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Usage: Arabic
Means "austere" in Arabic. This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle. ABD-AL-AZIZ m
Usage: Arabic
Means "servant of the powerful" from Arabic abd-al "servant of the" combined with aziz "powerful". This was the name of the first king of modern Saudi Arabia. ABD-AL-KARIM m
Usage: Arabic
Means "servant of the generous" from Arabic abd-al "servant of the" combined with karim "generous". ABD-ALLAH m
Usage: Arabic
Means "servant of God" from Arabic abd "servant of" combined with Allah "God". This was the name of the father of the Prophet Muhammad. ABD-AL-LATIF m
Usage: Arabic
Means "servant of the gentle" from Arabic abd-al "servant of the" combined with latif "gentle". ABD-AL-MALIK m
Usage: Arabic
Means "servant of the king" from Arabic abd-al "servant of the" combined with malik "king". This was the name of the fifth Umayyad caliph, who made Arabic the official language of the empire. ABD-AL-QADIR m
Usage: Arabic
Means "servant of the capable" from Arabic abd-al "servant of the" combined with qadir "capable". This was the name of a 19th-century Algerian resistance leader. ABD-AL-RAHMAN m
Usage: Arabic
Means "servant of the merciful" from Arabic abd-al "servant of the" combined with rahman "merciful". This was the name of two early caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain. ABDUL m
Usage: Arabic
First part of compound Arabic names beginning with Abd-al meaning "servant of the" (such as Abdul-Aziz "servant of the powerful"). ABDUL-AZIZ m
Usage: Arabic
Variant of ABD-ALLAH
ABDUL-RAHMAN m
Usage: Arabic
Means "full-figured" in Arabic. The 7th-century Arabic poet Antara dedicated much of his poetry to a woman named Abla. ADEL m
Usage: Arabic
Means "alive" in Arabic. This was the name of Muhammad's third and favourite wife, the daughter of Abu Bakr. AKEEM m
Usage: Arabic
ALA AL-DIN m
Usage: Arabic
Means "excellence of religion" from Arabic ala "excellence, elevation" combined with din "religion, faith". This was the name of several sultans of Delhi. ALI m
Usage: Arabic Pronounced: ah-LEE, AH-lee
Means "lofty, sublime" in Arabic. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the fourth caliph to rule the Muslim world. His followers were the original Shiite Muslims. This name is also borne by the hero in 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'. Also, Muhammad Ali was the name adopted by boxer Cassius Clay when he converted to Islam. ALIA f
Usage: Arabic
AMIN m
Usage: Arabic
Derived from Arabic amin meaning "truthful". This was the name of the sixth Abbasid caliph. AMINA f
Usage: Arabic
Derived from either Arabic anim meaning "truthful" or Arabic amina meaning "safe". This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's mother, who died when he was young. AMIR (1) m
Usage: Arabic
Means "prince" or "commander" in Arabic. This was originally a title, related to the Arabic loanword emir. AMIRA f
Usage: Arabic
Means either "friendly" or "a group of people" in Arabic. This was the name of one of the Prophet Muhammad's companions. ANASS m
Usage: Arabic
Means "brighter" in Arabic. This name was borne by Egyptian president Anwar al-Sadat, awarded the Nobel Prize for peace in 1978 but assassinated three years after that. ANWER m
Usage: Arabic
ASMA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "appellations" or "prestige" in Arabic. She was the daughter of Abu Bakr, the first caliph of the Muslims. ATALLAH m
Usage: Arabic
Means "gift of God" from Arabic ata "gift" combined with Allah "God". ATIYA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "powerful" or "beloved", derived from Arabic 'azza meaning "to be powerful" or "to be cherished". Al-'Aziz was a 10th-century Fatimid caliph. BADR m,f
Usage: Arabic
BAHIYYA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "young camel" in Arabic. Abu Bakr was the father-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the first caliph of the Muslim world. BAQIR m
Usage: Arabic
