Medieval Arabic Submitted Names

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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.

Abdah f & m Medieval Arabic, Arabic
Variant of Abda.

Abdjlos m Medieval Arabic (Rare, Archaic)
The Man Who is Loyal to Creation

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.

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

Auriya f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Borrowing of Auria.

Avicenna m History, Medieval Arabic (Latinized)
Transferred use of the surname Avicenna.

Awsin m Medieval Arabic
Variant of Pišīn used during the Islamic Golden Age (8th to 14th centuries).

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)

Barrah ‎بَرَّة f Medieval Arabic
This was the name of Maymunah bint al-Harith, the 11th wife of Prophet Muhammed before he changed it to Maymunah.

Bazzu f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Beberr f Medieval Arabic (?)

Daifa f Medieval Arabic

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.

Durra f Medieval Arabic, Muslim (Rare), Arabic
Variant of Durrah.

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".

Fazila فضيلة f Medieval Arabic, Urdu
Feminine form of Fazil (see Fadl).

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.

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

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

Halwa f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

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

Hamdun حَمْدُون m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "praise, praiseworthy" in Arabic.

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

Hazm m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Hulla f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Variant of Hullah.

Hullah حُلَّة f Medieval Arabic
Means "dress, garment" in Arabic.

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.

Jaida f Arabic (Rare), Medieval Arabic
Means "good, virtuous" 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)

Javairia f Medieval Arabic (Latinized)
Archaic Latinized transliteration of Juwayriyya, the name of one of Mohammed's wives.

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.

Judur f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Juwayriya جويرية f Medieval Arabic
Variant transcription of ‎جويرية (see Juwayriyyah)

Juwayriyya جويرية f Medieval Arabic
Variant transcription of Juwayriyyah.

Juwayriyyah جويرية f Medieval Arabic
Meaning uncertain. It could figuratively mean "young woman" from Arabic جرى (jara) meaning "to run, to flow" (referring to a girl reaching maturity). Alternatively, it could be derived from ورد جوري (ward juri), the Arabic name for the Damask rose (a type of flower), itself from Persian گور (Gor), which is an old name for the Iranian city of Firuzabad... [more]

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.

Mahja f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Mahjuna f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Mahua f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Majlad m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Marajil f Medieval Arabic

Maridah f Medieval Arabic, Muslim (Rare)

Mariyah f Muslim, Medieval Arabic

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

Maysun ميسون f Medieval Arabic, Arabic (Rare)
Variant transliteration of ميسون (see Maysoon).

Mesue m Medieval Arabic (Latinized)
Latinized form of Masawaih.

Mireti f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

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

Munisa f Uzbek, Tajik, Bosnian, Medieval 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.

Nahri ناهري f Medieval Arabic (Rare)
Transferred use of the surname Nahri.

Nalkah f Medieval Arabic

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

Nusayba f Arabic (Rare), Medieval Arabic
Means "appropriate, proper, fitting" in Arabic.

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

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.

Raha f Medieval Arabic (Moorish), Arabic
Means "comfort, rest" in Arabic.

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

Raziya f Muslim (Rare), Medieval Arabic

Razon m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Rima ريما f Arabic, Medieval Arabic (Moorish), Indonesian, Literature
Variant of Rim.

Rumayla f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Rumaythah رميثة m Medieval Arabic
Of unknown meaning. This was the name of two Emirs of Mecca.

Rusa f Medieval Arabic

Rusha f Muslim (Rare), Medieval Arabic
Variant of Rusa.

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

Sahar'aswad m Medieval Arabic
Meaning "Dark Magic" in Arabic, Sahar 'Aswad was The Father of Kakóvoulos,Iremía,Lagneía, and Nuqi.

Sahl سهل m Medieval Arabic, Medieval Jewish

Sajah f Medieval Arabic

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

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

Shaghab شغب f History, Medieval Arabic
The name of the mother of the eighteenth Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtadir, meaning "turbulent".

Shifa شِفَاء f Arabic, Medieval Arabic
Means "cure, healing, remedy" in Arabic.

Siraj سراج m & f Medieval Arabic (Moorish), Arabic
Derived from Arabic سراج (siraj) meaning "lamp, lantern". This name appears in the Quran, where it is used to describe the Prophet Muhammad as well as the sun.

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)

Ubaid m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "servant" in Arabic. The name of several companions of the prophet Muhammad.

Umayma أُمَيْمة f Muslim (Rare), Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Variant of Umama.

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

Wallada f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

Yanduza f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)

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

Ziyadat Allah m Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "Allah increases" from the Arabic زيادة (ziyadat) and combined with الله (Allah)

Zubiya f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Means "gazelle" in Arabic.

Zumurrud f Medieval Arabic (Moorish)
Derived from Arabic zumurrud, ultimately from Persian zumrud, "emerald".

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