Zuleika (given name)
Zuleika is a given name for females. Spelling variations include Zuleikha, Zuleyka, Zuleica and Zuleykha. The name is of uncertain origin,[1] possibly from Persian, meaning "brilliant beauty",[2][3][4] or from Arabic, meaning "bright and fair".[6][7]
| Pronunciation | zoo LAY ka, zoo LYE ka, zoo LEE ka |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
People
- Zuleika Alambert (1922–2012), Brazilian writer, feminist and politician
- Zuleika Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (born 1939), Armenian painter
- Zuleikha Chaudhuri, Indian 21st-century theatre director
- Zulekha Daud (fl. 1964–present), Indian physician and entrepreneur
- Zuleika Fuentes (born 1993), Puerto Rican handball player
- Zuzu Angel, born Zuleika Angel Jones (1921–1976), Brazilian fashion designer and activist
- Zulaikha Patel (born c. 2002), a South African girl who became a symbol of the fight against school policies about black girls' hair
- Zuleyka Rivera (born 1987), Puerto Rican actress
- Zuleikha Robinson (born 1977), British actress
- Zuleykha Safarova (born 1999), Azerbaijani tennis player
- Zuleykha Seyidmammadova (1919–1999), one of the first Azerbaijan female pilots and the first Azerbaijani woman to fly in combat
- Zuleika Suárez (born 1994), Colombian beauty pageant contestant
- Zuleikha Yunus Haji (born 1956), former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania
- Zuleyka Silver (born 1991), Mexican-American actress and model
Biblical and fictional characters
- Zuleikha (tradition), Potiphar's wife in Jewish and Muslim tradition
- Zulaikha in Yusuf and Zulaikha, the epic Islamic love story of the prophet Joseph and Potiphar's wife
- Zuleika, heroine of the poem The Bride of Abydos (1813) by Byron
- Zuleika, heroine of the Book of Zuleika in the West–östlicher Divan (1819) by Goethe
- Title heroine of the 1911 novel Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm
- Title character of Zuleika (musical), a musical based on the novel Zuleika Dobson
- Title heroine of the 2005 Maldivian film Zuleykha
- Title heroine of the 2015 novel Zuleikha by Russian author Guzel Yakhina
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Zuleika
- All pages with titles containing Zuleika
- Zuleika (disambiguation)
References
- Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2012). A Dictionary of First Names (2nd, online ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
Of unknown etymology. In Islamic and Renaissance Jewish tradition, Zuleika is the name of Potiphar's wife (not actually named in the Bible itself)
- Cresswell, Julia (2008). Collins Babies' Names. Collins. p. 354. ISBN 978-0-00-727070-5. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
Zuleika f. From the Persian meaning 'brilliant beauty'. The name is known from Max Beerbohm's satirical novel Zuleika Dobson.
- Gauche, I. (2012). The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition): Discover the promise your name holds!. Christian Art Distributors Pty Limited. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-4153-1626-9. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
The Persian Zuleika means 'brilliant beauty'.
- Fergusson, Rosalind (2009). Perfect Babies' Names. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4090-6322-3. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
Zuleika [zoo LAY ka, zoo LYE ka, zoo LEE ka] ( F ) a name of uncertain origin, possibly meaning 'brilliant beauty'.
- Norman, Teresa (2003). World of Baby Names, A (Revised). New York: Penguin Publishing Group. p. 563. ISBN 978-1-4406-2556-5. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- Rifkin, June (2006). The Everything Baby Names Book, Completely Updated With 5,000 More Names!. Everything. Cincinnati: Adams Media. p. 550. ISBN 978-1-60550-343-1. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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