Urdu Origin Names - Behind the Name

Aiza f Urdu
Meaning unknown, possibly of Arabic origin.

Aizah f Urdu
Alternate transcription of Urdu عائزہ (see Aiza).

Babar m Urdu
Alternate transcription of Urdu بابر (see Babur).

Baber m Urdu
Alternate transcription of Urdu بابر (see Babur).

Babur m Urdu
From a Persian word meaning "tiger". This was the nickname of Zahir ud-Din Muhammad, the 16th-century founder of the Mughal Empire in India.

Bobur m Uzbek
Uzbek form of Babur.

Danish m Urdu
From Persian دانش (danesh) meaning "knowledge, learning".

Fateh m Urdu, Azerbaijani
Urdu and Azerbaijani form of Fatih.

Gohar f & m Persian, Armenian, Urdu
From Persian گوهر (gohar) meaning "jewel, gemstone". This name is typically feminine in Iran and Armenia, but masculine in Pakistan.

Gul m & f Urdu, Pashto
Means "flower, rose" in Urdu and Pashto, ultimately from Persian.

Gulbadan f Urdu (Rare)
Means "having a body like a rose" in Persian. This was the name of a daughter of the Mughal emperor Babur.

Gulrukh f Urdu
Means "rose faced" in Persian. This was the name of a wife of the Mughal emperor Babur.

Hayat f & m Arabic, Persian, Urdu
Means "life" in Arabic, from حيي (hayiya) meaning "to live". In Arabic and Persian it is a feminine name, while in Urdu it is masculine.

Hira f & m Urdu, Nepali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Hindi
Derived from Sanskrit हीर (hira) meaning "diamond". It is typically feminine in Pakistan and unisex in India and Nepal.

Inaaya f Urdu
Alternate transcription of Urdu عنایا (see Inaya).

Inaya f Urdu, Bengali
Feminine variant of Inayat.

Inayat m & f Urdu
From Arabic عناية (inayah) meaning "care, concern".

Iqra f Urdu
From Arabic إقرا (iqra) meaning "read, recite, confess". This is another name of the 96th chapter of the Quran.

Jannat f Bengali, Urdu
Means "paradise, garden" in Bengali and Urdu, derived from Arabic جنّة (jannah).

Khan m Urdu, Pashto
From a title meaning "king, ruler". Its origin is probably Mongolian, though the word has been transmitted into many other languages.

Khurram m Urdu
Derived from Persian خرّم (khorram) meaning "happy, pleasant".

Kiran f & m Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Gujarati, Nepali, Urdu
Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kirana), which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".

Nazia f Urdu, Bengali
From Persian نازی (nazi) meaning "sweet, coy".

Parveen f & m Urdu, Hindi
Alternate transcription of Urdu پروین or Hindi परवीन (see Parvin).

Parvin f & m Persian, Urdu, Hindi
Means "the Pleiades" in Persian. The Pleiades are a group of stars in the constellation Taurus. This name is typically feminine in Iran, but unisex in India.

Qurban m Urdu, Azerbaijani
From Arabic قربان (qurban) meaning "sacrifice, sacrificial animal". It is associated with the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha, which features the ritual sacrifice of an animal.

Raja 2 m Urdu, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, Indonesian
Means "king, ruler", from Sanskrit राजन् (rajan).

Ramzan m Chechen, Urdu
Chechen and Urdu form of Ramadan.

Rana 2 m Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali
From the Sanskrit title राणा (rana) meaning "king".

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.

Saima 1 f Urdu
From Arabic صائم (sa'im) meaning "fasting".

Saira f Urdu
Possibly means "traveller" in Arabic.

Sajra f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Saira.

Samar 2 m Urdu, Bengali
From Arabic ثمر (thamar) meaning "fruit, profit".

Shabana f Urdu
Feminine form of Shaban.

Shabnam f Persian, Urdu
Means "dew" in Persian and Urdu.

Shahjahan m Urdu
Means "king of the world" from Persian شاه (shah) meaning "king" and جهان (jahan) meaning "world". This was the name of the 17th-century Mughal emperor who built the Taj Mahal.

Shandar m Urdu
Means "fabulous" in Urdu.

Shazia f Urdu
Meaning unknown, possibly of Arabic origin meaning "rare, unusual".

Sher m Urdu, Pashto
Means "lion" in Persian. A famous bearer of this name was Sher Shah, a 16th-century Mughal ruler.

Sitara f Urdu
Means "star" in Urdu, ultimately from Persian.

Sultan m & f Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Bengali, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Avar
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.

Sultana f Arabic, Urdu, Bengali
Feminine form of Sultan.

Zareen f Urdu
Variant of Zarina.

Zarina f Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Urdu, Malay
From Persian زرین (zarin) meaning "golden". According to the 5th-century BC Greek historian Ctesias, this was the name of a Scythian queen.

Zohra f Urdu, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Urdu زہرہ (see Zuhra 1) or Arabic زهرة (see Zuhra 2).

Zuhra 1 f Urdu
Urdu form of Zohreh.

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