Zakiya: meaning and origin

زكية

Meaning
Pure, righteous
Arabic
زكية
Say it
za-KEE-ya
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
In the Quran
Not in the Quran

Other spellings

Zakia, Zakiyya, Zekiye

Names from the same root (ز ك و)

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Questions about Zakiya

What does Zakiya mean?

Zakiya means: Pure, righteous.

Is Zakiya in the Quran?

No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.

Is Zakiya a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Zakiya is a girl’s name.

How do you write Zakiya in Arabic?

In Arabic script, Zakiya is written زكية.

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