Zain (name)

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Zain or Zayn is an Arabic personal name meaning "beautiful" or "handsome".[1] Zayyan is a variation of Zain.[2]

Title

  • Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin, (born 1982), more popularly known as Tunku 'Abidin Muhriz, is the second son of the reigning Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia, Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir
  • Zain-ul-Abidin
    the eighth sultan of Kashmir that reigned: 1418–1419 and 1420–1470
  • Zain ud-Din Ahmed Khan, also known as Mirza Muhammad Hashim, a Mughal aristocrat from Nawab of Bengal family and the father of Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal

Given name

  • Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
    (Imam, 659-713), the 4th Imam of Islam
  • Zain Abbas (cricketer, born 1986)
    , a Hong Kong cricketer
  • Zain Abbas (cricketer, born 1991)
    , a Pakistani cricketer
  • Zain Amat (born 1975), Singaporean trapshooter
  • Zain Asher (born 1983), British-born journalist and TV anchor
  • Zain Bhikha (born 1974), South African musician, singer and songwriter
  • Zain Al Fandi (born 1983), Syrian footballer
  • Zain Al Rafeea (born 2004), Syrian actor
  • Zain Imam (born 1987), television actor
  • Zain Mahmood (died 1994), Malaysian author and screenwriter
  • Zain "Zayn" Malik (born 1993), British singer and songwriter
  • Zain Naghmi
    , an American pro Super Smash Bros. Melee player
  • Zain Safar-ud-Din (born 1938), Malaysian cyclist
  • Zain Saidin (born 1984), Malaysian actor and a model
  • Zain Khan Sirhindi (died 1764), the Mughal Faujdar of Sirhind,
  • Zain Verjee (born 1974), Kenyan-born journalist and TV anchor
  • Zain Westbrooke (born 1996), English footballer
  • Zain Wright (born 1979), Tasmania-born field hockey player
  • Zayn-e-Attar, also known as Ali ibn Husayn Ansari Shirazi and as Haji Zayn Attar, a 14th-century Persian physician
  • Zayn Abu Zubaydah
    , a Saudi Arabian citizen held in U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay

Middle name

Last name

  • Ahmed Al-Zain (born 1991), Saudi footballer
  • Anuar Zain (born 1970), Malaysian singer, and brother of Ziana Zain
  • Fred Zain (1951–2002), American forensic lab technician
  • Harun Al Rasyid Zain (1927–2014), Indonesian teacher, economist and bureaucrat
  • Maher Zain (born 1981), Swedish singer
  • Osama Al-Zain, Palestinian filmmaker and writer
  • Qari Zain (died 2009), Pakistani member of the Mehsud tribe, and a leader of a Taliban faction in South Waziristan
  • Ziana Zain (born 1968), Malaysian singer, model, actress, and sister of Anuar Zain
  • Sami Zayn, the ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Rami Sebei

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9953902313
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  2. ^ "Arabic Personal Names". 1964.
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