PerakmMalay It means "silver". It was the fifth and most famous bendahara of the Sultanate of Malacca, Tun Perak, who served under four sultans from 1456 to 1498.
RahahfArabic, Malay Alternate transcription of Arabic راحة (see Raha), as well as a Malay variant.
Rahayuf & mJavanese, Indonesian, Malay Means "healthy, secure, safe, prosperous" in Javanese. It is a unisex (primarily feminine) name in Indonesia, while it is solely feminine in Malaysia.
Raihanm & fBengali, Malay, Indonesian Derived from Arabic ريحان (rayhan) meaning "basil" (see Rayhana). It is used as a unisex name in Bangladesh and Malaysia (more commonly masculine in the former and primarily feminine in the latter) while it is only masculine in Indonesia.
RamlimMalay, Indonesian From the name of 11th-century Islamic scholar and jurist Shams al-Din al-Ramli, whose name was derived from the village of Ramlah in Egypt.
RazimMalay, Indonesian From the name of 12th-century Muslim scholar and theologian Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, whose name was derived from the city of Ray in present-day Iran.
RazifmMalay, Bashkir Possibly derived from Persian راضی (razi) meaning "content, pleased, satisfied" (of Arabic origin).
RizalmIndonesian, Malay Derived from Arabic رجال (rijāl) meaning "infantrymen, footsoldiers" or "men", the plural of راجل (rājil) meaning "footsoldier" or رجل (rajul) meaning "man".
SafwahfArabic, Malay Alternate transcription of Arabic صفوة (see Safwa), as well as the Malay form.
SafwanmArabic, Indonesian, Malay Means "stone, rock" in Arabic, though it may also be derived from صفا (safa) meaning "pure, clean". This was the name of two companions of Muhammad.
SalbiahfMalay, Indonesian Possibly from Arabic سَلْبِيَّة (salbiyya) meaning "negativity, passivity", referring to negative attributes (sifat) that cannot be found in Allah.
SanusimIndonesian, Malay, Nigerian, Fula, Hausa From Arabic سَنُوسِيّ (sannūsī), the name of a Sufi order and clan that existed in Libya and the Sudan region. The sect was named after its founder, Muslim theologian Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi (1787-1859).
SayutimIndonesian, Malay From the name of 15th-century Islamic scholar, jurist and mystic Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, whose name was derived from the city of Asyut in Egypt.
ShafiemMalay From Arabic شافعي (Shāfiʿī), the name of one of the four schools of thought (madhhab) in Sunni Islam, which was named in honour of its founder, Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i.
ShafiqahfArabic, Malay Alternate transcription of Arabic شفيقة (see Shafiqa), as well as a Malay variant.
ShafiyahfMalay, Indonesian Either means "forgiveness" from Arabic صَفْح (ṣafḥ) meaning "pardon, forgiveness, amnesty" or "healer, curer" from شَفَى (šafā) "to heal, to cure". It can also be considered a form of the name Safiyyah.
ShahrommMalay, Tajik, Uzbek (Rare) Malay, Tajik, and Uzbek form of Shahram. A notable bearer of this name is the Malaysian soccer player Shahrom Kalam (b. 1985).
ShahrulmMalay First part of compound Arabic names beginning with شهر ال (Shahr al) meaning "month of the, moon of the".