Entry № 9446 · Arabic origin

Seynabou Seynabou — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ say-nah-BOO /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Zaynab variant"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Wolof)

A name that means "zaynab variant".

Seynabou is from the Wolof / Pulaar Seynabou — West African rendition of Arabic Zaynab (fragrant flowering tree). Seynabou is one of the Senegalese feminine names — central to traditional West African Muslim heritage + the Senegalese reverence for Zainab bint Ali (Battle of Karbala 680 CE granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad). Wolof feminine name reflecting Mouride-Tijaniyya Sufi heritage.

Zaynab variant (Wolof-Arabic).

The name in its native script.

Seynabou
Transliteration
Seynabou
Pronunciation
/ seɪ.nəˈbuː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Seynabou stands.

Seynabou does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Seynabous before her.

Real people
Seynabou Sonko
French-Senegalese novelist + 2023 Prix de Flore winner Djinns.
born 1993
In fiction
Seynabou
Wolof Zaynab variant.

Names connected to Seynabou.

The number behind Seynabou.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Seynabou reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.