Zuleika
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Persian; brilliant beauty
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/θuleika/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Zuleika is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- PAPanama≈1 in 2.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- DODominican Republic≈1 in 9.3K
- VEVenezuela1 in 24K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 161 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.2K (inferred from the name graph)
2,127 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Panama, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Persian; brilliant beauty
Sources 1
- Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Zuleika counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 2,127 | 1 in 100K | 2.5K | Zuleika | 78 |
| US United States | — | 1,798 | 1 in 185K | 1.8K | Zuleika | 161 |
| PA Panama | #143 | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | 7 | Zuleika | 28 |
| VE Venezuela | — | 1,184 | 1 in 24K | 1.2K | Zuleika | 19 |
| DO Dominican Republic | #494 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | — | Zuleika | 20 |
| PR Puerto Rico | — | ≈280 est. | ≈1 in 11K | 5 | Zuleika | 25 |
| CV Cape Verde | — | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 22K | 1 | — | 8 |
2,127 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election; SSA Baby Names — Puerto Rico (state file PR.txt); CNE — Listas concorrentes (Eleicoes Legislativas 2026). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Zuleika is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Luminosa e bella
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Zuzu Angelb. 1921BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian-American fashion designer (1921-1976)
- Zuleika Alambertb. 1922BRBrazilian writer, feminist, and politician
- Zuleika Picarelli Ribeiro do Valleb. 1926BRBrazilian biochemist and pharmacologist
- Zuleika Robsonb. 1953GBBritish actress
- Zuleikha Yunus Hajib. 1956TZnot in their usual nameTanzanian politician
- Zuleika Rodgersb. 1968IEIrish historian
- Zuleika Ferre Menzab. 1972UYUruguayan writer
- Zuleikha Robinsonb. 1977GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress
- Zuleika Suárezb. 1994COColombian model
- Zuleika MuratITresearcher and Associate Professor of History of Medieval Art at the University of Padova, Department
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 43 sources across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 2.5K | #2,356 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 2.5K | #5,170 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 2.1K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 2.1K | #4,905 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1990 | 2.1K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1980 | 1.9K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.8K | #8,133 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1970 | 1.6K | — |
| VE Venezuela | asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996) | — | 1.2K | #1,359 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1960 | 1.2K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 1950 | 708 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 1950 | 471 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Zuleika mean, and where does it come from?
- Persian; brilliant beauty Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….
- What are other forms of the name Zuleika?
- In the etymology graph, Zeliha, Zulekha and Zoulikha are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Zuleika?
- A machine transcription gives /θuleika/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Zuleika a male or female name?
- Zuleika is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Zuleika have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Zuleika, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zuleika.
- How common is the name Zuleika?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 2,127 people named Zuleika in 2022, about 1 in 100 thousand residents.
- How common is Zuleika compared with other names?
- In Panama, Zuleika is the 143rd most common given name of 24,657 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Zuleika?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/zuleikaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zuleika” — the 143rd most common given name in Panama. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.