Entry № 2034 · Arabic origin

Zubaida Zubaida — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ zoo-BAY-dah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Arabic

Meaning

"Cream of milk (Harun al-Rashid's wife)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Medieval (Arabic)

The meaning

A name that means "cream of milk (harun al-rashid's wife)".

Zubaida (زبيدة) is the Arabic word for "cream of milk" — meaning the finest essence. Queen Zubaida (763-831) was the powerful wife of Caliph Harun al-Rashid of Baghdad — built the Darb Zubaida pilgrimage road from Iraq to Mecca.

Mentioned throughout One Thousand and One Nights.

Cream of milk. Harun al-Rashid's powerful wife.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

زبيدة

Transliteration: Zubayda
Pronunciation: / zuːˈbeɪ.də /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Zubaida stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Zubaida · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Zubaidas before her.

Real people

Queen Zubaida

Wife of Caliph Harun al-Rashid.

763 – 831

In fiction

Zubaida

One Thousand and One Nights.

Arabic folktale

Names connected to Zubaida.

Numerology

The number behind Zubaida.

The Nurturer

Zubaida reduces to six — the number of Abbasid queen.

Parents on Zubaida

Why families chose this name.

"Abbasid queen. Seven letters. Zubaida."

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