Browse Names

This is a list of names in which the gender is masculine; and the usage is Arabic; and a substring is an.
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Abd al-Ghani عبد الغنيّ m Arabic
Means "servant of the all-sufficient" from Arabic عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant" combined with غنيّ (ghanīy) meaning "rich, wealthy".
Abd al-Rahman عبد الرحمٰن m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman).
Abd ar-Rahman عبد الرحمٰن m Arabic
Means "servant of the merciful" from Arabic عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant" combined with رحْمن (raḥman) meaning "merciful". This was the name of two early caliphs of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain.
Abdelghani عبد الغنيّ m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الغنيّ (see Abd al-Ghani) chiefly used in North Africa.
Abderrahmane عبد الرحمٰن m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman) chiefly used in North Africa.
Abdul Rahman عبد الرحمٰن m Arabic, Malay, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman), as well as the regular Malay and Indonesian form.
Abdulrahman عبد الرحمٰن m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman).
Abdur Rahman عبد الرحمٰن m Arabic, Bengali
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman), as well as the usual Bengali transcription.
Abdurrahman عبد الرحمٰن m Arabic, Turkish
Alternate transcription of Arabic عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman), as well as the usual Turkish form.
Adnan عدنان m Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Urdu, Bengali, Malay, Indonesian
Means "settler" in Arabic. According to tradition, Adnan was an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad and the northern Arabian tribes.
Affan عفّان m Arabic
Means "chaste, modest, pure" in Arabic, from the root عفّ (ʿaffa) meaning "to refrain, to be chaste". This was the name of the father of the caliph Uthman.
Ahsan أحسن m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Means "most handsome, most beautiful" in Arabic (a superlative form of Hasan).
Aiman 2 أيمن m Arabic, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic أيمن (see Ayman), as well as the usual Malay form.
Al-Hasan الحسن m Arabic
Form of Hasan prefixed with the Arabic definite article.
Anas أنس m Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay
Means "friendliness" in Arabic, a derivative of أنس (ʾanisa) meaning "to be friendly". Anas ibn Malik was one of the Prophet Muhammad's companions.
Anass أنس m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic أنس (see Anas).
Anis أنيس m Arabic
Means "friendly, friend" in Arabic, from the root أنس (ʾanisa) meaning "to be friendly".
Ansar أنصار m Arabic, Urdu
Means "helpers" in Arabic, referring to those who helped the Prophet Muhammad when he came to Medina.
Anwar أنور m Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian
Means "brighter, more luminous" in Arabic, related to نور (nūr) meaning "light". This name was borne by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat (1918-1981), who was assassinated three years after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Anwer أنور m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic أنور (see Anwar).
Ayman أيمن m Arabic
Means "right-handed, blessed, lucky" in Arabic, a derivative of يمين (yamīn) meaning "right hand".
Bandar بندر m Arabic
Means "harbour, port" in Arabic (of Persian origin).
Burhan برهان m Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian
Means "proof" in Arabic.
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.
Dana 4 دانا m & f Persian, Arabic
Means "wise" in Persian.
Danial دانيال m Persian, Arabic, Malay, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Persian دانیال or Arabic دانيال (see Daniyal), as well as the usual Malay and Indonesian form.
Daniyal دانيال m Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Arabic, Persian and Urdu form of Daniel.
Farhan فرحان m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Malay, Indonesian
Means "happy, cheerful" in Arabic, a derivative of فرح (fariḥa) meaning "to be happy".
Furqan فرقان m Arabic, Urdu
Means "criterion between right and wrong" or "proof" in Arabic. This is the name of the 25th chapter (surah al-Furqan) of the Quran.
Ghassan غسّان m Arabic
Means "youth" in Arabic. This was the name of an Arabian tribe that existed until the 6th century.
Ghufran غفران f & m Arabic
Means "forgiveness" in Arabic.
Haneef حنيف m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic حنيف or Urdu حنیف (see Hanif).
Hani هانئ m Arabic
Means "happy, delighted" in Arabic, from the root هنأ (hanaʾa) meaning "to gladden, to enjoy".
Hanif حنيف m Arabic, Urdu
Means "true, upright" in Arabic.
Hany هانئ m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic هانئ (see Hani).
Hasan حسن m Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay, Albanian, Bosnian, Uzbek, Tajik
Means "handsome" in Arabic, from the root حسن (ḥasuna) meaning "to be beautiful, to be good". Hasan was the son of Ali and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. He was poisoned by one of his wives and is regarded as a martyr by Shia Muslims. This was also the name of two kings of Morocco. It is sometimes transcribed as Hassan, though this is a distinct name in Arabic.
