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This list includes any Arabic name that is known to be used as a personal name in any cultural or religious tradition, not exclusively limited to ethnic Arabs nor to Islam. If the gender of the name is not listed, it is (as yet) of undetermined gender.
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List
ا
- اِبْتِسَام f (ibtisām, “smile”), Ibtisam.
- إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), Ibrahim. "Father, leader of many" Arabic form of Abraham. Masculine.
- أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr), Abu Bakr. "Father of the first born". Masculine.
- إِحْسَان (ʔiḥsān), Ihsan. "Charity, to do good". Both Masculine and Feminine.
- أَحْلَام (ʔaḥlām). "Dreams". Feminine.
- أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad), Ahmad or Ahmed. "To praise or to thank". Masculine.
- إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs). Islamic form of a person known as Enoch in the Bible. Masculine.
- آدَم (ʔādam), Adam. Arabic form of Adam. "Made of mud, earth, clay". Masculine.
- أُسَامَة (ʔusāma), Osama. "Lion". Masculine.
- إِسْحَاق (ʔisḥāq), Ishaq. Islamic form of Isaac. Masculine.
- أَسْمَاء (ʔasmāʔ), Asmaa. "Names". Feminine.
- إِسْمَاعِيل (ʔismāʕīl), Ismail. Arabic form of Ishmael. Masculine.
- أَشْرَف (ʔašraf), Ashraf. "Most honorable one". Masculine.
- إِلْهَام (ʔilhām), Ilham. "Inspiration". Feminine.
- أُمّ كُلْثُوم (ʔumm kulṯūm). "Woman with plump cheeks". Feminine.
- آمَال (ʔāmāl), Amal. "Hopes, aspirations (plural of Amal)". Feminine.
- أُمْنِيَة (ʔumniya). "A wish". Feminine.
- أَمَانِيّ (ʔamāniyy). "Wishes, hopes". Feminine.
- أَمَل (ʔamal), Amal. "Hope, aspiration". Feminine.
- آمِنَة (ʔāmina). "Safe, protected". Feminine.
- أَمِيرَة (ʔamīra). "Princess". Feminine.
- أُمَيْمَة (ʔumayma). "Small mother". Feminine.
- أَمِين (ʔamīn), Amin. "Honest, reliable". Masculine.
- أَمِينَة (ʔamīna), Amina. "Honest, reliable". Feminine.
- أَنَس (ʔanas), Anas. "Leisure, pleasure, companionship". Masculine.
- أَنِيق (ʔanīq). "Graceful, elegant". Masculine.
- أَنِيقَة (ʔanīqa). "Graceful, elegant". Feminine.
- اِنْتِصَار (intiṣār). "Victory". Feminine.
- أَسَد (ʔasad), Assad. "Lion". Masculine.
- إِيمَان (ʔīmān). "Faith, belief". Feminine.
- أَيْمَن (ʔayman), Ayman. "Lucky; on the right". Masculine.
- إِينَاس (ʔīnās). "To provide companionship". Feminine.
- أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), Ayyub. Arabic form of Job. Masculine.
- اَلْعَنُود (al-ʕanūd). "A beautiful type of deer with gorgeous eyes". Feminine.
- أَسِيل (ʔasīl). "Soft cheeks". Feminine.
ب
- بَاسِل (bāsil). "Brave, Valiant". Masculine.
- بَاسِم (bāsim). "Smiling". Masculine.
- بَدْرِيّة (badriyya). "adjective form of which means a full moon in Arabic". Feminine.
- بَسَّام (bassām), Bassam. "Smiling". Masculine.
- بَشَّار (baššār), Bashaar. "The deliverer of good news". Masculine.
- بِشَارَة (bišāra), Bisharah. "Good news". Masculine.
- بِشْر (bišr), Bishr. "To expect good news, to be optimistic". Masculine.
- بُشْرَى (bušrā), Bushra. Feminine form of Bishr.
- بُطْرُس (buṭrus), Butrus. Arabic form of Peter. Masculine.
- بِلَال (bilāl), Bilal. "Moistening". Masculine.
- بَهَاء (bahāʔ), Baha'. "Beauty, brilliance". Both Masculine and Feminine.
- بُولُس (būlus), Bulus. Arabic form of Paul. Masculine.
ت
- تَوْفِيق (tawfīq), Tawfiq. "Success; reconciliation". Masculine.
- تَيْسِير (taysīr). "To become easy, to be attainable". Masculine.
- تَمِيم (tamīm). Masculine.
- تَهَانِي (tahānī). "Congratulations". Feminine.
