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 (1385-1470), the eighth sultan of Kashmir that reigned: 1418–1419 and 1420–1470
Zain ud-Din Ahmed Khan (1690-1748), 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

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 (1933-1994), Malaysian author and screenwriter
Zain "Zayn" Malik (born 1993), British singer-songwriter
Zain Naghmi (born 1996), an American pro Super Smash Bros. Melee player
Zain Safar-ud-Din (1938-2023), 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 (1329-1403), also known as Ali ibn Husayn Ansari Shirazi and as Haji Zayn Attar, a 14th-century Persian physician
Zayn Abu Zubaydah (born 1971), a Saudi Arabian citizen held in U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay

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 (born 1984), the ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Rami Sebei

References

↑ Baalbaki, Rohi (1995). AL-MAWRID Arabic-English Dictionary (7th ed.). Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin. p. 598. ISBN 9953902313.
↑ "Arabic Personal Names". 1964.
↑ Patrick, Hans (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 655. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.

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[1] Baalbaki, Rohi (1995). AL-MAWRID Arabic-English Dictionary (7th ed.). Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin. p. 598. ISBN 9953902313.

[2] "Arabic Personal Names". 1964.

[3] Patrick, Hans (8 May 2003). Dictionary of American Family Names (1st ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 655. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.

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Zain (name)

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