Zuleika (given name) explained

Zuleika
Gender:	Female

Zuleika is a given name for females. Spelling variations include Zuleikha, Zulaikha, Zuleyka, Zuleica, Züleyha 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".^{[5] [6] [7]}

People

• Zulaikha Abu Risha (born 1942), Jordanian poet and activist
• 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, 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
• Zuleica Wilson (born 1993), Angolan model

Biblical and fictional characters

• Zuleikha (tradition), Potiphar's wife in Jewish and Muslim tradition
• Zulaikha in Yusuf and Zulaikha, the Islamic version of the 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
• Zulejka, heroine of the narrative poem Sümeg vára (1858) by
• 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

• • • Zuleika (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Book: Hanks . Patrick . Patrick Hanks . Hardcastle . Kate . Hodges . Flavia . A Dictionary of First Names . 2012 . . 978-0-19-172667-5 . 2nd, online . 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).
2. Book: Cresswell . Julia . Collins Babies' Names . 2008 . Collins . 978-0-00-727070-5 . 354 . 2 June 2019 . Zuleika f. From the Persian meaning 'brilliant beauty'. The name is known from Max Beerbohm's satirical novel Zuleika Dobson..
3. Book: Gauche, I. . The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition): Discover the promise your name holds! . Christian Art Distributors Pty Limited . 2012 . 978-1-4153-1626-9 . 3 June 2019 . 304 . The Persian Zuleika means 'brilliant beauty'..
4. Book: Fergusson . Rosalind . Perfect Babies' Names . 2009 . Random House . 978-1-4090-6322-3 . 2 June 2019 . Zuleika [zoo LAY ka, zoo LYE ka, zoo LEE ka] (F) a name of uncertain origin, possibly meaning 'brilliant beauty'..
5. Book: Navarro, Yvonne . Yvonne Navarro . First Name Reverse Dictionary: Given Names Listed by Meaning . 2 . . 2015 . 978-1-4766-0996-6 . 3 June 2019 . 24.
6. Book: Norman, Teresa . World of Baby Names, A (Revised) . . New York . 2003 . 978-1-4406-2556-5 . 563 . 3 June 2019.
7. Book: Rifkin, June . The Everything Baby Names Book, Completely Updated With 5,000 More Names! . . Cincinnati . Everything . 2006 . 978-1-60550-343-1 . 3 June 2019 . 550.