- تَامِر (tāmir). "One who has much dates". Masculine.
- تَقِيّ (taqiyy). "One who is careful". Masculine.
- تَقِيَّة (taqiyya). Feminine form of Taqi.
- طَلِيس (ṭalīs), Latin word for "like".
ث
- ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā), "The Pleiades". Feminine.
- ثَنَاء (ṯanāʔ), "Praise, commendation, eulogy". Feminine.
ج
ح
- حَامِد (ḥāmid). "Thankful". Masculine.
- حَبِيب (ḥabīb), Habib. "Lovely". Masculine.
- حَسَن (ḥasan), Hassan. "Good". Masculine.
- حُسَيْن (ḥusayn), Husayn or Hussein. "Better". Masculine.
- حِلْمِيّ (ḥilmiyy), Hilmi. "Does not become angry easily". Masculine.
- حَمْد (ḥamd). "Praise". Masculine.
- حَمْدِيّ (ḥamdiyy). "Related to praise". Masculine.
- حَمُود (ḥamūd). "A praised man". Masculine.
- حَمِيد (ḥamīd), Hamid. "Praised". Masculine.
- حَمِيدَة (ḥamīda), Hamidah. "Praised". Feminine.
- حَنَان (ḥanān), Hanan. "Tenderness, kindness, love". Arabic form of Hannah, Ann. Feminine.
- حَيَاة (ḥayāh). Hayat. "Life". Feminine.
- حَيْدَر (ḥaydar), Haider. "Lion". Masculine.
- حَازِم (ḥāzim). "Strict, dicsisive". Masculine.
خ
- خَالِد (ḵālid), Khalid. "Immortal". Masculine.
- خَدِيجَة (ḵadīja), Khadijah. "A girl born before pregnancy is complete (ex. 7 months)". Feminine.
- خَلَف (ḵalaf). "Decendant, to inherit the work". Masculine
- خَلِيل (ḵalīl), Khalil. "Best Friend, favorate one". Masculine.
د
ذ
- ذِكْرَى (ḏikrā). "Memory". Feminine.
- ذَكِيّ (ḏakiyy). "Intelligent, cleaver". Masculine.
ر
- رَاوِيَة (rāwiya). "A narrator or a storyteller". Feminine.
- رَجَاء (rajāʔ). "Hope". Feminine, rarely Masculine.
- رَشَاد (rašād). "Righteousness". Masculine
- رَشِيد (rašīd), Rasheed. "Righteous". Masculine.
- رِضَا (riḍā). "Contentment". Masculine.
- رِضْوَان (riḍwān). "Satisfaction (of Allah)", it is also the name of the Guardian Angel of Paradise in Islamic belief". Masculine.
- رَمَضَان (ramaḍān), Ramadan. "Ninth month of the Islamic Calender, the month of prayer; ultimately it means "The hot month". Masculine.
- رِيم (rīm), Reem. "Deer". Feminine.
- رَامِز (rāmiz). "Signaled". Masculine.
- رَامِي (rāmī). "Archer". Masculine.
- رَيَان (rayān). "Filled with water, the opposite of thirsty". Masculine.
ز
- زُبَيْر (zubayr). "Small piece of iron.". Masculine.
- زَكِيّ (zakiyy). "Pure, chaste". Masculine.
- زَهْرَة (zahra). "Flower". Feminine.
- زِيَاد (ziyād). "Increase, addition". Masculine.
- زَيْد (zayd). "Growth, intense.". Masculine.
- زَيْنَب (zaynab). "A huge tree with a beautiful smell, usually grows in deserts". Feminine.
- زِينَة (zīna). "Decorative, beautiful". Feminine.
- زَهْرَاء (zahrāʔ). "Light". Feminine.
- زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), Zakariya. Arabic form of Zacharias. Masculine.
س
- سَاجِد (sājid), Sājid. "One who kneels in prayer / prostrates". Masculine.
- سَارَة (sāra), Sarah. "A woman that is a pleasure (to see/know)". Feminine.
- سَالِم (sālim). "Safe, healthy". Masculine.
- سَالِمَة (sālima), Sālimah. Feminine form of Sālim.
- سَامِي (sāmī), Sami. "Lofty; exalted". Masculine.
- سَامِيَة (sāmiya). "Lofty; exalted". Feminine.
- سَجَّاد (sajjād), Sajjād. "One who is continuously kneeling in prayer / prostrating". Masculine.
- سَحَر (saḥar)."The last hours of night before dawn". Feminine.
