Zeynep is the Turkish form of the Arabic female given name Zaynab. Zeynep means "precious rock, precious gem" and may refer to:

People

• Zeynep Ahunbay (born 1946), Turkish scholar of antiquities

• Zeynep Akata, Turkish computer scientist

• Zeynep Sibel Algan (born 1955), Turkish diplomat

• Zeynep Çelik (judoka) (born 1996), Turkish para judoka

• Zeynep Çelik (scholar), Turkish architect and academic

• Zeynep Çelik-Butler, Turkish-American Professor of Electrical Engineering

• Zeynep Ergun (1953–2022), Turkish academic

• Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu (born 1955), Turkish architect

• Zeynep Karahan Uslu, Turkish politician and activist

• Zeynep Nur Kapaklıkaya (born 2000), Turkish handballer

• Zeynep Kınacı (1972–1996), Kurdish militant and first ever suicide bomber

• Zeynep Korkmaz (1921–2025), Turkish scholar

• Zeynep Kuray (born 1978), Turkish journalist

• Zeynep Oduncu (born 1987), Turkish journalist

• Zeynep Oral (born 1946), Turkish journalist

• Zeynep Sevde Paksu (born 1983), Turkish writer and publisher

• Zeynep Sönmez (born 2002), Turkish tennis player

• Zeynep Sultan (1714–1774), Ottoman princess

• Zeynep Tufekci, Turkish writer and academic

• Zeynep Karahan Uslu (born 1969), Turkish politician and public relations specialist

Arts and entertainment

• Farah Zeynep Abdullah (born 1989), Iraqi-Turkish actress

• Zeynep Bastık (born 1993), Turkish singer

• Zeynep Çamcı (born 1986), Turkish actress and screenwriter

• Zeynep Değirmencioğlu (born 1954), Turkish actress

• Zeynep Dizdar (born 1976), Turkish singer

• Zeynep Eronat (born 1963), Turkish actress

• Zeynep Gedizlioğlu (born 1977), Turkish composer

• Zeynep Günay Tan (born 1975), Turkish director

• Zeynep Özder (born 1980), Turkish actress

• Zeynep Tedü (born 1943), Turkish actress

• Zeynep Tokuş (born 1977), Turkish actress and beauty pageant winner

• Zeynep Tuğçe Bayat (born 1990), Turkish actress

• Zeynep Üçbaşaran, Turkish pianist

Sports

• Zeynep Acet (born 1995), Turkish Paralympian sprinter

• Zeynep Nur Agin (born 2007), Turkish karateka

• Zeynep Gamze Koçer (born 1998), Turkish footballer

• Zeynep Funda Teoman (born 1984), Turkish basketball referee

• Zeynep Kerimoğlu (born 2003), Turkish footballer

• Zeynep Murat (born 1983), Turkish Taekwondo practitioner

• Zeynep Oka (born 1966), Turkish sport shooter

• Zeynep Seda Uslu (born 1983), Turkish volleyball player

• Zeynep Sever (born 1989), Turkish-Belgian volleyball player

• Zeynep Sönmez (born 2002), Turkish tennis player

• Zeynep Sude Demirel (born 2000), Turkish volleyball player

• Zeynep Taşkın (born 2003), Turkish taekwondo athlete

• Zeynep Yetgil (born 2000), Turkish wrestler

• Elif Zeynep Celep (born 1994), Turkish gymnast

• Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş (born 1998), Ukrainian-Turkish swimmer

See also

• , Liberia-flagged Turkish powership

• Zeynep's Eight Days, 2007 Turkish film

• Zeynep Sultan Mosque, 1769-built mosque in Istanbul, Turkey for Ahmed III's daughter Zeynep Asıme Sultan

• Zeynep (storm), a 2022 cyclone over northwestern Europe