Hassan حسن, حسّان m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay, Dhivehi
Most commonly this is a variant of the Arabic name حسن, which is typically transcribed Hasan.... [more]
Ihsan إحسان m Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian
Means "charity, good deed" in Arabic, from the root حسن (ḥasuna) meaning "to be good".
Imran عمران m Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Malay, Indonesian, Bengali
Arabic form of Amram, referring to the father of Moses. According to the Quran, this was also the name of the father of the Virgin Mary (analogous to the Christian Joachim).
Irfan عرفان m Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian, Bosnian
Means "knowledge, awareness, learning" in Arabic.
Iskandar إسكندر m Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Arabic, Indonesian and Malay form of Alexander.
Jilani جيلاني m Arabic
From the Arabic surname الجيلاني (al-Jīlānī), borne by the 12th-century Persian Sufi scholar Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (or Abdul Qadir Gilani), indicating he came from the town of Gilan near Baghdad.
Jinan جنان m & f Arabic
Means "garden" or "paradise" in Arabic, ultimately from the root جنّ (janna) meaning "to cover, to hide".
Mansoor منصور m Urdu, Arabic
Urdu form of Mansur, as well as an alternate Arabic transcription.
Mansour منصور m Persian, Arabic
Persian form of Mansur, as well as an alternate Arabic transcription.
Mansur منصور m Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian, Uzbek, Tatar, Bashkir
Means "victorious, supported" in Arabic, a derivative of نصر (naṣara) meaning "to help, to aid". Abu Jafar al-Mansur was an 8th-century Abbasid caliph and the founder of the city of Baghdad.
Marwan مروان m Arabic
Masculine form of Marwa.
Muhannad مهنّد m Arabic
Refers to a type of iron sword made in India, derived from Arabic الهند (al-Hind) meaning "India".
Omran عمران m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عمران (see Umran).
Othman عثمان m Arabic, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic عثمان (see Uthman), as well as the usual Malay form.
Othmane عثمان m Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic عثمان (see Uthman) chiefly used in North Africa.
Rahman رحمٰن m Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay, Bengali
Means "merciful" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الرحمٰن (al-Raḥmān) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Ramadan رمضان m Arabic
From the name of the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is derived from Arabic رمض (ramaḍ) meaning "parchedness, scorchedness". Muslims traditionally fast during this month.
Rayan ريّان m & f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic ريّان (see Rayyan).
Rayyan ريّان m & f Arabic
Means "watered, luxuriant" in Arabic. According to Islamic tradition this is the name of one of the gates of paradise.
Ridwan رضوان m Arabic, Indonesian
Means "consent, approval" in Arabic, a derivative of the root رضي (raḍiya) meaning "to be satisfied, to be content".
Rizwan رضوان m Urdu, Arabic
Urdu form of Ridwan, as well as an alternate Arabic transcription.
Salman سلمان m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Means "safe" in Arabic, a derivative of سلم (salima) meaning "to be safe".
Sani 1 سنيّ m Arabic
Means "brilliant, splendid" in Arabic, a derivative of سنا (sanā) meaning "to gleam, to shine".
Shaban شعبان m Arabic, Albanian
From the name of the eighth month of the Islamic calendar. It is derived from Arabic شعب (shaʿaba) meaning "scatter".
Sinan سنان m Arabic, Turkish
Means "spearhead" in Arabic.
Subhan سبحان m Arabic, Urdu
Means "glory, praise" in Arabic.
Sulaiman سليمان m Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Alternate transcription of Arabic سليمان (see Sulayman), as well as the usual Indonesian and Malay form.
Sulayman سليمان m Arabic, Kyrgyz
Arabic form of Solomon. It appears in the Quran.
Sultan سلطان m & f Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar, Indonesian
Means "ruler, king, sultan" in Arabic. In the Arab world this name is typically masculine, but Turkey it is given to both boys and girls.
Umran عمران m Arabic
Means "flourishing, thriving" in Arabic, derived from the root عمر (ʿamara) meaning "to live long, to thrive".
Uthman عثمان m Arabic
Means "baby bustard" in Arabic (a bustard is a type of large bird). Uthman was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad who married two of his daughters. He was the third caliph of the Muslims.
Yuhanna يوحنّا m Arabic
Arabic form of Greek Ioannes (see John).
Zaman زمان m Arabic, Urdu
Means "time, age, era" in Arabic.
Ziya ur-Rahman ضياء الرحمٰن m Arabic
Means "splendour of the merciful" from Arabic ضياء (ḍiyāʾ) meaning "splendour, light, glow" combined with رحْمن (raḥman) meaning "merciful".