- سُعَاد (suʕād). "Happiness". Feminine
- سَعْد (saʕd). "Good fortune". Masculine
- سَعْدِيَّة (saʕdiyya). "Good fortune". Feminine form of Sa'd.
- سَعِيد (saʕīd), Saeed. "Happy". Masculine.
- سَلْمَان (salmān), Salman. "Safe". Masculine.
- سَلَمَة (salama). "Peaceful, tranquil". Feminine.
- سَلْمَى (salmā). "Safe". Feminine.
- سَلْوَى (salwā). "To forget sorrow with". Feminine.
- سَلِيم (salīm). "Healthy, safe". Masculine.
- سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), Sulayman. Arabic form of Solomon. Masculine.
- سَمَاح (samāḥ). "Forgiveness". Feminine.
- سَمَر (samar). "Entertainment at night". Feminine.
- سَمِير (samīr), Samir. "One that is an entertaining companion at night." Masculine.
- سَمِيرَة (samīra), Samirah. Feminine form of Samir.
- سَنَاء (sanāʔ). "Brilliance, radiance, splendour". Feminine.
- سِهَام (sihām). "Arrows". Feminine.
- سُهَيْر (suhayr). "Little one that stays up all night". Feminine.
- سِدْرَة (sidra). "Type of tree." Feminine.
- سَوْسَن (sawsan). "The white lily". Arabic form of Susan. Feminine.
- سَيِّد (sayyid). "Master". Masculine.
- سَيْف (sayf). "Sword". Masculine.
ش
- شَرِيف (šarīf). "Honorable". Masculine.
- شَعْبَان (šaʕbān). "The eighth month of the Islamic calendar". Masculine.
- شَيْمَاء (šaymāʔ). "The one with great traits". Feminine.
- شِيرِين (šīrīn). "Sweet, pleasant, gracious, delicate". Persian name. Feminine.
- شُومَان (šūmān). "Old name of brightness". Masculine.
ص
ض
ط
- طَارِق (ṭāriq), Tariq. "The name of a star; One that passes by, comes often". Masculine.
- طٰهٰ (ṭāhā), Taha. "The letters in the beginning of Surat Taha. Merely two letters with no other meaning". Masculine.
- طَرِيف (ṭarīf). "Interesting, funny". Masculine.
- طَلْحَة (ṭalḥa). Masculine.
- طَيِّب (ṭayyib) "Kind, good". Masculine.
- طَيِّبَة (ṭayyiba). "Kind, good". Feminine.
- طَاهِر (ṭāhir). "Pure, clean ritually". Masculine.
- طَاهِرَة (ṭāhira) "Pure, clean ritually". Feminine form of Tahir.
- طَلَال (ṭalāl). Masculine.
- طَلْعَت (ṭalʕat). Masculine.
ظ
ع
- عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša), A'isha. "One who lives". Feminine.
- عَادِل (ʕādil). "Equitable". Masculine.
- عَبَّاس (ʕabbās), Abbas. "Lion". Masculine.
- عَبْدُ الحَلِيم (ʕabdu l-ḥalīm), Abdul-halim. "Servant of the patient one". Masculine.
- عَبْدُ الحَمِيد (ʕabdu l-ḥamīd), ‘Abd al-Hamid. "Servant of the praised one". Masculine.
- عَبْدُ الرَّحْمٰنِ (ʕabdu r-raḥmāni), Abd ar-Rahman. Masculine.
- عَبْدُ الرَّحِيم (ʕabdu r-raḥīm), Abdul-rahim. "Servant of the most compassionate one". Masculine.
- عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاق (ʕabdu r-razzāq), Abdul-razzaq. "Servant of the maintainer". Masculine.
- عَبْدُ السَّلَام (ʕabdu s-salām), Abdul-salam. "Servant of the peace". Masculine.
- عَبْدُ العَزِيز (ʕabdu l-ʕazīz), Abdul-aziz, Abdul-azeez. "Servant of the dear one". Masculine.
- عَبْدُ الغَنِيّ (ʕabdu l-ḡaniyy), Abdul-ghani. "Servant of the rich one". Masculine.
- عَبْدُ الفَتَّاح (ʕabdu l-fattāḥ), Abdul-fattah. "Servant of the opener." Masculine.
- عَبْدُ القَادِر (ʕabdu l-qādir), Abdul-qadir. "Servant of the capable." Masculine.
- عَبْدُ الكَرِيم (ʕabdu l-karīm), Abdul-karim. "Servant of the generous one". Masculine.
- عَبْدُ اللَّطِيف (ʕabdu l-laṭīf), Abdul-latif. Masculine.
