Browse Names

This is a list of names in which the meaning contains the keyword religion.
gender
usage
meaning
Ala ad-Din m Arabic
Means "excellence of religion" from Arabic علاء ('ala) meaning "excellence, elevation" combined with دين (din) meaning "religion, faith". This was the name of several sultans of Delhi.
Besim 2 m Albanian
Means "faith, trust" in Albanian.
Burhan ad-Din m Arabic
Means "proof of religion", derived from Arabic برهان (burhan) meaning "proof" and دين (din) meaning "religion, faith".
Denag f Middle Persian
Derived from Middle Persian 𐭣𐭩𐭭 (den) meaning "character, conscience, religion". This was the name of several queens consort of the Sasanian Empire.
Dina 3 f Arabic
Possibly from Arabic دين (din) meaning "religion".
Dinara f Kazakh, Tatar, Kyrgyz
Meaning uncertain, perhaps from Arabic دينار (dinar), a currency used in several Muslim countries, ultimately derived from Latin denarius. Alternatively it may be a derivative of دين (din) meaning "religion".
Faith f English
Simply from the English word faith, ultimately from Latin fidere "to trust". This was one of the virtue names adopted by the Puritans in the 17th century.
Fe f Spanish
Means "faith" in Spanish, derived from Latin fides.
Iman f & m Arabic, Persian, Indonesian
Means "faith", derived from Arabic أمن (amuna) meaning "to be faithful". It is typically feminine in Arabic and typically masculine in Persian.
Imani f & m Swahili, African American
Means "faith" in Swahili, ultimately of Arabic origin.
Islam m Arabic, Kazakh, Chechen, Ingush
From the name of the religion, derived from Arabic إسلام (Islam) meaning "submission (to God)".
Islambek m Chechen
Derived from Islam, the name of the religion (ultimately from Arabic إسلام), combined with the Turkic military title beg meaning "chieftain, master".
Izz ad-Din m Arabic
Means "glory of religion", derived from Arabic عزّ ('izz) meaning "glory, power" and دين (din) meaning "religion, faith". In the 13th century Izz ad-Din Aybak became the first Mamluk ruler of Egypt. The Mamluks were a warrior caste who were originally slaves.
Jalal ad-Din m Arabic
Means "greatness of the faith" from Arabic جلال (jalal) meaning "greatness, splendour" and دين (din) meaning "religion, faith". Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, commonly called just Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet.
Jamal ad-Din m Arabic
Means "beauty of the faith" from Arabic جمال (jamal) meaning "beauty" and دين (din) meaning "religion, faith". Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani (1839-1897) was a political activist who promoted pan-Islamism.
Kamal ad-Din m Arabic
Means "perfection of religion", derived from Arabic كمال (kamal) meaning "perfection" and دين (din) meaning "religion".
Nur ad-Din m Arabic
Means "light of religion", from Arabic نور (nur) meaning "light" combined with دين (din) meaning "religion, faith".
Nurislam m Kazakh
From Kazakh нұр (nur) meaning "light" (of Arabic origin) combined with Islam, the name of the religion (ultimately from Arabic إسلام).
Pistis f Greek Mythology
Means "trust, faith" in Greek. In Greek mythology Pistis was the personification of trust.
Sabah ad-Din m Arabic (Rare)
Means "morning of religion", derived from Arabic صباح (sabah) meaning "morning" and دين (din) meaning "religion".
Sabeen f Urdu
Possibly from Arabic meaning "follower of another religion", a name given to the Prophet Muhammad and other Muslims by non-Muslim Arabs.
Salah ad-Din m Arabic
Means "righteousness of religion" from Arabic صلاح (salah) meaning "righteousness" combined with دين (din) meaning "religion, faith". A famous bearer of this name was the sultan Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub, known in the western world as Saladin, the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt in the 12th century. He recaptured Jerusalem from the crusaders and repelled the invaders of the Third Crusade. Salah ad-Din was an honorific; his birth name was Yusuf.
Sayf ad-Din m Arabic
Means "sword of the faith" from Arabic سيف (sayf) meaning "sword" and دين (din) meaning "religion, faith".
Shams ad-Din m Arabic
Means "sun of the religion", from Arabic شمس (shams) meaning "sun" and دين (din) meaning "religion, faith". This was the given name of the 14th-century Berber explorer Ibn Battuta.
Tukulti-Ninurta m Ancient Assyrian
Means "my trust is in Ninurta", from Akkadian tukultu meaning "trust, faith" and the god's name Ninurta. This was the name of a 13th-century BC king of the Assyrian Empire.
Tumelo m & f Sotho, Tswana
Means "faith" in Sotho and Tswana.
Usko m Finnish
Means "faith" in Finnish.
Věra f Czech
Czech form of Vera 1.
Vera 1 f Russian, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Belarusian, Georgian
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true". It has been in general use in the English-speaking world since the late 19th century.
Viera f Slovak, Belarusian
Slovak form of Vera 1, as well as an alternate transcription of Belarusian Вера (see Vera 1).
Vira f Ukrainian
Ukrainian cognate of Vera 1.
Vjera f Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian cognate of Vera 1.
Vyara f Bulgarian
Bulgarian cognate of Vera 1.
Wiera f Polish
Polish form of Vera 1.
Zayn ad-Din m Arabic
Means "beauty of religion", from Arabic زين (zayn) meaning "beauty" combined with دين (din) meaning "religion, faith".
Ziya ad-Din m Arabic
Means "splendour of religion" from Arabic ضياء (diya) meaning "splendour, light, glow" combined with دين (din) meaning "religion, faith".