{"id":47,"date":"2026-11-10T15:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turkicnames.com\/blog\/zeynep-name-meaning-and-rank-turkey\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T14:29:14","slug":"zeynep-name-meaning-and-rank-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turkicnames.com\/blog\/zeynep-name-meaning-and-rank-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeynep: meaning and rank in Turkey, 2018\u20132025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zeynep was first on T\u00dc\u0130K&#8217;s national top-30 list for girls in each year from 2018 to 2022, and it stayed in the list through 2025. This guide sets out what our database records about its meaning, the languages where we list it, and its rank in each year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/turkicnames.com\/guides\/infographics\/profile-zeynep.svg\" alt=\"Rank of Zeynep in Turkey&#x27;s national top 30, 2018\u20132025\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"what-the-name-means\">What the name means<\/h2>\n<p>Our database holds several meaning entries for Zeynep. They are alternatives, not one agreed explanation, and every entry is recorded with the confidence level <em>plausible<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fragrant flowering tree.<\/strong> This is the first entry. Our note says the meaning is traditionally given and its origin is debated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Her father&#8217;s jewel.<\/strong> This entry is recorded as a possible or popular etymology. Our note says it is not treated as established.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A father&#8217;s precious jewel.<\/strong> A further entry, attributed to Bashkir, gives the same idea. Our note says not every part of it could be confirmed from its own Wiktionary entry.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A namesake note.<\/strong> One more entry records the name of Prophet Muhammad&#8217;s wife, and of his daughter and granddaughter. It says who the name belongs to rather than what it means.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some of these entries are still under editorial review. Our summary describes Zeynep as the Turkish form of the Arabic female name <a href=\"https:\/\/turkicnames.com\/names\/zaynab\/\">Zaynab<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"where-the-name-is-used\">Where the name is used<\/h2>\n<p>Our language table lists Zeynep for six languages: Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Kazakh, Turkish, Turkmen and Uyghur. The usage status is recorded as in use for Turkmen and as unknown for the others. For Kazakh, Turkish and Uyghur, the table also notes that Wiktionary lists it as a given name in that language&#8217;s section.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-often-it-was-given-in-turkey-2018-2025\">How often it was given in Turkey, 2018\u20132025<\/h2>\n<p>In T\u00dc\u0130K&#8217;s girls&#8217; top-30 lists, Zeynep ranked as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2018: rank 1, count 14,183<\/li>\n<li>2019: rank 1, count 13,146<\/li>\n<li>2020: rank 1, count 11,326<\/li>\n<li>2021: rank 1, count 10,035<\/li>\n<li>2022: rank 1, count 8,850<\/li>\n<li>2023: rank 2, count 7,602<\/li>\n<li>2024: rank 3, count 6,523<\/li>\n<li>2025: rank 4, count 6,228<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After five years at the top, its rank dropped by one place in each of the following three years, reaching fourth in 2025. It stayed in the top 30 throughout the period.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"where-the-data-comes-from\">Where the data comes from<\/h2>\n<p>Ranks and counts come from <a href=\"https:\/\/nip.tuik.gov.tr\/?value=YeniDoganIsimleri\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">T\u00dc\u0130K&#8217;s name statistics page<\/a>, which covers the most-given newborn names for 2018\u20132025. Our chart uses the same national top-30 lists, and a year without a point means the name was not in that year&#8217;s top 30. The counts are births in those top-30 lists, not all births in Turkey. Meanings and languages come from our own database, and confidence levels are shown as stored.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"sources\">Sources<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"tn-sources\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/data.tuik.gov.tr\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">T\u00dc\u0130K (Turkish Statistical Institute)<\/a> \u2013 newborn-name lists, 2018\u20132025<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our stored meanings for Zeynep, all marked plausible, the languages in our table, and T\u00dc\u0130K newborn ranks for each year from 2018 to 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tn_meta_description":"Zeynep's meaning as our database records it, with its plausible confidence level, languages, and T\u00dc\u0130K top-30 ranks from 2018 to 2025.","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.turkicnames.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.turkicnames.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.turkicnames.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.turkicnames.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.turkicnames.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cms.turkicnames.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.turkicnames.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.turkicnames.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.turkicnames.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.turkicnames.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}