha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zulekha, updated 20 October 2026.