Zain (name)

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Zain, Zayn, or as it is often anglicized Zane, is an Arabic personal name meaning "beauty, grace".

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
  • (born 1985), Entrepreneur; Partner at Swadeshi Tyres, Goa
  • 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

Middle name[]

  • Habeeb Zain Arif, Indian politician
  • Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (1931 – 2015), 11th President of India

Last name[]

  • Ahmed Al-Zain (born 1991), Saudi footballer
  • Anuar Zain (born 1970), Malaysian singer, and brother of Ziana Zain
  • C.C. Zain (1882–1951), astrologer and occult author
  • 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

Related names:

Zaina (feminine given name) meaning: beauty, grace.

Shahzain: (masculine given name) meaning: Magnificent Beauty and Glory of God.

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