Zaki () is an Arabic male name and surname. Zaki is a

Quranic The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...

name meaning "pure", "virtuous", or "intelligent".

People with the given name

Zaki al-Arsuzi Zaki al-Arsuzi (; June 18992 July 1968) was a Syrian philosopher, philologist, sociologist, historian, and Arab nationalist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of Ba'athism and its political movement. He published several b ...

(1899–1998), Syrian politician *

Zaki Tun Azmi Tun Zaki bin Tun Azmi (; born 12 September 1945) is a Malaysian barrister who served as the sixth Chief Justice of Malaysia. He was appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia) on 21 October 2008 after his predecessor, Abdul Ha ...

(born 1945), Malaysian judge *

Zaki Badawi Sheikh Mohammed Aboulkhair Zaki Badawi (), KBE, GCFO (14 January 1922 – 24 January 2006) was a prominent Egyptian Islamic scholar, community activist, and promoter of interfaith-dialogue. He was the principal of the Muslim College in London, ...

(1922–2006), Egyptian Islamic scholar *

Zaki Badr Zaki Badr (; 28 February 1926 – 2 April 1997) was an Egyptian major general and the former interior minister of Egypt who served in the post from 1986 to 1990 in the Sedki Cabinet. Badr had a confrontational approach during his term. ...

(1926-1997), Egyptian security officer and politician * Zaki Chehab (born 1956), Lebanese-British journalist *

Zaki al-Khatib Zaki al-Khatib (1887–1961) was a Syrian politician from the People's Party who served as Prime Minister of Syria. Political career He was Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministr ...

(1887–1961), Syrian politician *

Zaki Naguib Mahmoud Zaki Naguib Mahmoud (Arabic: زكي نجيب محمود‎) (February 2, 1905 – September 8, 1993) was an Egyptian intellectual and thinker, and is considered a pioneer in modern Arabic philosophical thought. He was described by Abbas Mahmoud a ...

(1905–1993), Egyptian philosopher * Zaki Mazboudi (1920–2000), Lebanese politician *

Zaki Nassif Zaki Nassif (; 4 July 1918 – 10 March 2004) was a Lebanese music composer and singer. He was influential among the first generation of composers for the mass audience for music on radio in Lebanon in the 1940s and 1950s, and continued to be a ...

(1918–2004), Lebanese composer *

Zaki Nusseibeh Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh (Arabic: زكي انور نسيبة) is the Cultural Advisor to the President of the UAE and the Chancellor of UAE University. He has been active in government service in the United Arab Emirates since its formation in 1971, ...

(died 2004), UAE diplomat *

Zaki Rostom Zaki Rostom () (1903–1972) was an Egyptian actor. A method actor known for portraying intimidating and often asocial villains, Zaki is regarded as one of the influential and important actors of Egyptian cinema. Biography Zaki Rostom was born o ...

(1903–1978), Egyptian actor

People with the middle name

* Muhammad Zaki Butt (1929–1993), Pakistani air force pilot *

Mohammed Zaki Ansari Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

(1979), Indian writer, poet, phylosaer

People with the surname

Aamir Zaki Aamir Zaki (8 April 1968 – 2 June 2017) was a Pakistani guitarist-songwriter and composer. Zaki is widely considered by many as one of the most influential guitarists in Pakistan's history, and is considered to be among the pioneers of rock mu ...

, Pakistani guitar player *

Abbas Zaki Abbas Zaki () is the former representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Lebanon and a member of Fatah's central committee.Ahmad Zaki (disambiguation) Ahmad or Ahmed Zaki () may refer to: * Ahmad Zaki Pasha (1867–1934), Egyptian philologist *Ahmed Zaki Yamani (1930–2021), former Saudi Arabian oil minister * Ahmed Zaki (politician) (1931–1996), former Prime Minister of the Republic of Maldi ...

, several persons * Akram Zaki, Pakistani politician * Amadou Aboubakar Zaki (born 1988), Nigerien basketball player *

Amr Zaki Amr Hassan Zaki (; born 1 April 1983) is an Egyptian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He has played for numerous different clubs in Egypt, Russia, England, Turkey and Kuwait. Zaki has made 63 appearances and scored 30 goa ...

