# Zinedine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zinedine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “beauty of the faith” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zaynaddin, Zainaddin, Zainuddin |
| US babies named this | 156 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 156 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 261, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زين الدين, from زين + الدين, from دين + ال (al-). Transliteration of Arabic زين الدين. Literally, “beauty of the faith”. Variant of Zayn ad-Din.

## What it means

Zinedine is grouped under beauty and faith.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18 | 5,070 |
| 2007 | 12 | 7,088 |
| 2008 | 14 | 6,389 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,795 |
| 2012 | 10 | 8,151 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,722 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,708 |
| 2015 | 12 | 7,064 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,601 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,679 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,665 |
| 2019 | 12 | 7,171 |
| 2021 | 5 | 14,089 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,855 |
| 2024 | 6 | 12,339 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Zinedine

- Zinedine Zidane, French association football player and coach
- Zinédine Machach, Algerian, Moroccan and French footballer
- Zinedine Ferhat, Algerian footballer
- Zinedine Soualem, French actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.