Means "to rip open" in Arabic. Muhammad Al-Baqir was the fifth Holy Imam of the Shiite Muslims. BARAKAT m
Usage: Arabic
DALAL f
Usage: Arabic
FAHIM m
Usage: Arabic
Means "unique, precious", derived from Arabic farada "to be unique". This was the name of a 13th-century poet from Persia. FARIDA f
Usage: Arabic
FARIS m
Usage: Arabic
Variant of FARUQ. This was the name of the last king of Egypt. FARRAH f
Usage: Arabic
Means "person who can tell right from wrong" in Arabic. FATHI m
Usage: Arabic
Means "to abstain" in Arabic. Fatima was a daughter of the Prophet Muhammad and the only one of his children to carry on his line. Also bearing this name is a town in Portugal, an important Christian pilgrimage center. FATIN f
Usage: Arabic
FAYRUZ f
Usage: Arabic
Means "stone pestle" in Arabic. This was the name of a great-grandfather of Muhammad. FIKRI m
Usage: Arabic
Means "successful" in Arabic. A famous bearer was Firoz Shah Tughluq who constructed many buildings in Dehli in the 14th century. FIZZA f
Usage: Arabic
Variant of JABIR
GABR m
Usage: Arabic
GHALIB m
Usage: Arabic
Means "youth" in Arabic. This was the name of an Arabian tribe which existed until the 6th century. GHAYTH m
Usage: Arabic
HAFIZ m
Usage: Arabic
Possibly means either "brooding hen" or "young lioness" in Arabic. This was the name of the daughter of Umar, the second caliph, and a wife of Muhammad. HAFSAH f
Usage: Arabic
Means "lion" in Arabic. This was another name of Ali, the husband of Fatima daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. HAIDER m
Usage: Arabic
Means "halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. HAMID m
Usage: Arabic
HAMZA m
Usage: Arabic
Possibly derived from Arabic hamuza meaning "strong, steadfast". This was the name of the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad who was killed in battle. HANA f
Usage: Arabic
Arabic form of AARON. Harun al-Rashid was a 9th-century Abbasid caliph featured in the stories of 'The 1001 Nights'. HASAN m
Usage: Arabic
Means "good" or "beautiful", derived from Arabic hasuna "to be good". Al-Hasan was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. He was poisoned by one of his wives and is regarded as a martyr by Shiite Muslims. HASHIM m
Usage: Arabic
Means "crushing" in Arabic. This was the name of a great-grandfather of the Prophet Muhammad. HASIB m
Usage: Arabic
HASIM m
Usage: Arabic
Variant of HASAN. This was the name of two kings of Morocco. HATIM m
Usage: Arabic
Possibly means "group of camels" in Arabic. This was the name of one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad. HISEIN m
Usage: Arabic
Means "generous" in Arabic, ultimately from hashama "to crush". The meaning derives from the traditional Arab act of crushing bread into crumbs in order to share it. This was the name of a 8thcentury caliph of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain. HOODA f
Usage: Arabic
Variant of HUSNI
HOUDA f
Usage: Arabic
Pet form of HASAN. Al-Hussein was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. Al-Hasan was his older brother. The massacre of Hussein and his family caused the split between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, which continues to this day. In more recent times this was the name of a king of Jordan. HYDER m
Usage: Arabic
IHAB m,f
Usage: Arabic
Means "fortunate" in Arabic. Allama Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) was a poet, philosopher, and scholar from Pakistan. IRFAN m
Usage: Arabic
'ISMAT m,f
Usage: Arabic
Means "nocturnal journey", derived from Arabic sara "to travel at night". ISSA m
Usage: Arabic
Means "glory of religion", derived from Arabic izz "glory, power" and al-din "religion". In the 13th century Izz-al-Din Aybak became the first Mamluk ruler of Egypt. The Mamluks were a warrior caste who were originally slaves. IZZ-ED-DIN m
Usage: Arabic
Means "stream" in Arabic. This was the name of the brother of Ali, the fourth caliph, who was killed fighting against Byzantium in the 7th century. According to tradition, he later appeared to the Prophet Muhammad in the form of an angel. JALAL m
Usage: Arabic
JAMAAL m
