Zubeida is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means âsoft-bodiedâ, âlike creamâ, and is also an idiom for âthe bestâ (in beauty, in virtue, etc) originating from the fact that cream is the âbestâ part that raises to the top of milk. Zubeida is derived from the Z-B-D root which is used in chapter 13 of the Quran.