Zubayr ( Arabic: 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

See also

• Al-Zubayr (disambiguation)
• Zubayr (disambiguation)

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