Zuleika

zoo-LAY-ka

Arabic

"fair, brilliant beauty"

Zuleika Origin and Meaning

The name Zuleika is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "fair, brilliant beauty".

Zuleika is a high-wire act of a name that might appeal to the intrepid baby namer, Like most 'Z'-starting girls' names, it projects a cool, strong aura, as exemplified by the character in Max Beerbohm's satirical 1910 novel, Zuleika Dobson, a heroine so gorgeous that the entire student body of Oxford University committed collective suicide at the sight of her.

Though not used directly in the Bible, according to medieval legend, Zuleika was the beautiful and passionate wife of Potiphar, a dignitary in the court of the Egyptian Pharoah to whom Joseph was sold; Zuleika and Potiphar were the parents of Ephraim. She was celebrated in several notable poems.

Zuleika comes with a variety of spellings: model Iman named her daughter Zulekha, there was a Miss Universe named Zuleyka Rivera, Zuleikha is the British actress who played Ilana on Lost, while Charles Bronson stuck with the original Zuleika for his daughter, who became a successful model.

Zuleika Popularity

• 1808 Nameberry 2020

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Famous People Named Zuleika

• Zuleika Angel Jones birth name of Zuzu Angel, Brazilian fashion designer
• Zuleika Bronson American model; daughter of actor Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland
• Zuleika Alambert Brazilian politician and feminist
• Zuleika Kiara Suárez Miss Colombia International 2013
• Zuleika Fuentes Puerto Rican handballer
• Zuleyka Jerrís Rivera Puerto Rican model and actress; Miss Universe 2006
• Zuleikha Robinson British actress and singer
• Zuleikha Yunus Haji Tanzanian politician

Zuleika in Pop Culture

• Zuleika daughter of the Pasha Giaffir in Lord Byron's 1813 poem The Bride of Abydos
• Mrs Zuleika character in Rudyard Kipling's short story The Brushwood Boy (1898)
• "Zuleika Dobson " novel by Max Beerbohm and its main character
• Zulaikha Noor Mohammed character on Pakistani TV series "Mera Naam Yousuf Hai"
• Lied der Zuleika song by Robert Schumann