Tiger Lilly's Personal Name List
Zinat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Persian, Bengali
Other Scripts: زینت(Persian) জিনাত(Bengali)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Means "ornament" in Persian (of Arabic origin).
Zainab
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Hausa, Malay, Indonesian
Other Scripts: زينب(Arabic) زینب(Urdu)
Pronounced: ZIE-nab(Arabic)
Rating: 60% based on 3 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic
زينب (see
Zaynab), as well as the usual form in several languages.
Yusra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: يسرى, يسرا(Arabic)
Pronounced: YOOS-ra
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Means
"wealth, ease" in Arabic, a derivative of
يسر (yasira) meaning "to be easy, to be rich".
Wardah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: وردة(Arabic)
Pronounced: WAR-da
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
Alternate transcription of Arabic
وردة (see
Warda).
Warda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: وردة(Arabic)
Pronounced: WAR-da
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
Means "rose" in Arabic, ultimately a borrowing from an Iranian language.
Tayyib
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: طيّب(Arabic)
Pronounced: TIE-yeeb
Personal remark: Tayyiba for a girl
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Means "pleasant, good-natured" in Arabic.
Tawfiq
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: توفيق(Arabic)
Pronounced: tow-FEEK
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
Means
"success, good fortune" in Arabic, derived from
وفق (wafiqa) meaning "to be successful"
[1].
Tasnim
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: تسنيم(Arabic)
Pronounced: tas-NEEM
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
From the name of a water spring in paradise, according to Islamic tradition.
Taj
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: تاج(Arabic)
Pronounced: TAJ
Rating: 30% based on 3 votes
Means "crown" in Arabic.
Sumayya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سميّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: soo-MIE-ya
Rating: 75% based on 4 votes
Means
"high, elevated, lofty" in Arabic, derived from
سما (samā) meaning "to be high". This was the name of the first martyr for Islam.
Suha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سها(Arabic)
Pronounced: SOO-ha
Rating: 43% based on 4 votes
Means "forgotten, overlooked" in Arabic. Al-Suha (also called Alcor) is the name of a star in the constellation Ursa Major.
Shula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: شعلة(Arabic)
Pronounced: SHOO‘-la
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Means "flame" in Arabic.
Sana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سناء(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-NA
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic
سناء (see
Sanaa).
Sama
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سماء(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-MA
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
Means "sky" in Arabic.
Safiyyah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: صفيّة(Arabic)
Pronounced: sa-FEE-ya
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
Sa'd
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: سعد(Arabic)
Pronounced: SA‘D
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
Means
"fortune, good luck" in Arabic, derived from
سعد (saʿida) meaning "to be happy, to be lucky". Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas was a military commander during the early years of Islam, serving under the Prophet
Muhammad and his successor
Umar.
Rima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian
Other Scripts: ريما(Arabic)
Pronounced: REE-ma
Rating: 66% based on 5 votes
Rim
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: ريم(Arabic)
Pronounced: REEM
Personal remark: Prefer spelling Reem; also like Rima
Rating: 64% based on 7 votes
Means "white antelope" in Arabic.
Rayya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Rare)
Rating: 70% based on 5 votes
Means "quenched" or "fresh, good scent".
Rayhana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: ريحانة(Arabic)
Pronounced: rie-HA-na
Rating: 54% based on 5 votes
Means
"basil" in Arabic. This was the name of a wife of the Prophet
Muhammad.
Raniya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: رانية(Arabic)
Pronounced: RA-nee-ya
Rating: 74% based on 5 votes
Possibly related to the Arabic root
رنا (ranā) meaning
"to gaze, to look intently".
Rahman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay, Bengali
Other Scripts: رحمٰن(Arabic) رحمان(Persian, Pashto) রহমান(Bengali)
Pronounced: rah-MAN(Arabic) rah-MAWN(Persian) RAH-man(Indonesian)
Rating: 13% based on 4 votes
Means
"merciful" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition
الرحمٰن (al-Raḥmān) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Rahim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Bengali, Malay
Other Scripts: رحيم(Arabic, Pashto) رحیم(Persian, Urdu) রহিম(Bengali)
Pronounced: ra-HEEM(Arabic, Persian) rə-HEEM(Urdu)
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Means
"merciful, kind, compassionate" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition
الرحيم (al-Raḥīm) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Qamar
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: قمر(Arabic, Urdu)
Pronounced: KA-mar(Arabic)
Rating: 20% based on 4 votes
Means "moon" in Arabic.
Noor 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Malay, Indonesian
Other Scripts: نور(Arabic, Urdu) নূর(Bengali)
Pronounced: NOOR(Arabic)
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic/Urdu
نور or Bengali
নূর (see
Nur), as well as a Malay and Indonesian variant.
Nawra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: نورة(Arabic)
Pronounced: NOW-ra
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Means
"flower, blossom" in Arabic, a derivative of
نوّر (nawwara) meaning "to blossom, to illuminate, to light".
Na'ima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: نعيمة(Arabic)
Pronounced: na-‘EE-ma
Rating: 60% based on 6 votes
Alternate transcription of Arabic
نعيمة (see
Naima).
Musa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Hausa, Urdu, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: موسى(Arabic) موسیٰ(Urdu) মুসা(Bengali)
Pronounced: MOO-sa(Arabic, Indonesian, Malay) moo-SA(Turkish)
Rating: 25% based on 4 votes
Murad
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Azerbaijani, Avar
Other Scripts: مراد(Arabic, Urdu) মুরাদ(Bengali) Мурад(Avar)
Pronounced: moo-RAD(Arabic)
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Means "wish, desire" in Arabic. This name was borne by five Ottoman sultans.
