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Zinedine

زين الدينIn Arabic

Meaning
Adornment of the faith
About the name
Best known today through the footballer Zinedine Zidane (born 1972), FIFA World Player of the Year in 1998, 2000 and 2003. French Wikipedia also records the spellings Zinédine, Zineddine, Zineddin, Zine-Eddine and Zin al-Din.
For
A boy
Origin
Arabic
Other spellings
Zin al-Din, Zine-Eddine, Zineddine, Zinedin

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible
  • Scholars differ about this name.

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

Honorific tied to religion: scholars differ

Islam Q&A says most scholars dislike names formed by adding a word to al-Din (Nur al-Din is its example) and a few forbid them, as an exaggeration; Imam al-Nawawi disliked being called Muhyi al-Din. Zinedine follows the same pattern but is in wide use, so it is flagged, not hidden.

Confidence: medium

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