Zuleika is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

for females. Spelling variations include Zuleikha, Zuleyka, Zuleica and Zuleykha. The name is of uncertain origin, possibly from Persian, meaning "brilliant beauty", or from Arabic, meaning "bright and fair".

People

Zuleika Alambert Zuleika Alambert (23 December 1922, in Santos – 27 December 2012, in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian writer, feminist, and politician. She was elected a State Representative for the city of Santos in 1947 by the Brazilian Communist Party, bec ...

(1922–2012), Brazilian writer, feminist and politician *

Zuleika Bazhbeuk-Melikyan Zuleika Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (born 1939) is an Armenian painter. She is daughter to Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikyan. Biography Her work was shown at the Armenian National Gallery September 16, 2016 alongside her father and siblings in a show curate ...

(born 1939), Armenian painter *

Zuleikha Chaudhuri Zuleikha Chaudhari is a theatre director and lighting designer based in New Delhi and Mumbai, India. She is also a Visiting Faculty (Scene Work) at The Dramatic Art and Design Academy, New Delhi. She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Academy, YUVA PU ...

, Indian 21st-century theatre director *

Zulekha Daud Zulekha Daud is the Founder and Chairperson of Zulekha Healthcare Group, including Zulekha Hospital UAE; Alexis Multispeciality Hospital, India and Zulekha Colleges, India. She set up Zulekha Hospitals in 1992 in UAE and in 2016 in India. Daud ha ...

(), Indian physician and entrepreneur *

Zuleika Fuentes Zuleika Fuentes (born 29 June 1993) is a Puerto Rican handball player who plays for the club Rio Grande Handball. She is member of the Puerto Rican national team. She competed at the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in Denmark. Honors * ...

(born 1993), Puerto Rican handball player *

Zuzu Angel SNI document on Stuart, 1971 Zuleika Angel Jones (June 5, 1921 – April 14, 1976), better known as Zuzu Angel, was a Brazilian-American fashion designer, who became famous for opposing the Brazilian military dictatorship after the forced d ...

, born Zuleika Angel Jones (1921–1976), Brazilian fashion designer and activist * Zulaikha Patel (born c. 2002), a South African girl who became a symbol of the fight against school policies about black girls' hair * Zuleyka Rivera (born 1987), Puerto Rican actress * Zuleikha Robinson (born 1977), British actress *

Zuleykha Safarova Zuleykha Safarova (; born 27 November 1999) is an Azerbaijani tennis player. Safarova made her WTA main draw debut at the 2015 Baku Cup, receiving a wildcard into the singles draw. She lost her first round match to Oleksandra Korashvili, 6–0 ...

(born 1999), Azerbaijani tennis player *

Zuleykha Seyidmammadova Zuleykha Seyidmammadova ( az, Züleyxa Mirhəbib qızı Seyidməmmədova, russian: Зулейха Мир-Габиб кызы Сеидмамедова; 22 March 1919 – 1994) was one of the first Azerbaijan female pilots and the first Azerbaijani ...

(1919–1999), one of the first Azerbaijan female pilots and the first Azerbaijani woman to fly in combat *

Zuleika Suárez Zuleika Kiara Suárez Torrenegra (born June 25, 1994, in San Andrés Island, Colombia) is a Colombian model and beauty queen who competed in the 61st version of Miss Colombia, gaining the title of Miss Colombia International / first runner-up ...

(born 1994), Colombian beauty pageant contestant *

Zuleikha Yunus Haji Zuleikha Yunus Haji is a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania. She occupies a special women's seat, and is a member of the ruling party – Chama Cha Mapinduzi – from Zanzibar Zanzibar (; ; ) is an insular semi-aut ...

(born 1956), former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania * Zuleyka Silver (born 1991), Mexican-American actress and model

Biblical and fictional characters

Zuleikha (tradition) Potiphar's wife is a figure in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. She was the wife of Potiphar, the captain of Pharaoh's guard in the time of Jacob and his twelve sons. According to the Book of Genesis, she falsely accused Joseph of attempted ra ...

, Potiphar's wife in Jewish and Muslim tradition * Zulaikha in Yusuf and Zulaikha, the Islamic version of the story of the prophet Joseph and Potiphar's wife * Zuleika, heroine of the poem '' The Bride of Abydos'' (1813) by Byron * Zuleika, heroine of the Book of Zuleika in the ''

West–östlicher Divan ' (; ''West–Eastern Diwan'') is a diwan, or collection of lyrical poems, by the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It was inspired by the Persian poet Hafez. Composition ''West–Eastern Diwan'' was written between 1814 and 1819, the ...

'' (1819) by Goethe * Zulejka, heroine of the narrative poem ''Sümeg vára'' (1858) by * Title heroine of the 1911 novel ''

Zuleika Dobson ''Zuleika Dobson'', full title ''Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story'', is the only novel by English essayist Max Beerbohm, a satire of undergraduate life at Oxford published in 1911. It includes the famous line "Death cancels all engageme ...

'' by Max Beerbohm * Title character of ''Zuleika'' (musical), a musical based on the novel ''Zuleika Dobson'' * Title heroine of the 2005 Maldivian film ''

Zuleykha ''Zuleykha'' is a 2005 Maldivian romantic drama film written and directed by Fathimath Nahula. Produced under Mapa, the film stars Yoosuf Shafeeu, Mariyam Nisha, Sheela Najeeb, Mohamed Manik and Mariyam Enash Sinan in pivotal roles. Plotline The ...

'' * Title heroine of the 2015 novel ''

Zuleikha Potiphar's wife is a figure in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. She was the wife of Potiphar, the captain of Pharaoh's guard in the time of Jacob and his twelve sons. According to the Book of Genesis, she falsely accused Joseph of attempted r ...

'' by Russian author

Guzel Yakhina Guzel Shamilyevna Yakhina (russian: Гузель Шамильевна Яхина, tt-Cyrl, Гүзәл Шамил кызы Яхина, translit=Güzäl Şamil qızı Yaxina, born 1 June 1977, Kazan) is a Russian author and screenwriter. She is a ...

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