Behind the Name: WisteriAvis's Personal Name List

Adil

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, Kazakh

Other Scripts: عادل(Arabic, Urdu) ئادىل(Uyghur Arabic) Әділ(Kazakh)

Pronounced: ‘A-deel(Arabic) a-DEEL(Turkish) ah-DEEL(Uyghur)

Rating: 22% based on 5 votes

Means "fair, honest, just" in Arabic, from the root عدل (ʿadala) meaning "to act justly". This name was borne by several sultans of Bijapur.

Adina 1

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek

Other Scripts: Ἀδινά(Ancient Greek)

Rating: 24% based on 5 votes

From the Hebrew name עֲדִינָא (ʿAḏina), derived from עָדִין (ʿaḏin) meaning "delicate". This name is borne by a soldier in the Old Testament.

The feminine name Adina 3 is from the same root, but is spelled differently in Hebrew.

Aqil

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu

Other Scripts: عقيل(Arabic) عقیل(Urdu)

Pronounced: ‘a-KEEL(Arabic)

Rating: 16% based on 5 votes

Means "intelligent, wise, reasonable" in Arabic, from the root عقل (ʿaqala) meaning "to have intelligence, to be reasonable". Aqil ibn Abi Talib was the name of a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad.

Dana 4

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Persian, Arabic

Other Scripts: دانا(Persian, Arabic)

Pronounced: daw-NAW(Persian) DA-na(Arabic)

Rating: 20% based on 4 votes

Means "wise" in Persian.

Fakhri

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: فخريّ(Arabic)

Pronounced: FAKH-reey

Rating: 22% based on 5 votes

Means "honorary" in Arabic.

Farah

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay

Other Scripts: فرح(Arabic, Persian, Urdu)

Pronounced: FA-rah(Arabic)

Rating: 16% based on 5 votes

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

Hakim

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Malay, Indonesian

Other Scripts: حكيم(Arabic)

Pronounced: ha-KEEM(Arabic)

Rating: 20% based on 5 votes

Means "wise" in Arabic, from the root حكم (ḥakama) meaning "to pass judgement, to decide". In Islamic tradition الحكيم (al-Ḥakīm) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Idris 1

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Malay, Indonesian

Other Scripts: إدريس(Arabic)

Pronounced: eed-REES(Arabic) EE-drees(Malay, Indonesian)

Rating: 55% based on 6 votes

Possibly means "interpreter, teacher" in Arabic, related to the root درس (darasa) meaning "to study, to learn". According to the Quran this was the name of an ancient prophet. He is traditionally equated with the Hebrew prophet Enoch.

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: 42% 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.

Latif

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu

Other Scripts: لطيف(Arabic) لطیف(Urdu)

Pronounced: la-TEEF(Arabic)

Rating: 24% based on 5 votes

Means "gentle, kind" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition اللطيف (al-Laṭīf) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Micaiah

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: מִיכָיָהוּ, מִיכָיְהוּ, מִיכָיָה(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: mi-KIE-ə(English)

Rating: 36% based on 5 votes

Means "who is like Yahweh?" in Hebrew, derived from the interrogative pronoun מִי (mi) combined with ךְּ (ke) meaning "like" and יָהּ (yah) referring to the Hebrew God. This name occurs in the Old Testament in a variety of Hebrew spellings, belonging to both males and females. It is the full name of Micah, both the prophet and the man from the Book of Judges. As a feminine name it belongs to the mother of King Abijah (at 2 Chronicles 13:2), though her name is listed as Maacah in other passages.

Nasim

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu

Other Scripts: نسيم(Arabic) نسیم(Urdu)

Pronounced: na-SEEM(Arabic)

Rating: 10% based on 4 votes

Means "breeze" in Arabic.

Nuri

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Turkish

Other Scripts: نوري(Arabic)

Pronounced: NOO-ree(Arabic)

Rating: 28% based on 5 votes

Means "my light" in Arabic.

Rasim

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani

Other Scripts: راسم(Arabic)

Pronounced: RA-seem(Arabic)

Rating: 26% based on 5 votes

Means "planner, architect" in Arabic.