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Naaji ناجي m Arabic
Means "saved, safe" in Arabic, a derivative of نجا (najā) meaning "to save, to entrust, to confide in".

Nabeel نبيل m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic نبيل (see Nabil).

Nabil نبيل m Arabic
Means "noble" in Arabic.

Nadeem نديم m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic نديم or Urdu ندیم (see Nadim).

Nader نادر m Arabic, Persian
Alternate transcription of Arabic نادر (see Nadir), as well as the usual Persian transcription.

Nadim نديم m Arabic, Urdu
Means "drinking companion" in Arabic, derived from ندم (nadima) meaning "to drink together".

Nadir نادر m Arabic, Turkish, Urdu
Means "rare" in Arabic.

Naeem نعيم m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Arabic نعيم (see Naim), as well as the usual Urdu and Bengali form.

Nagi نجيّ m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic نجيّ (see Naji).

Nagib نجيب m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic نجيب (see Najib).

Naif نايف m Arabic
Means "high, excellent" in Arabic.

Nail نائل m Arabic, Turkish, Tatar
Means "attainer" in Arabic.

Na'im نعيم m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic نعيم (see Naim).

Naim نعيم m Arabic, Turkish, Albanian
Means "tranquil, happy, at ease" in Arabic, derived from the root نعم (naʿima) meaning "to live in comfort, to be delighted".

Najeeb نجيب m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic نجيب (see Najib), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.

Naji نجيّ m Arabic
Means "intimate friend" in Arabic, a derivative of نجا (najā) meaning "to save, to entrust, to confide in". This can also be another way of transcribing the name ناجي (see Naaji).

Najib نجيب m Arabic
Means "noble, distinguished" in Arabic.

Najibullah نجيب الله m Arabic, Pashto
Means "distinguished of Allah", derived from Arabic نجيب (najīb) meaning "noble, distinguished" combined with الله (Allah).

Najm نجم m Arabic
Means "star" in Arabic.

Naqi نقي m Arabic
Means "pure, clean" in Arabic.

Naseem نسيم m & f Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic نسيم or Urdu نسیم (see Nasim).

Naseer نصير m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic نصير or Urdu نصیر (see Nasir).

Naser ناصر m Arabic, Persian, Bosnian, Albanian
Alternate transcription of Arabic/Persian ناصر (see Nasir). This is also the usual Bosnian and Albanian form.

Nasib نسيب m Arabic
Means "noble" in Arabic.

Nasim نسيم m & f Arabic, Urdu
Means "breeze" in Arabic.

Nasir ناصر, نصير m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Malay
Means "helper" in Arabic, from the root نصر (naṣara) meaning "to help, to aid". This transcription represents two related yet distinct Arabic names: ناصر, in which the first vowel is long, and نصير, in which the second vowel is long.

Nasr نصر m Arabic
Means "triumph, victory" in Arabic, from the root نصر (naṣara) meaning "to help, to aid".

Nasser ناصر m Arabic, Persian
Alternate transcription of Arabic/Persian ناصر (see Nasir).

Nassim نسيم m & f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic نسيم (see Nasim).

Naveed نويد m Persian, Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Persian نوید or Arabic نويد (see Navid), as well as the usual Urdu transcription.

Navid نويد m Persian, Arabic
Means "good news" in Persian.

Nayef نايف m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic نايف (see Naif).

Nazeer نذير, نظير m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic نذير or Urdu نذیر (see Nazir 1) or Arabic نظير or Urdu نظیر (see Nazir 2).

Nazih نزيه m Arabic
Means "honest, virtuous" in Arabic.

Nazim ناظم m Arabic, Azerbaijani
Means "organizer" in Arabic.

Nazir 1 نذير m Arabic, Urdu
Means "herald, warner" in Arabic.

Nazir 2 نظير m Arabic, Urdu
Means "similar, alike, counterpart" in Arabic.

Nima 1 نعمة f & m Arabic
Means "blessing" in Arabic.

Nimat نعمات f & m Arabic
Means "blessings" in Arabic, a plural form of Nima 1.

Nishat نشاط m & f Arabic, Bengali
Means "energetic, lively" in Arabic.

Nizar نزار m Arabic, Indonesian
Perhaps from Arabic نزير (nazīr) meaning "little". Nizar ibn Ma'ad was an early ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad.

Noor 1 نور f & m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Malay, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic/Urdu نور or Bengali নূর (see Nur), as well as a Malay and Indonesian variant.

Nour نور f & m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic نور (see Nur).

Nuh نوح m Arabic, Turkish
Arabic and Turkish form of Noah 1.

Nur نور f & m Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali, Uyghur, Indonesian, Malay
Means "light" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition النور (al-Nūr) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

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

Nuri نوري m Arabic, Turkish
Means "my light" in Arabic.

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

Nurul نور ال m & f Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
First part of compound Arabic names beginning with نور ال (Nūr al) meaning "light of the" (such as نور الدين (Nūr al-Dīn) meaning "light of religion").

Nurullah نور الله m Arabic, Turkish
Means "light of Allah", from Arabic نور (nūr) meaning "light" combined with الله (Allah).

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