Munira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: منيرة(Arabic)
Pronounced: moo-NEE-ra
Rating: 64% based on 5 votes
Munir
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: منير(Arabic) منیر(Urdu)
Pronounced: moo-NEER(Arabic)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means
"bright, shining" in Arabic, related to the root
نوّر (nawwara) meaning "to illuminate, to light".
Mazin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: مازن(Arabic)
Pronounced: MA-zeen
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Means "rain clouds" in Arabic.
Marwa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: مروة(Arabic)
Pronounced: MAR-wa
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
From the Arabic name of a fragrant plant. Al-Marwa is the name of one of the two sacred hills near Mecca.
Malik 1
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: ملك(Arabic) ملک(Urdu)
Pronounced: MA-leek(Arabic)
Rating: 70% based on 5 votes
Means
"king" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition
الملك (al-Malik) is one of the 99 names of Allah. This can also be another way of transcribing the name
مالك (see
Maalik).
Majd
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: مَجْد(Arabic) مجد(Persian)
Rating: 40% based on 3 votes
Means "glory, exaltation" in Arabic, with various secondary meanings including "beauty, splendour", "magnificence" and "nobility, honour".
Madiha
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: مديحة(Arabic) مدیحہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: ma-DEE-ha(Arabic)
Rating: 70% based on 5 votes
Lulu 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: لؤلؤ(Arabic)
Pronounced: LOO-loo
Rating: 51% based on 7 votes
Means "pearls" in Arabic.
Kenza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Maghrebi)
Other Scripts: كنزة(Arabic)
Pronounced: KEHN-ZA(French)
Rating: 47% based on 6 votes
Derived from Arabic كَنْز (kanz) meaning "treasure".
Karim
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Tajik, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tatar
Other Scripts: كريم(Arabic) کریم(Persian) Карим(Tajik, Uzbek, Kyrgyz) Кәрім(Kazakh) Кәрим(Tatar)
Pronounced: ka-REEM(Arabic, Persian, Tajik Persian)
Rating: 75% based on 6 votes
Means
"generous, noble" in Arabic, from the root
كرم (karuma) meaning "to be generous". In Islamic tradition
الكريم (al-Karīm) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Isra
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: إسراء(Arabic)
Pronounced: ees-RA
Rating: 81% based on 7 votes
Means
"nocturnal journey" in Arabic, derived from
سرى (sarā) meaning "to travel by night". According to Islamic tradition, the
Isra was a miraculous journey undertaken by the Prophet
Muhammad.
Hind
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: هند(Arabic)
Pronounced: HEEND
Rating: 7% based on 3 votes
Possibly means
"group of camels" in Arabic. Hind bint Abi Umayyah, also known as Umm Salama, was one of the wives of the Prophet
Muhammad. This is also the Arabic name for the country of India.
Hanin
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Mashriqi)
Other Scripts: حنين(Arabic)
Rating: 13% based on 3 votes
Means "longing, yearning" in Arabic.
Halima
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Hausa, Swahili
Other Scripts: حليمة(Arabic) حلیمہ(Urdu) হালিমা(Bengali)
Pronounced: ha-LEE-ma(Arabic)
Rating: 72% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of
Halim. Halima was the name of the foster mother of the Prophet
Muhammad.
Farah
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay
Other Scripts: فرح(Arabic, Persian, Urdu)
Pronounced: FA-rah(Arabic)
Rating: 79% based on 7 votes
Means
"joy, happiness" in Arabic, from the root
فرح (fariḥa) meaning "to be happy".
Faiza
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu
Other Scripts: فائزة(Arabic) فائزہ(Urdu)
Pronounced: FA-ee-za(Arabic)
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Basma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: بسمة(Arabic)
Pronounced: BAS-ma
Rating: 38% based on 5 votes
Means
"smile" in Arabic, from the root
بسم (basama) meaning "to smile".
Azhar
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Malay
Other Scripts: أزهر(Arabic) اظہر(Urdu)
Pronounced: AZ-har(Arabic)
Rating: 76% based on 5 votes
Means
"shining, brilliant, bright" in Arabic, derived from the root
زهر (zahara) meaning "to shine".
Ayda
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Other Scripts: عائدة(Arabic) آیدا(Persian)
Pronounced: ‘A-ee-da(Arabic)
Rating: 72% based on 5 votes
Means "returning, visitor" in Arabic. In Turkey this is also associated with ay meaning "moon".
Ashraqat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أشراقات(Arabic)
Pronounced: ash-ra-KAT
Rating: 23% based on 4 votes
Means
"brightness, splendour, dawn" in Arabic, derived from the root
شرق (sharaqa) meaning "to radiate, to shine, to rise".
Areen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic (Rare)
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
Amira 1
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Bosnian, Malay
Other Scripts: أميرة(Arabic)
Pronounced: a-MEE-ra(Arabic)
Rating: 81% based on 7 votes
Amal 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أمل(Arabic)
Pronounced: A-mal
Rating: 63% based on 7 votes
Means
"hope, aspiration" in Arabic, from the root
أمل (ʾamala) meaning "to hope for".
Afnan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts: أفنان(Arabic)
Pronounced: af-NAN
Rating: 30% based on 5 votes
Means
"tree branches" in Arabic, the plural form of
فنن (fanan) [1]. It is given in reference to verse
55:48 in the
Quran.
behindthename.com · Copyright © 1996-2024