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.
Areej أريج f Arabic (Mashriqi), Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic أريج (see Arij) as well as the Urdu form.
Arusa عروسة f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Bride or spouse to be, used in Arabic and Farsi.
Ayza f Arabic (Mashriqi), Russian, Kazakh, Tajik, Arabic
From Turkic ай (ay) meaning "moon" and Tajik зар (zar) meaning "gold," which derives from Persian زر (zar).
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.
Laeth m Arabic (Mashriqi, Modern)
means baby lion in arabic
Mahya مَحیا f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Mahya is an Arabic (Mashriqi) name .
Murtadha مرتضى m Arabic (Mashriqi)
Variant of Murtada.
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”.
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).
Taghreed تغريد f Arabic (Mashriqi)
Arabic - The singing of Bulbul bird
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).