Arabic (Mashriqi) Submitted Names

These names are a subset of Arabic names used more often in the Mashriq (Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen). See also about Arabic Names.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Alanoud العنود f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Means "the strong-willed", from Anoud prefixed with the Arabic definite article.
Arusa عروسة f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Bride or spouse to be, used in Arabic and Farsi.
Ayza f Arabic (Mashriqi), Kazakh, Tajik, Dagestani, Tatar, Bashkir, Tuvan, Altai
From Turkic ай (ay) meaning "moon" and Tajik зар (zar) meaning "gold," which derives from Persian زر (zar).
Chahid شهيد m Arabic (Mashriqi)
Variant spelling of Shahid.
Ghareeb غريب m Arabic (Mashriqi), Urdu (?), Judeo-Arabic (?)
Alternate transcription of Arabic غريب (see Gharib).... [more]
Hanin حنين f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Means "longing, yearning" in Arabic.
Hasherin m Arabic (Mashriqi)
Hashim It means Strong or Destroyer of Evil
Hooria حورية f Arabic (Mashriqi), Pakistani
Alternate transcription of Houria. Also see Hawra.
Huzaima f Arabic (Mashriqi), Arabic
Huzaima bint Nasser, meaning, "firm believer" was an Arabian noblewoman, Sharifa of Mecca. She was Queen of Syria and then Queen of Iraq by marriage to Faisal I of Iraq, and queen mother during the reign of her son.
Jazeera f Indian (Rare), Arabic (Mashriqi, Rare, ?)
From Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra) meaning "island, peninsula".
Karshm كرشم m Arabic (Mashriqi, Arabized, Rare, Archaic)
Ulaqa bin Karshm Al-Kilabi is a Muslim historian from Banu Amir bin Kilab who lived in the first century AH
Laeth m Arabic (Mashriqi, Modern)
means baby lion in arabic
Mahya مَحیا f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Mahya is an Arabic (Mashriqi) name .
Mannan مَنَّان m Indian, Bengali, Pakistani, Arabic (Mashriqi)
From the Arabic word مَنّان (mannān) meaning "kind, generous, benefactor".
Murtadha مرتضى m Arabic (Mashriqi)
Variant of Murtada.
Musheera مشيرة f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Variant spelling of Mushira.
Najet ناجيت f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Variant spelling of Najat.
Nameera نميرا f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Variant spelling of Namira.
Nawf نوف m Arabic (Mashriqi)
Masculine form of Nawfa.
Nay ناي f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Traditional bamboo flute used in the levant
Nourallah m & f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Combination of Nour and Allah.
Plestia بلستيا f Arabic (Mashriqi, Rare)
Borne by Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad (2001-), whose father named her after one of the first tribes that lived in Palestine.
Rakhaya راكهايا f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Might be a borrowed name from Hindi, meaning “placed”.
Ramee رامي m Arabic (Mashriqi)
Variant of Rami most used in Syria.
Rodi m Kurdish (Rare), Arabic (Mashriqi, Rare)
Possibly an Arabic version of Herodion
Sabreen سابرين f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Means "patient", from Arabic صَبْر‎ (ṣabr) "patience; perseverance, endurance" (compare Sabri).
Samiqa f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Feminine form of Samiq.
Tanios m Arabic (Mashriqi)
This is a version of Anthony, referring to St. Anthony, used as a given name among the Maronite Christians of Lebanon.
Tayseer تيسير m & f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic تيسير (see Taysir). It is used as a feminine name in Sudan while it is typically masculine elsewhere. A literary bearer was the Jordanian writer and poet Tayseer Sboul (1939-1973).