Zakiya

Zakia, Zakiya, Zakiyah, Zakiyya or Zakieh may represent two different female given names of Muslim origin, namely Arabic: زكية ‎‎, meaning "pure", corresponding the male name Zaki, and Arabic: ذكيه ‎‎, meaning "intelligent".^[1]^[2]

List of people with the given name Zakiya or Zakia

Zakiya Bywaters, professional soccer player
Zakia Kohzad (born ca. 1950), Tajik-American television journalist
Zakiya (singer), American singer
Zakia Mrisho Mohamed (born 1984), Tanzanian long distance runner
Zakiya Nassar (born 1987), Palestinian swimmer
Zakiya Randall (born 1991), American golfer
Zakia Zaki (died 2007), Afghan journalist

References

↑ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
↑ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.

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