Browse Names - Behind the Name

Almas ألماس f & m Arabic
Means "diamond" in Arabic, ultimately from Persian الماس (almās).

Amal 1 أمل f & m Arabic
Means "hope, aspiration" in Arabic, from the root أمل (ʾamala) meaning "to hope for".

Atiya عطيّة m & f Arabic
Means "gift" in Arabic.

Badr بدر m & f Arabic
Means "full moon" in Arabic.

Dana 4 دانا m & f Persian, Arabic
Means "wise" in Persian.

Duha ضحى f & m Arabic
Means "morning" in Arabic.

Esmat عصمت f & m Persian, Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عصمت (see Ismat), as well as the usual Persian transcription (typically feminine).

Farah فرح f & m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay
Means "joy, happiness" in Arabic, from the root فرح (fariḥa) meaning "to be happy".

Ghufran غفران f & m Arabic
Means "forgiveness" in Arabic.

Hikmat حكمة m & f Arabic
Means "wisdom" in Arabic, related to the root حكم (ḥakama) meaning "to pass judgement, to decide".

Ikraam إكرام f & m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic إكرام (see Ikram).

Ikram إكرام f & m Arabic, Urdu
Means "honour" in Arabic, from the root كرم (karuma) meaning "to be generous".

Ilham إلهام f & m Arabic, Indonesian, Uyghur
Means "inspiration" in Arabic.

'Ismat عصمت m & f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic عصمت (see Ismat).

Ismat عصمت f & m Urdu, Bengali, Arabic
Derived from Arabic عصمة (ʿiṣma) meaning "safeguarding, protection, chastity", a derivative of عصم (ʿaṣama) meaning "to protect".

Jawdat جودت m & f Arabic
Means "goodness, excellence" in Arabic, derived from جاد (jāda) meaning "to be excellent, to be generous".

Jinan جنان m & f Arabic
Means "garden" or "paradise" in Arabic, ultimately from the root جنّ (janna) meaning "to cover, to hide".

Karam كرم m & f Arabic
Means "nobility, generosity" in Arabic, derived from كرم (karuma) meaning "to be generous".

Khayrat خيرات m & f Arabic (Rare)
Means "good deeds" in Arabic, plural of Khayra.

Malak ملك f & m Arabic
Means "angel" in Arabic.

Maram مرام f & m Arabic
Means "wish, desire" in Arabic.

Mumtaz ممتاز m & f Arabic, Urdu
Means "distinguished, outstanding" in Arabic, derived from امتاز (imtāza) meaning "to be distinguished". The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as tomb for his wife Mumtaz Mahal (1593-1631).

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

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

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

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.

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).

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.

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").

Qamar قمر m & f Arabic, Urdu
Means "moon" in Arabic.

Rabi'a رابعة, ربيعة f & m Arabic
Variant of Rabia.

Rabia رابعة, ربيعة f & m Arabic, Turkish, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic رابعة (see Raabi'a), as well as the usual Turkish and Urdu form.... [more]

Rahat راحة m & f Arabic, Urdu
Means "rest, comfort" in Arabic.

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.

Sabah صباح f & m Arabic, Turkish
Means "morning" in Arabic and Turkish.

Safa صفا, صفاء m & f Persian, Turkish, Arabic
Persian and Turkish form of Safaa or Safaa', as well as an alternate Arabic transcription of either of those names.

Safaa صفا f & m Arabic
Means "pure" in Arabic. As-Safaa is the name of one of the two sacred hills near Mecca. This can also be an alternate transcription of Arabic صفاء (see Safaa').

Safaa' صفاء f & m Arabic
Means "serenity, clarity" in Arabic, a derivative of صفا (ṣafā) meaning "to be clear, to be pure".

Salama سلامة m & f Arabic
Means "safety" in Arabic, from the root سلم (salima) meaning "to be safe".

Shafaqat شفقة m & f Arabic
Means "compassion, pity" in Arabic, a derivative of شفق (shafaqa) meaning "to pity, to sympathize".

Shams شمس f & m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Semitic Mythology
Means "sun" in Arabic. This was the name of a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess of the sun, identified with the Akkadian sun god Shamash (whose name is related) and the northern Arabian goddess Nuha.

Tabassum تبسّم f & m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Means "smiling" in Arabic, from the root بسم (basama) meaning "to smile".

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