Arabic (Maghrebi) Names - Behind the Name

Abdelaziz عبد العزيز m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد العزيز (see Abd al-Aziz) chiefly used in North Africa.

Abdelhak عبد الحقّ m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الحقّ (see Abd al-Haqq) chiefly used in North Africa.

Abdelhamid عبد الحميد m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الحميد (see Abd al-Hamid) chiefly used in North Africa.

Abdelkader عبد القادر m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد القادر (see Abd al-Qadir) chiefly used in North Africa.

Abdellah عبد الله m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الله (see Abd Allah) chiefly used in North Africa.

Abdellatif عبد اللطيف m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد اللطيف (see Abd al-Latif) chiefly used in North Africa.

Abdelmajid عبد المجيد m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد المجيد (see Abd al-Majid) chiefly used in North Africa.

Abderrahim عبد الرحيم m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحيم (see Abd ar-Rahim) chiefly used in North Africa.

Abderrahmane عبد الرحمٰن m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman) chiefly used in North Africa.

Abdeslam عبد السلام m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد السلام (see Abd as-Salam) chiefly used in North Africa.

Abdessalam عبد السلام m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد السلام (see Abd as-Salam) chiefly used in North Africa.

Aïcha عائشة f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Form of Aisha used in North Africa and other French-influenced regions of the continent.

Amel 2 آمال f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic آمال (see Aamaal) chiefly used in North Africa.

Amine 1 أمين m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic أمين (see Amin) chiefly used in North Africa.

Assia آسيا, آسية f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic آسيا or آسية (see Asiya) chiefly used in North Africa.

Bouchra بشرى f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic بشرى (see Bushra) chiefly used in North Africa.

Brahim براهيم m Arabic (Maghrebi)
North African short form of Ibrahim.

Djamila جميلة f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic جميلة (see Jamila) chiefly used in Algeria.

Driss إدريس m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic إدريس (see Idris 1) chiefly used in North Africa.

Fatiha فاتحة f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Means "opener" in Arabic, from the root فتح (fataḥa) meaning "to open, to conquer". This is the name of the first chapter (surah al-Fatiha) of the Quran.

Fatima Zahra فاطمة الزهراء f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic فاطمة الزهراء (see Fatima az-Zahra) mainly used in North Africa.

Fouzia فوزيّة f Arabic (Maghrebi), Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic فوزيّة or Urdu فوزیہ (see Fawzia) chiefly used in North Africa and Pakistan.

Hanane حنان f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حنان (see Hanan 2) chiefly used in North Africa.

Hédi 2 هادي m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic هادي (see Hadi) chiefly used in Tunisia (using French-influenced orthography).

Hicham هشام m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic هشام (see Hisham) chiefly used in North Africa.

Houda هدى f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic هدى (see Huda) chiefly used in North Africa.

Houria حوريّة f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic حوريّة (see Huriya) chiefly used in Algeria.

Ilyes إلياس m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic إلياس (see Ilyas) chiefly used in North Africa.

Imane إيمان f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic إيمان (see Iman) chiefly used in North Africa.

Jaouad جواد m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic جواد (see Jawad) chiefly used in North Africa.

Kheira خيرة f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic خيرة (see Khayra) chiefly used in Algeria.

Kheireddine خير الدين m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic خير الدين (see Khayr ad-Din) chiefly used in Algeria.

Laïla ليلى f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic ليلى (see Layla) chiefly used in North Africa (using French-influenced orthography).

Mehdi مهدي m Persian, Azerbaijani, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Persian, Azerbaijani and North African form of Mahdi.

Meriem مريم f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic مريم (see Maryam) chiefly used in North Africa.

Messaoud مسعود m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic مسعود (see Masud) chiefly used in North Africa.

Messaouda مسعودة f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic مسعودة (see Masuda) chiefly used in North Africa.

Mokhtar مختار m Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian, Malay
North African, Persian and Malay form of Mukhtar.

Mouna منى f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic منى (see Muna) chiefly used in North Africa.

Mourad مراد m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic مراد (see Murad) chiefly used in North Africa.

Naïma نعيمة f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Form of Naima used in North Africa and other French-influenced regions of the continent.

Najoua نجوى f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic نجوى (see Najwa) chiefly used in North Africa.

Nesrine نسرين f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Arabic (chiefly North African) form of Nasrin.

Noureddine نور الدين m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic نور الدين (see Nur ad-Din) chiefly used in North Africa.

Othmane عثمان m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عثمان (see Uthman) chiefly used in North Africa.

Oualid وليد m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Form of Walid chiefly used in North Africa (using French-influenced orthography).

Oum أمّ f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic أمّ (see Umm) chiefly used in North Africa.

Rachid رشيد, راشد m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic رشيد or راشد (see Rashid) chiefly used in North Africa.

Rachida رشيدة, راشدة f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic رشيدة or راشدة (see Rashida) chiefly used in North Africa.

Salaheddine صلاح الدين m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic صلاح الدين (see Salah ad-Din) chiefly used in North Africa.

Toufik توفيق m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic توفيق (see Tawfiq) chiefly used in North Africa.

Yamina يمينة f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Derived from Arabic يمين (yamīn) meaning "right hand, oath".

Yassine ياسين m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic ياسين (see Yasin) chiefly used in North Africa.

Youcef يوسف m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic يوسف (see Yusuf) chiefly used in Algeria.

Younes يونس m Arabic (Maghrebi), Persian
North African and Persian form of Yunus.

Yousra يسرى, يسرا f Arabic (Maghrebi), Arabic (Egyptian)
Alternate transcription of Arabic يسرى or يسرا (see Yusra) chiefly used in North Africa.

Zineb زينب f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic زينب (see Zaynab) chiefly used in North Africa.

Zinedine زين الدين m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic زين الدين (see Zayn ad-Din) chiefly used in North Africa. A famous bearer is the French soccer player Zinedine Zidane (1972-), who was born to Algerian parents.

Zohra زهرة f Urdu, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Urdu زہرہ (see Zuhra 1) or Arabic زهرة (see Zuhra 2).

Zoubida زبيدة f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Form of Zubaida chiefly used in North Africa (using French-influenced orthography).

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