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Zakiyyah

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Pronounced zah-KEE-yuh /zɑˈkiː.jə/Medium

Meaning: Zakiyyah is an Arabic girls' name from the root z-k-a, meaning 'pure, virtuous, innocent.' It is the feminine of Zaki and shares its root with zakat, the Islamic practice of purifying charity. The doubled -yy reflects the Arabic spelling.Medium

In 30 seconds: Zakiyyah is an Arabic name meaning 'pure, virtuous' (said 'zah-KEE-yuh'). It grew with American Muslim naming in the later twentieth century, cresting in the late nineteen-seventies.
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Origin MediumArabic
MeaningZakiyyah is an Arabic girls' name from the root z-k-a, meaning 'pure, virtuous, innocent.' It is the feminine of Zaki and shares its root with zakat, the Islamic practice of purifying charity. The doubled -yy reflects the Arabic spelling.
U.S. rank (2022)#17700 ↘ Falling
2022 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1978
Total births (all-time)≈ 1,163

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 197819752022

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Zakiyyah comes from the Arabic root for 'pure' and 'virtuous,' the feminine of Zaki. In the United States its use rose with African American and immigrant Muslim families through the nineteen-seventies, a period of renewed interest in Arabic names. It reached its small high around 1978 at close to a hundred girls a year.

Zakiyyah has remained an uncommon but steady choice, carried by families for its clear, positive meaning; a scattering of girls received it into the twenty-twenties. Spellings vary — Zakia, Zakiya, Zakiyyah — but all rest on the same 'pure, virtuous' root, and we present the name with the respect its religious use deserves.

Did you know? Zakiyyah shares its Arabic root with zakat, the duty of purifying charity in Islam — so the name carries a sense of moral purity woven into everyday religious life.
Overall data confidence 70%
References — Zakiyyah — Arabic 'pure, virtuous'; feminine of Zaki

Variations

ZakiaZakiyaZakiyah

Nicknames

ZakiKiki

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Zakiyyah mean?

Zakiyyah is from the Arabic for 'pure, virtuous, innocent'; it carries that meaning.

How do you pronounce Zakiyyah?

It's said zah-KEE-yuh /zɑˈkiː.jə/ — three syllables, stress on the second.

Is Zakiyyah a boy or girl name?

Zakiyyah is used as a girl's name, the feminine of Zaki.

How popular is Zakiyyah?

Zakiyyah has been an uncommon but steady choice, with a small high in the late nineteen-seventies as Arabic names gained wider use.

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