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Zulaiha

/zoo-LAY-hah/Fulani & Hausa · a girl’s name

A traditional Arabic/Persian literary name, especially associated with the wife of the Egyptian official in Islamic retellings of Joseph's story; no secure lexical meaning is established.

In Fulani

How to say it
zoo-LAY-hah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Nigeria, Senegal, Guinea, Mali
How common
uncommon

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

ZulaihaZuleikhaZulaikha

Nicknames & short forms

Zula

In Hausa

How to say it
zoo-LAY-hah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Nigeria, Niger
How common
common

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

ZulaihaZulaikhaZulaykha