- عَبْدُ اللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh), ‘Abdullah. "Servant of God". Masculine.
- عَبْدُ المَجِيد (ʕabdu l-majīd), Abdul-majid. "Servant of the glorious one". Masculine.
- عَبْدُ المُنْعِم (ʕabdu l-munʕim), Abdul-munim. "Servant of the benefactor". Masculine.
- عَبْدُ الهَادِي (ʕabdu l-hādī). Masculine.
- عَبْدُ الوَهَّاب (ʕabdu l-wahhāb), Abdul-wahhab. "Servant of the giver". Masculine.
- عَبْدُه (ʕabduh). "His servant". Masculine.
- عَبِير (ʕabīr). "Fragnance". Feminine.
- عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān), Othman. The name of one of the companions of Muhammad SAW. Masculine.
- عَدْنَان (ʕadnān). Masculine.
- عَذْبَة (ʕaḏba). "Pure water". Feminine.
- عَزَّة (ʕazza), "Great, powerful, protected, unhurtable". Feminine.
- عَزِيز (ʕazīz), Aziz. "Dear". Masculine.
- عَزِيزَة (ʕazīza), Azizah. "Dear". Feminine.
- عِصَام (ʕiṣām). Masculine.
- عَطِيَّة (ʕaṭiyya). "Gift, present". Masculine/Feminine (one of the few Arabic names that can be used for males and females.
- عَفَاف (ʕafāf). Masculine.
- عَلَاء (ʕalāʔ). "Exalted, prestige, glory". Masculine.
- عَلِيّ (ʕaliyy), Ali. "High". Masculine. See also Eli.
- عَلِيَّة (ʕaliyya), Alia. "High". Feminine.
- عُمَر (ʕumar), Umar. "To live long". Masculine.
- عَمْرو (ʕamr), Amr. Masculine.
- عَمَّار (ʕammār), Ammar. "Long lived". Masculine.
- عِمْرَان (ʕimrān), Imran. "Prosperity". Masculine
- عَوَاطِف (ʕawāṭif), "feelings". Feminine.
- عَوَض (ʕawaḍ), Awad. "Compensation". Masculine.
- عِيسَى (ʕīsā), Isa. Islamic form of Jesus. Masculine.
- عِيد (ʕīd). "Feast, celebration". Masculine
غ
- غَادَة (ḡāda).
- غَيْث (ḡayṯ). "The Help, or the rain after aridity". Masculine.
- غَيَاث (ḡayāṯ). "The helper". Masculine.
- غَالِب (ḡālib). "The winner". Masculine.
ف
- فَاتِن (fātin). Fatin. "Captivating, charming". Feminine.
- فَادِيّ (fādiyy). "The one that sacrifices oneself". Masculine.
- فَهْد (fahd). "Panther". Masculine.
- فَارُوق (fārūq), Faruq. "One who distinguishes truth from falsehood." Masculine.
- فَاطِمَة (fāṭima), Fatima. Feminine.
- فَايِز (fāyiz). "Winner". Masculine.
- فَتْحِيّ (fatḥiyy). "Conqueror, opener". Masculine.
- فَتْحِيَّة (fatḥiyya). Feminine form of Fathy.
- فَرَّج (farraj), Farraj. "Deliverance". Masculine.
- فَرِيد (farīd). "Unique". Masculine.
- فَرَح (faraḥ), Farrah, Farah. "Happiness". Feminine.
- فَوَّاز (fawwāz), Fawwaz. "One that wins continously or repeatedly". Masculine.
- فُؤَاد (fuʔād), Fuad. "Heart". Masculine.
- فَهْمِيّ (fahmiyy). "One that understands". Masculine.
- فَوْزِيّ (fawziyy), Fawzi. "One that wins". Masculine.
- فَوْزِيَّة (fawziyya). "One that wins". Feminine.
ق
ك
ل
- لَطِيفَة (laṭīfa), Latifa. "Delicate, cute, soft". Feminine.
- لَمْيَاء (lamyāʔ), Lamya. "Dark lips". Feminine.
- لَيَانَة (layāna). "Smoothness, to have a flexible body". Feminine.
- لِينَا (līnā). "A small palm tree which does not have a hard trunk yet, soft or flexible body; opposite of hard". Feminine.
- لَيْلَى (laylā), Layla. "Woman of the night". Feminine.
- لُبْنَى (lubnā). "A tree which yields an aromatic resin used in perfume and medicine". Feminine.
م
- مَاجِد (mājid), Abdul-Majid. "Great". Masculine.
- مَشْعَل (mašʕal). "Torch". Masculine.