Usage: Arabic
Means "beauty" in Arabic. Jamal al-Din al-Afghani was a political activist who promoted panIslamism in the 19th century. JAMIL m
Usage: Arabic
Meaning unknown. Possibly from the name of the species of palm tree; possibly means "flower" in Arabic. JINAN m,f
Usage: Arabic
JUMANA f
Usage: Arabic
Variant of KARIM. A famous bearer of this name is basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. KARIM m
Usage: Arabic
Means "premature child" in Arabic. This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's first wife and the mother of all of his children. She was the first convert to Islam. KHALID m
Usage: Arabic
Means "eternal", derived from Arabic khalada "to last forever". This name was borne by a 7thcentury Islamic military leader, Khalid ibn-al-Walid. KHALIDA f
Usage: Arabic
KHALIFA m
Usage: Arabic
Means "successor, caliph" in Arabic. The title caliph was given to the successors of the Prophet Muhammad, originally elected by the Islamic populace. KHALIL m
Usage: Arabic
Means "tent maker" in Arabic. This was the surname of the 12th-century Persian poet Omar Khayyam. KHORSHED m,f
Usage: Arabic
Means "master, owner" in Persian. This was the name of a legendary prophet who was said to have drunk from the fountain of life. LAILA f
Usage: Arabic, English Pronounced: LAY-la, lah-EE-la, LIE-la
Variant of LAYLA
LAMIS f
Usage: Arabic
Means "night" in Arabic. This is the name of the central character in poems by the 7th-century Arab poet known as Qays. LEILA f
Usage: Arabic, English Pronounced: LAY-la, lee-IE-la, LIE-la, LEE-la
Variant of LAYLA. This name was used by Lord Byron for characters in 'The Giaour' and 'Don Juan'. LEILAH f
Usage: Arabic, English
Means "storax tree" in Arabic. According to a 7th-century legend Lubna and Qays were a couple forced to divorce by Qays's father. LUJAYN f
Usage: Arabic
Means "wild cow" in Arabic. The wild cow represents beauty. MAHMUD m
Usage: Arabic
Ancient form of MUHAMMAD. This was the name of the first Muslim ruler of India (11th-century). MAHOMET m
Usage: Arabic
Means "victorious" in Arabic. Abu Jafar al-Mansur was a Muslim caliph and the founder of the city of Baghdad. Also, Mansur was a Mogul painter from India in the 17th century. MARIAM f
Usage: Arabic
From the Arabic name of a fragrant plant. Al-Marwa is one of the hills in Mecca. MARYAM f
Usage: Arabic
MAS'UD m
Usage: Arabic
Means "praiseworthy", derived from Arabic hamida "to praise". This was the name of the prophet who founded the Islamic religion in the 7th century. This name, with all of its variants, is perhaps the most popular in the world.
MUHAMMED m
Usage: Arabic
Means "wish" or "desire", derived from Arabic maniya "to desire". MUNIR m
Usage: Arabic
Means "the chosen one" in Arabic, an epithet of Muhammad. A famous bearer was Mustafa Kamal, also known as Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. MU'TASIM m
Usage: Arabic
NADER m
Usage: Arabic
Means "drinking companion", derived from Arabic nadama "to drink". NADIR m
Usage: Arabic
Feminine form of NAIL. This was the name of the wife of Uthman, the third caliph of the Muslims. She tried in vain to prevent her husband's murder. NA'IM m
Usage: Arabic
NAJI m
Usage: Arabic
NUR f,m
Usage: Arabic
Variant of UMAR. This was the name of a 12th-century poet from Persia, Omar Khayyam. OSAMA m
Usage: Arabic
Means "fortunate, happy" in Persian. This name was borne by a son of the Mogul emperor Jahangir. PARVEEN f
Usage: Arabic
Means "the Pleiades" in Persian. The Pleiades are a group of seven stars in the constellation Taurus. PARWIZ m
Usage: Arabic
Means "one who divides goods among his people", derived from Arabic qasama "to share" or "to divide". This was the name of a son of Muhammad who died while young. QUSAY m
Usage: Arabic
Derived from Arabic qasiy meaning "distant". This was the name of an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad who was in charge of a temple in Mecca. RABAB f
Usage: Arabic
From the Arabic word rababah, a musical instrument. This was the name of the wife of Muhammad's grandson.
