Zayn ad-Din

Zayn ad-Din (زين الدين, also transliterated as Zinedine, Zeyneddin, Zain-ud-Din, Zainuddin, Zainaddin, etc.) is an Arabic name meaning "grace of the religion" and may refer to:

Given name

 * Zayn al-Din Ali Kutchek (died 1168): son of Begtakin, Atabeg of Erbil and father of Muzaffar al-din Gokbori
 * Zayn al-Din al-Amidi (died 1312), blind Iraqi scholar who invented a method for the blind to read
 * Zayn al-Din Azraqi: Abul-Mahāsin Abu Bakr Zaynuddin Azraqi, or just Azraqi (died 1072), Persian poet
 * Al-Ashraf Zein al-Din Abu al-Ma'ali ibn Shaban, or just Al-Ashraf Sha'ban (died 1377), Mamluk Sultan of Egypt
 * Zainuddin, 15th-century Bengali poet
 * Zainuddin bin Maidin (born 1939), Malaysian politician
 * Zinedine Ferhat (born 1993), Algerian footballer
 * Zayn al-Din Gorgani (1040–1136), Persian court physician
 * Al-Salih Salah Zein al-Din Hajji II, or just Al-Salih Hajji (died c. 1389), Mamluk Sultan of Egypt
 * Zayn al-Din al-Juba'i al'Amili (1506–1558), Shi'ite cleric and martyr
 * Zayn al-Din Kitbugha: Al-Malik al-Adil Zayn-ad-Din Kitbugha Ben Abd-Allah al-Mansuri al-Turki al-Mughli, or just Al-Adil Kitbugha (died 1297), Mamluk Sultan of Egypt
 * Zinédine Machach (born 1996), French footballer
 * Zainuddin Makhdoom II (died 1583), Indian Islamic lawyer and author
 * Sheikh Zainuddin, Bengali artist who rose to prominence during the British Raj
 * Zineddine Mekkaoui (born 1987), Algerian footballer
 * Zain al-Din Muhammad Abdul Hady, or just Zain Abdul Hady (born 1956), Egyptian information scientist and novelist
 * Zainudin Nordin (born 1963), Singaporean politician
 * Zine Eddine Sekhri, Algerian Paralympian athlete
 * Zainuddin Shirazi (c. 1302 – c. 1370), Indian Sufi saint
 * Zinedine Soualem (born 1957), French film actor
 * Zaynitdin Tadjiyev (born 1977), Uzbek footballer
 * Zayn al-Din Qaraja (c. 1279 – 1353), founder of the Dulkadirids
 * Zinedine Zidane (born 1972), French footballer and manager
 * Mohammad Ebrahim Zainuddin 'Ebbu' Ghazali, or just Mohammed Ghazali (1924–2003), Pakistani cricketer
 * Qari Zainuddin Mehsud, or Qari Zain, Pakistani Taliban leader

Surname

 * A. C. Zainuddin (1952–1999), Indian actor in Malayalam film
 * Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov (born 1998), Kazakhstani footballer
 * Daim Zainuddin (born 1938), Malaysian economist and politician
 * Hamzah Zainuddin (born 1957), Malaysian politician
 * Mohamed Alí Seineldín (1933–2009), Argentine army colonel
 * Nazira Zain al-Din (born 1908), Druze Lebanese scholar and women's rights activist
 * Raya Zeineddine (born 1988), Syrian sports shooter

Places

 * Zeynəddin, village and municipality in the Babek Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
 * Aşağı Zeynəddin, village and municipality in the Agdash Rayon of Azerbaijan
 * Yuxarı Zeynəddin, village and municipality in the Agdash Rayon of Azerbaijan
 * Zeyn ol Din, Fars, Iran
 * Zeyn ol Din, Kermanshah, Iran
 * Zeyn ol Din, Razavi Khorasan, Iran
 * Zeinodin Caravanserai, located at Zein-o-din, Yazd, Iran