Zubayr (name)

Zubayr (زُبَيْر; variants include Zobayer, Zubair, Zoubir, Zübeyir or Zuberi) is an Arabic masculine name and a surname from the root Z-B-R, meaning 'strong' or 'brave'.

Given name

 * Zubayr ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, founder of the Hilf al-Fudul and an uncle of Muhammad
 * Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (594–656), Arab Muslim military commander
 * Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar (788–870), Arab historian


 * Ahmed Al-Zubair al-Senussi (born 1934), a Libyan politician and prince of the Senussi house
 * Zubair Ahmad Khan, living Pakistani academic and engineer
 * Zubair Ali Zai (1957–2013), Pakistani scholar
 * Zubayr Al-Rimi (1974–2003), Saudi Arabian terrorist
 * Zubayr Amiri (born 1990), Afghan football player
 * Zubayr Hamza (born 1995), South African cricketer
 * Zubair Hoque (born 1996), British racing car driver
 * Zubair Khan (Indian politician) (born 1963), Indian politician
 * Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Pakistani army general
 * Zubair Mohamed Salih (1944–1998), former Sudanese Vice President and soldier
 * Al-Zubayr Rahma Mansur (1830–?), Sudanese slave trader and pasha of the Egyptian Khedivate
 * Zubair Shah (born 1977), Pakistani journalist
 * Zubair Torwali, living Pakistani Dard community activist and educator
 * Zubaira Tukhugov (born 1991), Russian professional mixed martial artist

Surname

 * Aasiya Zubair (1972–2009), American television executive
 * Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624–692), Arab military commander
 * Amina Zoubir (born 1983), Algerian artist
 * Mohammad Zubair Khan, Pakistani economist
 * Mohammad Zubair (Pakistani cricketer), Rawalpindi cricketer
 * Mohammed Zubair (journalist), Indian journalist and fact-checker
 * Muhammad Zubair Umar also known as Mohammad Zubair, Pakistani politician
 * Muhammad Zubair (field hockey), field hockey player
 * Nabila al-Zubayr (born 1964), Yemeni writer
 * Qasim Zubair (born 1987), Emirati cricketer
 * Rabih az-Zubayr (1842–1900), Sudanese warlord
 * Shafia Zubair (born 1967), Indian politician
 * Urwah ibn Zubayr (died 713), Arab historian
 * Zubairi, a family name in South Asia and the Middle East
 * Roohi Zuberi (born 1959), Indian politician
 * Itrat Husain Zuberi (1910–1964), Pakistani academic
 * Iqbal Zuberi (1932–2002), Pakistani journalist