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Zeynep

Zeynep: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“father's precious jewel”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
ZAY-nep · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Turkish form of Zaynab, from Arabic. Zeynep is the standard Turkish spelling of a long-established Islamic name.

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How popular is Zeynep?

202432.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Zeynep in 2024108

2024 rank#1,857 girls

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 18801,363

Zeynep is rising: use over the last five years is 3.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Zeynep

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Zaynabfragrant flower · Arabic
  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic

Zeynep questions

What does the name Zeynep mean?

Zeynep means "father's precious jewel". It comes from Arabic. Turkish form of Zaynab, from Arabic. Zeynep is the standard Turkish spelling of a long-established Islamic name.

Is Zeynep a boy or girl name?

Zeynep is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Zeynep?

108 US babies were named Zeynep in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Zeynep?

Zeynep is usually pronounced ZAY-nep.

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.