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.
ADIL m
Usage: Arabic
Means "justice" from Arabic adala "to act justly".
Adila, Adilah, Adeela - Equal
Adnan - Proper name
AHMAD m
Usage: Arabic
Means "more commendable" in Arabic.
AHMED m
Usage: Arabic
Variant of AHMAD
A'idah, Aida - Visiting, returning; reward
'AISHA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "alive" in Arabic. This was the name of Muhammad's third and favourite wife, the daughter of Abu Bakr.
ALIYAH f
Usage: Jewish, Arabic
Means "to ascend" in Hebrew or Arabic.
ALMAS f
Usage: Arabic, Iranian
Means "diamond" in Arabic.
ALMIRA: princess
Amal, A'mal, Amela - Hopes, aspirations
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
Feminine form of AMIR (1)
ANISA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "friendly" in Arabic.
ASIM m
Usage: Arabic
Means "protector" in Arabic.
Ayyub, Ayoob (Ejub) - A Prophet's name
BAQIR m
Usage: Arabic
Means "to rip open" in Arabic. Muhammad Al-Baqir was the fifth Holy Imam of the Shiite Muslims.
DJAMILA f
Usage: Arabic
Variant of JAMILA
Emir - To command
FADIL m
Usage: Arabic
Means "virtuous, generous" in Arabic.
FADILA f
Usage: Arabic
Feminine form of FADIL
FARID 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
Feminine form of FARID
FAROUK m
Usage: Arabic
Variant of FARUQ. This was the name of the last king of Egypt.
FARUQ m
Usage: Arabic
Means "person who can tell right from wrong" in Arabic.
FATIMA f
Usage: Arabic, Portuguese
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.
FUAD m
Usage: Arabic
Means "heart" in Arabic.
HADIL f
Usage: Arabic
Means "cooing (of a pigeon)" in Arabic.
HAMID m
Usage: Arabic
Means "thankful, praising" in Arabic.
HANA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "bliss, happiness" in Arabic.
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.
Hanifah, Hanifa, Haneefa - True believer
Husniyah - Beautiful
HUSSEIN m
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.
IBRAHIM m
Usage: Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of ABRAHAM
IRFAN m
Usage: Arabic
Means "knowledge, learning" in Arabic.
ISMA'IL m
Usage: Arabic
Arabic form of ISHMAEL
'ISMAT m,f
Usage: Arabic
Derived from Arabic 'isma meaning "safeguarding".
JAMAL m,f (Dzemal)
Usage: Arabic
Means "beauty" in Arabic. Jamal al-Din al-Afghani was a political activist who promoted pan-Islamism in the 19th century.
JAMIL m (Dzemil)
Usage: Arabic
Means "beautiful" in Arabic.
JAMILA f (Dzemila)
Usage: Arabic
Feminine form of JAMIL
JAWAHIR f (Dzevahira)
Usage: Arabic
Means "jewels" in Arabic.
LAYLA f
Usage: Arabic
Pronounced: LAY-la
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'.
Madihah, Madeeha - Praiseworthy
MALIK m
Usage: Arabic
Means "king" in Arabic.
MANSUR m (Mensur)
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.
MIDHAT m
Usage: Arabic
Means "praise, eulogy" in Arabic.
MIRZA m
Usage: Arabic
Means "prince" in Persian.
MUHAMMAD m
Usage: Arabic
Pronounced: moo-HAH-med
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.
MUNIR m
Usage: Arabic
Means "bright, shining" in Arabic.
MUSA m
Usage: Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of MOSES
MUSTAFA 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.
NADA f
Usage: Arabic
Means either "generous" or "dew" in Arabic.
NADIM m (Nedim)
Usage: Arabic
Means "drinking companion", derived from Arabic nadama "to drink".
NADYA (2) f
Usage: Arabic
Possibly means "the first" in Arabic, or it could be a variant of NADA.
NA'IM m
Usage: Arabic
Means "tranquil, at ease" in Arabic.
OMAR (1) m
Usage: Arabic
Variant of UMAR. This was the name of a 12th-century poet from Persia, Omar Khayyam.
QASIM 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.
RAFIQ m (Refik)
Usage: Arabic
Means either "friend" or "gentle" in Arabic.
RAFIQA f (Refika)
Usage: Arabic
Feminine form of RAFIQ
SABEEN f (Sabina)
Usage: Arabic
Possibly means "follower of another religion" in Arabic.
SALIH m
Usage: Arabic
Means "virtuous" in Arabic. This was the name of a prophet in Islamic traditions.
SALMA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "safe", derived from Arabic salima "to be safe".
SAMIR m
Usage: Arabic
Means "companion in evening talk" in Arabic.
SAMIRA f
Usage: Arabic
Feminine form of SAMIR
SANA' f
Usage: Arabic
Means "radiance" in Arabic.
SANA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "brilliance, splendour" in Arabic.
SANYA f
Usage: Arabic
Means "radiant" in Arabic.
SHAFIQ m (Sefik)
Usage: Arabic
Means "compassionate" in Arabic.
SHAFIQA f (Sefika)
Usage: Arabic
Feminine form of SHAFIQ
SÜLEYMAN m
Usage: Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of SOLOMON. Süleyman 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.
TARIQ 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.
WAHID m
Usage: Arabic
Means "peerless, unique" in Arabic.
WAHIDA f
Usage: Arabic
Feminine form of WAHID
Yasmine, Yasmin, Yasmeen - Jasmine
YUSUF m
Usage: Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of Yosef (see JOSEPH).
ZULFIKAR m
Usage: Arabic
Means "clever of the spine" in Arabic. This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's sword.