- مُسَاعِد (musāʕid). "Helper, one that assists". Masculine.
- مَيْسُون (maysūn). stands for tranquility". Feminine.
- مَعَالِيّ (maʕāliyy), Maali. "Royal, the Noble one, of high stature". Feminine.
- مَعْرُوف (maʕrūf), "Famous, well known." Masculine.
- مُحَمَّد (muḥammad), Muhammad. "One that is continuously and repeatedly praised."(It is the most common name in the world). Masculine.
- مَحْمُود (maḥmūd), Mahmud. "Praised man". Masculine.
- مَدِيحَة (madīḥa). Feminine.
- مَرْيَم (maryam), Maryam. Arabic form of Mary. Feminine.
- مَرْوَان (marwān), Marwan. "One that has been to Mount Marwa in Mecca". Masculine.
- مُصْطَفَى (muṣṭafā), Mustafa. "Chosen one, selected from the best". Masculine.
- مِشَارِيّ (mišāriyy). Masculine.
- مُعَاوِيَة (muʕāwiya), Muawiyah. "Howling bitch". Masculine.
- مِيخَائِيل (mīḵāʔīl), Mikail. Arabic form of Michael. Masculine.
- مَنَال (manāl) Feminine.
- مَنْصُور (manṣūr), Mansur. "Divinely aided, victorious." Masculine.
- مُنَى (munā) "Wishes, hopes, desires". Feminine.
- مُنِير (munīr). "Enlightening". Masculine.
- مُنِيرَة (munīra). Feminine of Munir.
- مَهَا (mahā). "The Oryx, plural form". Feminine.
- مُهَاب (muhāb). "Looked upon with awe, highly respected and feared". Masculine.
- مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy). "Guided one". Masculine.
- مُوسَى (mūsā), Musa. Arabic form of Moses. Masculine.
ن
- نَادِيَة (nādiya). Nadia "Covered with dew, tender". Feminine.
- نَاصِر (nāṣir), Nasir. "Protector". Masculine.
- نَاهِد (nāhid). "Venus". Feminine.
- نَايِف (nāyif). "High". Masculine.
- نَبِيل (nabīl), Nabil. "Noble, highborn". Masculine.
- نَبِيلَة (nabīla), Nabilah. "Noble, highborn". Feminine.
- نَجَاة (najāh). "To be saved". Feminine.
- نَجَاح (najāḥ). "Success". Mostly Feminine, rarely Masculine.
- نَجْلَاء (najlāʔ). "Woman with black eyes". Feminine.
- نَجْمَة (najma). "Happiness, peaceful, bliss". Feminine.
- نَجْوَى (najwā). "To speak with love in a low voice". Feminine.
- نِسْرِين (nisrīn). "Wild rose", Persian name. Feminine.
- نِضَال (niḍāl). "Struggle, fight for one's rights". Both Masculine and Feminine.
- نَعِيمَة (naʕīma). "One that has been blessed". Feminine.
- نَهْلَة (nahla).
- نِهَاد (nihād). Feminine.
- نَوَال (nawāl). "to attain what has been wished for or dreamed of". Feminine.
- نُور (nūr), Noor. "Light". Masculine.
- نُورَة (nūra), Noora. "Light". Feminine.
- نَدَى (nadā). "Dew". Feminine.
- نِيرْمِين (nīrmīn). Not Arabic. Feminine.
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- هَادِي (hādī). "Guide". Masculine.
- هَاشِم (hāšim), Hashim. "Pulverizer." Masculine.
- هَارُون (hārūn). Arabic form of Aaron. Masculine.
- هَالَة (hāla). "The light that surrounds the moon". Feminine.
- هَانِم (hānim), from Turkish "Lady". Feminine.
- هِبَة (hiba). "Gift". Feminine.
- هُدَى (hudā). "Guidance". Feminine.
- هُمَام (humām). "Willful, energetic, brave, courageous". Masculine.
- هِشَام (hišām). Masculine.
- هَنَاء (hanāʔ). "Happiness, contentness, comfort in life". Feminine.
- هِنْد (hind). "India". Feminine.
- هَنِيَّة (haniyya).
- هِيَام (hiyām). "Strong love". Feminine.
- هَيْثَم (hayṯam). "Eagle". Masculine.
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- وِدَاد (widād). "love, freindship". Feminine.
- وَفَاء (wafāʔ). "Faithfulness". Feminine.
- وَلِيد (walīd). "Newborn". Masculine.
- وَائِل (wāʔil). "Has much deer". Masculine.
- وَجْدِيّ (wajdiyy). "Beloved". Masculine.
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