RA'D m
Usage: Arabic
Means "an eye-catching object" from Arabic rana "to look at". RANYA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "looking at", derived from Arabic rana "to gaze". RASHA f
Usage: Arabic
RAWIYA f
Usage: Arabic
Derived from Arabic riza meaning "contentment". This name was borne by Ali Musi Raza, a 9thcentury Shiite imam. RIAZ m
Usage: Arabic
Derived either from Arabic ruqiy meaning "ascent" or from ruqyah meaning "incantation". This was the name of one of the daughters of the Prophet Muhammad. She became the wife of Uthman, the third caliph of the Muslims. RUWA f
Usage: Arabic
SABEEN f
Usage: Arabic
Means "fortune, good luck" in Arabic. This was the name of a successful military commander for the Muslims during the early years of Islam. SADAF f
Usage: Arabic
First part of compound Arabic names beginning with Saif-al meaning "sword of the" (such as Saiful Haq "sword of the truth"). SAIFULLAH m
Usage: Arabic
Means "sword of God" from Arabic saif "sword" combined with Allah "God". SAKHR m
Usage: Arabic
Means "solid rock" in Arabic. This name appears in the poems of the 7th-century poetess AlKhansa. SAKINA f
Usage: Arabic
SALAH AL-DIN m
Usage: Arabic
Means "righteousness of religion" from Arabic salah "righteousness" combined with din "religion, faith". A famous bearer of this name was the sultan Salah al-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub, known in the western world as Saladin, the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt in the 12th century. He recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders and repelled the invaders of the Third Crusade. Salah al-Din was an honorific; his birth name was Yusuf. SALEH m
Usage: Arabic
Means "virtuous" in Arabic. This was the name of a prophet in Islamic traditions. SALIL m
Usage: Arabic
SAMIRA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "master" in Arabic. A famous bearer was the Egyptian musician Sayyid Darwish. SHADI (1) m
Usage: Arabic
SHAHIRA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "king of the world" from the Persian elements shah "king" and jahan "world". This was the name of the 17th-century Mogul emperor who built the Taj Mahal. SHAHNAZ f
Usage: Iranian, Arabic
Means "pride of the king" from the Persian elements shah "king" and naz "pride". SHAHRAZAD f
Usage: Arabic
Means "person of the city" from the Persian elements shahr "city" and zad "person". This is the name of the fictional storyteller in 'The 1001 Nights'. She tells a story to her husband the king every night for 1001 nights in order to delay her execution. SHAHRIZAD f
Usage: Arabic
Means "eminent, virtuous" in Arabic. This was a title used by the descendents of Muhammad. SHARIFA f
Usage: Arabic
Variant of SHAHRAZAD
SHER m
Usage: Arabic
Means "lion" in Persian. A famous bearer of this name was Sher Shah, a 16th-century Mogul ruler. SHUKRI m
Usage: Arabic
From the Arabic name of the second brightest star in the sky, known in the western world as Canopus. SUHAYL m
Usage: Arabic
Arabic and Turkish form of SOLOMON. Sleyman the Magnificent was a sultan of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century. He expanded Ottoman territory into Europe and Persia, reformed the government, and completed several great building projects. SUMAYYA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "high above" in Arabic. This was the name of the first martyr for Islam. SURAYA f
Usage: Arabic
Variant of THURAYYA
TABASSUM f
Usage: Arabic
Short form of the Arabic name Mu'tamid, which is perhaps a variant of MUHAMMAD. Mu'tamid was the name of a 9th-century Abbasid caliph. It was also the name of an 11th-century Abbadid ruler of Seville, who was a patron of the arts and a poet. TAREK m
Usage: Arabic
Means "he who pounds at the door" in Arabic. This is the Arabic name of the morning star. Tariq was the name of the Islamic military leader who conquered Spain. TASNEEN f
Usage: Arabic
Means "good fortune", derived from Arabic wafiqa "to be successful". THURAYYA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "the Pleiades" in Arabic. The Pleiades are a group of seven stars in the constellation Taurus. In Greek myth they are daughters of Atlas. TUFAYL m
Usage: Arabic
Means "populous" or "flourishing", derived from Arabic amara "to thrive". Umar was a strong supporter of Muhammad who became the second caliph of the Muslims. He is considered to be one of the great founders of the Muslim state. USAMA m
Usage: Arabic
Means "baby bustard" in Arabic. A bustard is a bird similar to a crane. Uthman was the name of the third caliph of the Muslims, Muhammad's son-in-law.
UZMA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "newborn", derived from Arabic walada "to give birth". This was the name of the Umayyad caliph who conquered Spain in the 8th century. WASI m
Usage: Arabic
Pronounced: yah-SEER
Means "to be rich", derived from Arabic yasira "to make easy". A famous bearer of this name is Yasir Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization. YASSER m
Usage: Arabic
ZAIN m
Usage: Arabic
From the Arabic name of a fragrant flowering plant. Zainab was the name of a daughter, a granddaughter, and two wives of Muhammad. ZAIRA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "growth", derived from Arabic ziyada "to increase". Zayd was a slave who became the adopted son of the Prophet Muhammad. ZAYN m
Usage: Arabic
Derived from Arabic ziya meaning "splendor, light". This was the name of a 14th-century Islamic Indian historian.
ZIYA m
Usage: Arabic
Means "clever of the spine" in Arabic. This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's sword. ZULFIQAR m
Usage: Arabic
Variant of ZULFIKAR