Zain (name)

Zain or Zayn is an Arabic personal name meaning "beautiful" or "handsome". Zayyan is a variation of Zain.

Title

 * Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin, (born 1982), more popularly known as Tunku 'Abidin Muhriz, is the second son of the reigning Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia, Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir
 * Zain-ul-Abidin the eighth sultan of Kashmir that reigned: 1418–1419 and 1420–1470
 * Zain ud-Din Ahmed Khan, also known as Mirza Muhammad Hashim, a Mughal aristocrat from Nawab of Bengal family and the father of Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal

Given name

 * Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (Imam, 659-713), the 4th Imam of Islam
 * Zain Abbas (cricketer, born 1986), a Hong Kong cricketer
 * Zain Abbas (cricketer, born 1991), a Pakistani cricketer
 * Zain Amat (born 1975), Singaporean trapshooter
 * Zain Asher (born 1983), British-born journalist and TV anchor
 * Zain Bhikha (born 1974), South African musician, singer and songwriter
 * Zain Al Fandi (born 1983), Syrian footballer
 * Zain Al Rafeea (born 2004), Syrian actor
 * Zain Imam (born 1987), television actor
 * Zain Mahmood (died 1994), Malaysian author and screenwriter
 * Zain "Zayn" Malik (born 1993), British singer and songwriter
 * Zain Naghmi, an American pro Super Smash Bros. Melee player
 * Zain Safar-ud-Din (born 1938), Malaysian cyclist
 * Zain Saidin (born 1984), Malaysian actor and a model
 * Zain Khan Sirhindi (died 1764), the Mughal Faujdar of Sirhind,
 * Zain Verjee (born 1974), Kenyan-born journalist and TV anchor
 * Zain Westbrooke (born 1996), English footballer
 * Zain Wright (born 1979), Tasmania-born field hockey player
 * Zayn-e-Attar, also known as Ali ibn Husayn Ansari Shirazi and as Haji Zayn Attar, a 14th-century Persian physician
 * Zayn Abu Zubaydah, a Saudi Arabian citizen held in U.S. custody in Guantanamo Bay

Last name

 * Ahmed Al-Zain (born 1991), Saudi footballer
 * Anuar Zain (born 1970), Malaysian singer, and brother of Ziana Zain
 * Fred Zain (1951–2002), American forensic lab technician
 * Harun Al Rasyid Zain (1927–2014), Indonesian teacher, economist and bureaucrat
 * Maher Zain (born 1981), Swedish singer
 * Osama Al-Zain, Palestinian filmmaker and writer
 * Qari Zain (died 2009), Pakistani member of the Mehsud tribe, and a leader of a Taliban faction in South Waziristan
 * Ziana Zain (born 1968), Malaysian singer, model, actress, and sister of Anuar Zain
 * Sami Zayn, the ring name of Canadian professional wrestler Rami Sebei