Zuleyha
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 4 babies a year in England and Wales.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies
Zuleyha by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Zuleyha.
What we can tell you about Zuleyha
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zuleyha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zuleykabrilliant, blooming; a form of Zulaikha76 in the US (2017)
- Zuleymapeaceful; a form of Salma or Zuleima26 in the US (2017)
- Zulekhabrilliant, fair of face3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zulemaa form of zuleima, meaning peace or safe50 in the US (2017)
- Zuleikabrilliant, clever25 in the US (2017)
- Zuleikhafair, brilliant one5 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Zuleyha
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