Julekha as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Julekha

What is the meaning of the name Julekha ?

The baby name Julekha is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced JOO-LEK-uh (IPA: /dʒuːˈlɛkə/).

Julekha is Arabic, Persian, Urdu in Origin.

Julekha is a Bengali and wider South Asian form of the Arabic–Persian feminine name Zulaikha/Zulaykha, best known in Islamic tradition as the wife of Potiphar (al-‘Aziz) in the story of Prophet Yusuf (Joseph). The initial J reflects regional pronunciation and orthography that soften or replace z with j. The name is widely glossed as “brilliant,” “fair,” or “beauty,” though its precise etymology remains debated among scholars.

Use spread through Persian romance, notably Jami’s fifteenth-century Yusuf o Zulaikha, where Zulaikha symbolizes enduring, transformative love; from there it entered Ottoman Turkish and Urdu literature, and later European culture as Zuleika in works by Lord Byron and Max Beerbohm. Common variants include Zulaikha, Zulaykha, Zulekha, Zuleikha, Zuleika, Zulejka, and Turkish Züleyha; Julekha is prevalent in Bangladesh and parts of India, often paired with the honorific Begum. The name remains popular across Muslim communities from South Asia to the Balkans and Central Asia.