Medieval Arabic (Moorish) Submitted Names

These names were used by medieval Moors in Iberia or North Africa.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Aban m & f Medieval Arabic (Moorish), Arabic
Means "clear, lucid, eloquent" in Arabic.

Aben m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Derived from Arabic اِبْن (ibn), meaning "son".

Abrahen m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Moorish form of Abraham.

Afadala m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Alcaçari m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Aldara m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Alderete m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Almançor m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Variant of Almanzor.

Alnayal m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Alsen m Medieval Spanish, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Amacéi أماسي f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Amat f Medieval Arabic (Moorish), Arabic
An Arabic word meaning "maidservant". Often combined with a reference to god, as in Amaterrahmane.

Amate m Medieval Arabic (Moorish, Hispanicized)
Variant of Amete.

Amete m Medieval Arabic (Moorish, Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Ahmad.

Anbariz m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Asbat أَثْبَت m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "steady, reliable" in Arabic.

Auriya f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Borrowing of Auria.

Azene m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Badhl f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "gift" in Arabic.

Bahja f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "beauty" in Arabic.

Banafsaj f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "violet" in Arabic.

Barira f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Bazzu f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Bea m Medieval Spanish, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Brahen m Medieval Spanish, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Short form of Abrahen.

Cabi m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Caçin m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Castañon m Medieval Spanish, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Likely a transferred use of the surname Castañón.

Çegri m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Cide m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Variant of Cidy.

Cidi m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Variant of Cidy.

Cidy m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Derived from Old Castilian Çid, itself derived from the dialectal Arabic word سيدي (sīdī), meaning "my lord; my master" (compare Ceti).

Çulema m Judeo-Spanish, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Possibly a Judeo-Spanish and Moorish form of Solomon.

Darras m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Dhana f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Meaning "smallness".

Dhayl f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Meaning "complement".

Durr در f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "pearl" in Arabic. This was the Arabic name of Onneca Fortúnez, a 9th-century Basque princess who married into the Muslim Umayyad dynasty.

Farraj فَرَّاج m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "happy, joyous, jubilant" in Arabic.

Fathuna f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Moorish variant of Fatima.

Fatyan f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Meaning "seduction".

Galib m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "winner, victor" in Arabic.

Galiba f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Feminine form of Galib.

Gamama f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Ganiya f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Garsiyya m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Moorish adoption of Garcia.

Gaya f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "end, goal" in Arabic.

Gemeni m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Variant of Gemini.

Halawa f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "sweetness" in Arabic.

Halhal f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Meaning "agitation".

Halwa f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Hamate m Medieval Arabic (Moorish, Hispanicized)
Variant of Amete.

Hamda f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Feminine form of Ahmad.

Hamduna f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Feminine form of Hamdun.

Hamet m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Moorish form of Ahmad (compare Amete).

Hamete m Medieval Arabic (Moorish, Hispanicized)
Variant of Amete.

Hazm m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Hulla f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Variant of Hullah.

Human f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "melted snow" in Arabic.

Ihtizaz f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "path of a fallen star" in Arabic.

Ishraq إِشْرَاق f & m Medieval Arabic (Moorish), Arabic
Means "sunshine, illumination" in Arabic.

Itr f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "perfume" in Arabic.

Jalid m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Spanish transcription of Khalid.

Jalida f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Spanish transcription of Khalida.

Jariya f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Jasib m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Jattab m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Jawar m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Jawhara جوهرة f Judeo-Arabic, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "jewel, gem" in Arabic (see Jawahir).

Jawla f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Jawra f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Variant of Hawra.

Juanico m Medieval Spanish, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Diminutive of Juan 1.

Judur f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Kanza f Arabic, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Variant of Kenza.

Kinda f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Kitman f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Lubb m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Moorish adoption of Lope.

Mahamete m Medieval Arabic (Moorish, Hispanicized)
Hispanicized form of Muhammad.

Mahja f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Mahjuna f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Mahoma m History (Hispanicized), Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Spanish form of Muhammad, used to refer to the founder of Islam.

Mahomad m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Moorish form of Muhammad.

Mahomed m South African, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Form of Muhammad used by South African Muslims, as well as a Moorish variant of Mahomad.

Mahua f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Majlad m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Maoma m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Variant of Mahoma.

Maymun ميمون m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "blessed, thriving, prosperous" in Arabic.

Menaute m Medieval Spanish, Medieval Arabic (Moorish, ?)
Contracted form of Menehaute.

Menehaute m Medieval Arabic (Moorish, ?)

Mireti f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Monferriz m Medieval Spanish, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Muli m Medieval Spanish, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Mundir m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "warner, cautioner" in Arabic.

Mutarrif m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Mutayyam f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "captive of love" in Arabic.

Muzna f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "rain, cloud" in Arabic.

Narjis f Arabic, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "narcissus" in Arabic.

Nayal m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Short form of Alnayal.

Nayar m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Variant of Nayal.

Nuzha النزهة f Arabic, Urdu, Pakistani, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Variant transcription of Nuzhat.

Ontañon m Medieval Spanish, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Pequeni m Medieval Spanish, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Pequi m Medieval Spanish, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Qasmūna قسمونة f Medieval Arabic (Moorish), Judeo-Arabic
Derived from قَسَمَ (qasama) meaning "to divide, to distribute". This was the name of a twelfth century Arabic-language Jewish poetess in Andalusia.

Razin m & f Medieval Arabic (Moorish), Arabic
Means "calm, dignified, composed" in Arabic.

Razon m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Rumayla f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Safya f Medieval Arabic (Moorish), Arabic
Variant transcription of Safiyyah.

Salwa سَلْوَى f Arabic, Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "consolation" in Arabic.

Satara f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "one who covers" in Arabic.

Sitt ست f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
From Arabic ست (sitt) "woman, lady" or "grandmother, madam". One notable bearer was Sit al-Berain, mother of Anwar Sadat, 3rd President of Egypt... [more]

Subh f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "dawn, aurora" in Arabic.

Sukayna f Medieval Arabic (Moorish), Arabic
Variant of Soukaina.

Sumayl m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Moorish form of Samuel.

Suna f Medieval Arabic (Moorish), Persian
Means "gold" in Persian.

Tasufin m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Umayna f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Moorish variant of Amina.

Wallada f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Yanduza f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Yuça m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Possibly a short form of Yuçafe.

Yuçafe m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Moorish form of Yosef (see Joseph).

Zakarriyya' m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Moorish form of Zechariah.

Zenete m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)