Question Summary:
Female names starting with Z.

Question Detail:

Salams.. I have been searching for a unique girls name beginning with 'z'.. I have found a name on a Muslim names website.. please can you advise on the suitability of the name inshaAllah.. the name is Za'nyah or Zaniah.. Wsalam

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful.

As-salaamu `alaykum wa-ramatullahi wa-barakatuh.

Zainab which is spelt as زينب in Arabic is a suitable name for a female which means a fragrant plant and it is also a name of two wives of Rasulullah ﷺ.

Zaniah is not a suitable name for a female.

Alternate female names are;

Zakiyya زكية which means pure.

Zuleikha زليخا which means a beautiful lady.^[1]

And Allah Ta`ala Knows Best.

Hussein Muhammad.

Student Darul Iftaa

Arusha, Tanzania

Checked and Approved by:

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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فتاوى دار العلوم زكريا Vol 7, Pg 590.