Behind the Name: Loads of Randomness's Personal Name List

Adila

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: عادلة(Arabic)

Pronounced: ‘A-dee-la

Personal remark: Feminine form of ADIL ("fair, honest, just")

Rating: 54% based on 9 votes

Feminine form of Adil.

Ahmad

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay, Avar, Uzbek

Other Scripts: أحمد(Arabic) احمد(Persian, Urdu, Pashto) আহমদ(Bengali) Ахӏмад(Avar) Аҳмад(Uzbek)

Pronounced: AH-mad(Arabic, Indonesian, Malay) ah-MAD(Persian) UH-məd(Urdu) AH-mawd(Bengali)

Personal remark: "More commendable"

Rating: 57% based on 13 votes

Means "most commendable, most praiseworthy" in Arabic (a superlative form of Hamid 1).

Farah

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay

Other Scripts: فرح(Arabic, Persian, Urdu)

Pronounced: FA-rah(Arabic)

Rating: 39% based on 10 votes

Means "joy, happiness" in Arabic, from the root فرح (fariḥa) meaning "to be happy".

Fariha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu

Other Scripts: فريحة(Arabic) فریحہ(Urdu)

Pronounced: fa-REE-ha(Arabic)

Rating: 51% based on 9 votes

Means "happy" in Arabic, from the root فرح (fariḥa) meaning "to be happy".

Farouk

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: فاروق(Arabic)

Pronounced: fa-ROOK

Personal remark: "Person who can tell right from wrong"

Rating: 34% based on 7 votes

Alternate transcription of Arabic فاروق (see Faruq).

Hafiz

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Malay

Other Scripts: حافظ, حفيظ(Arabic) حافظ(Urdu) হাফিজ(Bengali)

Pronounced: HA-feedh(Arabic) ha-FEEDH(Arabic)

Personal remark: "Custodian, guardian"

Rating: 40% based on 15 votes

Means "preserver, guardian, keeper" in Arabic, a derivative of حفظ (ḥafiẓa) meaning "to preserve, to protect". This transcription represents two related yet distinct Arabic names: حافظ, in which the first vowel is long, and حفيظ, in which the second vowel is long. In Islamic tradition الحفيظ (al-Ḥafīẓ) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Halim

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay

Other Scripts: حليم(Arabic)

Pronounced: ha-LEEM(Arabic)

Rating: 80% based on 4 votes

Means "patient, tolerant, mild" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الحليم (al-Ḥalīm) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Hamid 1

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, Uzbek, Malay, Bosnian

Other Scripts: حميد(Arabic, Pashto) حمید(Persian, Urdu) Ҳамид(Uzbek)

Pronounced: ha-MEED(Arabic, Persian)

Personal remark: "Praiseworthy"

Rating: 39% based on 7 votes

Means "praiseworthy" in Arabic, from the root حمد (ḥamida) meaning "to praise". In Islamic tradition الحميد (al-Ḥamīd) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Ibrahim

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Malay, Indonesian, Pashto, Urdu, Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir, Avar, Bosnian, Dhivehi, Albanian, Hausa, Swahili

Other Scripts: إبراهيم(Arabic) ابراهيم(Pashto) ابراہیم(Urdu) Ибраһим(Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir) Ибрагьим(Avar) އިބްރާހީމް(Dhivehi)

Pronounced: eeb-ra-HEEM(Arabic) ee-BRA-hehm(Malay) ee-BRA-him(Indonesian)

Personal remark: Arabic form of ABRAHAM ("father of many")

Rating: 69% based on 15 votes

Arabic form of Abraham, also used in several other languages. This form appears in the Quran.

Muna

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: منى(Arabic)

Pronounced: MOO-na

Personal remark: "Wishes, desires"

Rating: 60% based on 9 votes

Means "wishes, desires", from the plural form of Munya.

Nasir

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Malay

Other Scripts: ناصر, نصير(Arabic) ناصر, نصیر(Persian, Urdu) নাসির(Bengali)

Pronounced: NA-seer(Arabic) na-SEER(Arabic)

Personal remark: "Helper"

Rating: 65% based on 8 votes

Means "helper" in Arabic, from the root نصر (naṣara) meaning "to help, to aid". This transcription represents two related yet distinct Arabic names: ناصر, in which the first vowel is long, and نصير, in which the second vowel is long.

Nazli

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian

Other Scripts: نازلی(Persian)

Personal remark: "Delicate, beautiful"

Rating: 38% based on 13 votes

Means "delicate, beautiful, coy" in Persian.

Rafiq

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali

Other Scripts: رفيق(Arabic) رفیق(Urdu) রফিক(Bengali)

Pronounced: ra-FEEK(Arabic)

Personal remark: "Friend" or "Gentle"

Rating: 43% based on 13 votes

Means either "friend" or "gentle, kind" in Arabic.

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)

Personal remark: "Kind, compassionate"

Rating: 70% based on 8 votes

Means "merciful, kind, compassionate" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الرحيم (al-Raḥīm) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Raja 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: رجاء(Arabic)

Pronounced: ra-JA

Personal remark: "Hope"

Rating: 51% based on 8 votes

Means "hope" in Arabic, from the root رجا (rajā) meaning "to hope, to anticipate".

Safiyyah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: صفيّة(Arabic)

Pronounced: sa-FEE-ya

Personal remark: Feminine form of SAFI ("pure")

Rating: 66% based on 15 votes

Alternate transcription of Arabic صفيّة (see Safiyya).

Sa'id

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: سعيد(Arabic)

Pronounced: sa-‘EED

Personal remark: "Happy, lucky"

Rating: 48% based on 13 votes

Alternate transcription of Arabic سعيد (see Said).

Salma

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Indonesian

Other Scripts: سلمى(Arabic) سلمیٰ(Urdu) সালমা(Bengali)

Pronounced: SAL-ma(Arabic)

Rating: 35% based on 4 votes

Means "safe" in Arabic, derived from سلم (salima) meaning "to be safe".

Sana

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: سناء(Arabic)

Pronounced: sa-NA

Personal remark: "Brilliance, radiance, splendour"

Rating: 54% based on 15 votes

Alternate transcription of Arabic سناء (see Sanaa).

Sanaa

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: سناء(Arabic)

Pronounced: sa-NA

Rating: 65% based on 4 votes

Means "brilliance, radiance, splendour" in Arabic, derived from the root سنا (sanā) meaning "to gleam, to shine".

Tariq

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu

Other Scripts: طارق(Arabic, Urdu)

Pronounced: TA-reek(Arabic)

Personal remark: "He who knocks at the door"

Rating: 51% based on 7 votes

Means "visitor, knocker at the door" in Arabic, from طرق (ṭaraqa) meaning "to knock" [1]. This is the Arabic name of the morning star. Tariq ibn Ziyad was the Islamic general who conquered Spain for the Umayyad Caliphate in the 8th century.

Yusra

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: يسرى, يسرا(Arabic)

Pronounced: YOOS-ra

Personal remark: "Wealth, ease"

Rating: 49% based on 9 votes

Means "wealth, ease" in Arabic, a derivative of يسر (yasira) meaning "to be easy, to be rich".

Zahir

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali

Other Scripts: ظهير(Arabic) ظهیر(Persian) ظہیر(Shahmukhi, Urdu) জহির(Bengali)

Pronounced: dha-HEER(Arabic)

Personal remark: "Helper, supporter"

Rating: 65% based on 12 votes

Means "helper, supporter" in Arabic, related to ظهر (ẓahara) meaning "to be visible, to be clear". This can also be an alternate transcription of Arabic زاهر (see Zaahir 1) or ظاهر (see Zaahir 2).