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Zain

Zain: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“beauty, grace”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
ZAYN · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys (97% of all uses)

From Arabic zayn, meaning 'beauty' or 'grace'. It is also used in several transliterations, including Zayn and Zein.

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How popular is Zain?

2024163 per million US babies
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Babies named Zain in 2024544

2024 rank#555 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18809,712

Zain is rising: use over the last five years is 1.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Zain

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic
  • Malikking · Arabic

Zain questions

What does the name Zain mean?

Zain means "beauty, grace". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic zayn, meaning 'beauty' or 'grace'. It is also used in several transliterations, including Zayn and Zein.

Is Zain a boy or girl name?

Zain is mainly a boy's name in US records (97% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Zain?

544 US babies were named Zain in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Zain?

Zain is usually pronounced ZAYN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.