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Zakia

زكيةIn Arabic

Meaning
Pure, thriving and blameless
About the name
Zakiya can stand for two Arabic names: زكية, 'pure', and ذكية, 'intelligent', pronounced alike in many accents.
For
A girl
Origin
Arabic
Other spellings
Zakeya, Zakiya, Zakiyah, Zakiyya

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible
  • Scholars differ about this name.

Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.

Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources

Names that claim purity or piety for the bearer are discussed under the hadith in which the Prophet changed the name Barra to Zaynab. Jordan's Dar al-Ifta says the objection is to using such a name to declare oneself pure, not to the name itself; a Hanafi mufti allows such names when they are given as a good omen.

Confidence: medium

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