(born 1983), Egyptian footballer *

Badr Zaki Badr Zaki is a Moroccan footballer. He usually plays as midfielder. Zaki is currently attached to Union Aït Melloul Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operat ...

(born 1988), Moroccan footballer *

Gihane Zaki Gihane Zaki (born 1966 in Cairo) is an Egyptologist. Until 1993 she studied at the Helwan University (Egypt) and from 1995 to 2000 as a doctoral student at Lumière University Lyon 2 in France. She was representing the Egyptian government at the U ...

(born 1966), Egyptian egyptologist *

Ibrahim Hussein Zaki Ibrahim Hussein Zaki, (born 1947) is a politician of the Maldives. Zaki is a former Cabinet Minister of the Maldives government: from 11 November 1993 to 10 November 1998, he was Minister of Tourism. He served as the Secretary General of the S ...

(born 1947), Maldives politician *

Kawthar Zaki Kawthar Abdelhamid Zaki (born 1940) is an Egyptian-American electrical engineer, known for her work in microwave engineering including the design of microwave waveguides, resonators, and filters. She is a professor emerita of electrical and comp ...

(born 1940), Egyptian-American microwave engineer *

Kim Khan Zaki ''The Contender Asia'' (known as ''The Contender: Kickboxer'' in the United Kingdom, and ''The Contender: Muay Thai'' in the United States) was a reality-based television series that follows 16 Muay Thai middleweight fighters from 12 countries a ...

(born 1982), Singaporean kickboxer *

Mohamed Ahmed Zaki Mohamed Ahmed Zaki Mohamed (; born 29 January 1956) is an Egyptian colonel general who was minister of defense of Egypt from June 14, 2018, to July 2, 2024. He previously held the command for the Egyptian Paratroopers from December 2008 to Augus ...

(born 1956), Egyptian general *

Mohamed Zaki Dato' Mohamad Zaki (born 20 February 1952), also known as Nazaki Zaki or Sandhaanu Zaki, is a businessman and politician in the Maldives. Zaki previously served as the chairman of the Maldives Ports Limited from 2019 to 2020, as well as the hig ...

(born 1953), Maldives businessman *

Mona Zaki Mona Ali Mohamed Zaki (; born 18 November 1976) is an Egyptian actress and producer. Early life and education Mona Ali Mohamed Zaki was born in Cairo to her parents Ali Mohamed and Tahini Zaki on 18 November 1976. Her father was a university ...

(born 1976), Egyptian actress *

Muad Mohamed Zaki Muad Mohamad Zaki (born 7 April 1982) is a Maldivian politician, democracy advocate, business consultant and motivational speaker. Career Muad was one of the people who were behind the '' Sandhaanu'' political magazine that criticized Maumo ...

(born 1982), Maldives politician * Muhamed Amin Zaki (1880–1948), Kurdish historian and politician *

Safa Zaki Safa Zaki is a psychologist, cognitive scientist, and academic administrator serving as the 16th president of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. She is the first woman to lead Bowdoin since its founding in 1794. Prior to her work at Bowdoin, Za ...

, American psychologist, cognitive scientist, and academic administrator *

Soheir Zaki Soheir Zaki (, born in Mansoura, Egypt on January 4, 1945) is an Egyptian belly dancer and actress. She appeared in over 100 Egyptian films from the 1960s to the 1980s. Early life Soheir Zaki was born in Mansoura, Egypt on January 4, 1945. When ...

, Egyptian belly dancer and actress *

Wissam Zaki Wissam Zaki ( born 5 August 1986 in Iraq) is an Iraqi former professional footballer who last played for Al-Talaba. Honours Country * 2005 West Asian Games The 3rd West Asian Games were to be held from 7 to 17 April 2003 in Damascus, Sy ...

(born 1986), Iraqi footballer * Zakia Zaki (died 2007), Afghan journalist *

Zeeko Zaki Zakaria Sherif Zaki (Arabic: زكريا شريف زكي; born January 18, 1990), better known as Zeeko Zaki (Arabic: زيكو زكي), is an Egyptian-American actor best known for his role portraying Special Agent Omar Adom "OA" Zidan on Dick W ...

(born 1990), American actor of Egyptian descent

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