Browse Names

Ala ad-Din علاء الدين m Arabic
Means "excellence of religion" from Arabic علاء (ʿalāʾ) meaning "excellence, elevation" combined with دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith". This was the name of several sultans of Delhi.

Ala al-Din علاء الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic علاء الدين (see Ala ad-Din).

Amin أمين m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay
Derived from Arabic أمين (ʾamīn) meaning "truthful". This was the name of the sixth Abbasid caliph.

Binyamin بنيامين m Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew and Arabic form of Benjamin.

Burhan ad-Din برهان الدين m Arabic
Means "proof of religion", derived from Arabic برهان (burhān) meaning "proof" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Burhan al-Din برهان الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic برهان الدين (see Burhan ad-Din).

Burhanuddin برهان الدين m Arabic, Indonesian, Malay, Dari Persian
Alternate transcription of Arabic برهان الدين (see Burhan ad-Din), as well as the Indonesian, Malay and Dari Persian form.

Fatin 2 فطين m Arabic
Means "intelligent, clever" in Arabic.

Husain حسين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic حسين (see Husayn).

Hussain حسين m Arabic, Urdu, Dhivehi
Alternate transcription of Arabic حسين (see Husayn), as well as the usual Urdu and Dhivehi transcription.

Hussein حسين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic حسين (see Husayn).

Izz ad-Din عزّ الدين m Arabic
Means "glory of religion", derived from Arabic عزّ (ʿizz) meaning "glory, honour, power" and دين (dīn) 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.

Izz al-Din عزّ الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عزّ الدين (see Izz ad-Din).

Izz ud-Din عزّ الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عزّ الدين (see Izz ad-Din).

Jalal ad-Din جلال الدين m Arabic
Means "greatness of the faith" from Arabic جلال (jalāl) meaning "greatness, splendour" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith". Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, commonly called just Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet.

Jamal ad-Din جمال الدين m Arabic
Means "beauty of the faith" from Arabic جمال (jamāl) meaning "beauty" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith". Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani (1839-1897) was a political activist who promoted pan-Islamism.

Jamal al-Din جمال الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic جمال الدين (see Jamal ad-Din).

Jamaluddin جمال الدين m Arabic, Indonesian, Malay, Dari Persian
Alternate transcription of Arabic جمال الدين (see Jamal ad-Din), as well as the Indonesian, Malay and Dari Persian form.

Kamal ad-Din كمال الدين m Arabic
Means "perfection of religion", derived from Arabic كمال (kamāl) meaning "perfection" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion".

Kamal ud-Din كمال الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic كمال الدين (see Kamal ad-Din).

Khairuddin خير الدين m Arabic, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic خير الدين (see Khayr ad-Din), as well as the usual Malay form.

Khayr ad-Din خير الدين m Arabic
Means "goodness of religion", from Arabic خير (khayr) meaning "goodness, charity" combined with دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith". This name was borne by a 16th-century Ottoman admiral who came to rule over the region around Algiers.

Mazin مازن m Arabic
Means "rain clouds" in Arabic.

Mohsin محسن m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic محسن (see Muhsin), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.

Mubin مبين m Arabic
Means "clear, distinct" in Arabic, a derivative of بان (bāna) meaning "to be plain, to be evident".

Muhsin محسن m Arabic, Turkish
Means "beneficent" in Arabic, a derivative of حسن (ḥasuna) meaning "to be good, to be beautiful".

Mumin مؤمن m Arabic
Means "believer" in Arabic, ultimately related to أمن (ʾamuna) meaning "to be faithful".

Nur ad-Din نور الدين m Arabic
Means "light of religion", from Arabic نور (nūr) meaning "light" combined with دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Nuruddin نور الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic نور الدين (see Nur ad-Din).

Sabah ad-Din صباح الدين m Arabic (Rare)
Means "morning of religion", derived from Arabic صباح (ṣabāḥ) meaning "morning" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion".

Saif al-Din سيف الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic سيف الدين (see Sayf ad-Din).

Salah ad-Din صلاح الدين m Arabic
Means "righteousness of religion" from Arabic صلاح (ṣalāḥ) meaning "righteousness" combined with دين (dīn) 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.

Salah al-Din صلاح الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic صلاح الدين (see Salah ad-Din).

Sayf ad-Din سيف الدين m Arabic
Means "sword of the faith" from Arabic سيف (sayf) meaning "sword" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Shahin شاهين m Persian, Arabic, Bengali
Means "falcon" in Persian, referring more specifically to the Barbary falcon (species Falco pelegrinoides). The bird's name is a derivative of Persian شاه (shāh) meaning "king".

Shams ad-Din شمس الدين m Arabic
Means "sun of the religion", from Arabic شمس (shams) meaning "sun" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith". This was the given name of the 14th-century Berber explorer Ibn Battuta.

Shams al-Din شمس الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic شمس الدين (see Shams ad-Din).

Shamsuddin شمس الدين m Arabic, Bengali, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic شمس الدين (see Shams ad-Din), as well as the usual Bengali and Malay form.

Yasin ياسين m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Turkish
From the Arabic letters ي (called ya) and س (called sin). These letters begin the 36th chapter of the Quran (surah Ya Sin).

Yassin ياسين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ياسين (see Yasin).

Zain زين m Arabic, Urdu, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic زين (see Zayn), as well as the usual Urdu and Malay form.

Zainuddin زين الدين m Malay, Indonesian, Arabic
Malay and Indonesian form of Zayn ad-Din, as well as an alternate transcription of the Arabic name.

Zayn ad-Din زين الدين m Arabic
Means "beauty of religion", from Arabic زين (zayn) meaning "beauty" combined with دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Ziauddin ضياء الدين m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic ضياء الدين (see Ziya ad-Din), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.

Ziya ad-Din ضياء الدين m Arabic
Means "splendour of religion" from Arabic ضياء (ḍiyāʾ) meaning "splendour, light, glow" combined with دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith".

Ziya al-Din ضياء الدين m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ضياء الدين (see Ziya ad-Din).