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Meaning of the nameZuleika

Zuleika is a spelling of the name Zuleica.

Meaning

The meaning of Zuleika is not known for certain. No reliable source documents it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022)
2,127
Rank in Brazil
#4,905
Median age
64 years
2010 Census
2,518
people

Zuleika in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Zuleika, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (471 people).

2,121 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Zuleika is most common

States with the highest share of people named Zuleika in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
  2. São Paulo 0.002%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
  4. Paraná 0.001%
  5. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo9490.002%
Rio de Janeiro3880.002%
Minas Gerais1710.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1480.001%
Paraná1210.001%
Santa Catarina670.001%
Espírito Santo470.001%
Goiás440.001%
Bahia360.000%
Pernambuco270.000%
Distrito Federal240.001%
Ceará170.000%
Mato Grosso170.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul170.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Zuleika

The spelling with K is the form that Wiktionary and Behind the Name treat as the main one, and the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists it as a spelling variant of Zuleica.

About the name Zuleica

Wiktionary gives Zuleika as a name coming from Arabic زُلَيْخَا (zulayḵā) and lists Zuleica as the equivalent form in Portuguese. According to Behind the Name, a medieval tradition, especially in Persian poetry, gave this name to the wife of Potiphar, a biblical figure; the same source considers the meaning uncertain. In the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil, José Pedro Machado tentatively suggests Arabic zulaiqâ, 'peach', and another author links the name to Zuleikha, 'plump, chubby'. It is an almost always female name of older generations, rare among people born from the 1990s on. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,676 people named Zuleica, with a median age of 60.

Other spellings of Zuleica

SpellingPeople (2022)
Zuleica5,676
Zuleika2,127

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Zuleika · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Zuleica · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
  3. Behind the Name: Zuleika · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Zuleika

What does the name Zuleika mean?

The meaning of Zuleika is not known for certain: no reliable source documents it. So we give no meaning; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Zuleika in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,127 people with the first name Zuleika, which ranks it number 4,905 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Zuleika a boy's or a girl's name?

Zuleika is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,121 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Zuleika?

Zuleika is a name of Arabic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Zuleika most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.002% of the state's population is named Zuleika (388 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Zuleika?

Zuleica. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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