Browse Names

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

Badriya بدرية f Arabic
Feminine form of Badr.

Badriyah بدرية f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic بدرية (see Badriya).

Baha بهاء m Arabic, Turkish
Means "splendour, glory" in Arabic.

Bahiga بهيجة f Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic بهيجة (see Bahija).

Bahij بهيج m Arabic
Masculine form of Bahija.

Bahija بهيجة f Arabic
Means "happy, joyous, delightful" in Arabic, from the verb بهج (bahija) meaning "to be happy, to rejoice in".

Bahiyya بهيّة f Arabic
Means "beautiful" in Arabic.

Baki باقي m Turkish, Arabic
Turkish form of Baqi, as well as an alternate Arabic transcription.

Bakr بكر m Arabic
Means "young camel" in Arabic. Abu Bakr was a father-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the first caliph of the Muslim world.

Balqis بلقيس f Arabic
Variant of Bilqis.

Bandar بندر m Arabic
Means "harbour, port" in Arabic (of Persian origin).

Baqi باقي m Arabic
Means "eternal" in Arabic. This was the pen name of a 16th-century Turkish poet.

Baqir باقر m Arabic
Means "opener, discoverer" in Arabic, from the root بقر (baqara) meaning "to split open". Muhammad al-Baqir was the fifth imam of the Shia Muslims.

Barak 2 براك m Arabic
From Arabic بركة (baraka) meaning "blessing".

Barakat بركات m Arabic
Means "blessings" in Arabic, a plural form of بركة (baraka).

Bashar بشار m Arabic
Means "bringing good news" in Arabic, derived from بشّر (bashshara) meaning "to bring good news".

Basheer بشير m Arabic, Urdu
Alternate transcription of Arabic بشير or Urdu بشیر (see Bashir).

Bashir بشير m Arabic, Urdu
Means "bringer of good news, herald" in Arabic, from the root بشّر (bashshara) meaning "to bring good news".

Basil 2 باسل m Arabic
Means "brave, valiant" in Arabic.

Basim باسم m Arabic
Means "smiling" in Arabic, from the root بسم (basama) meaning "to smile".

Basima باسمة f Arabic
Feminine form of Basim.

Basir بصير m Arabic
Means "wise" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition البصير (al-Baṣīr) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Basira بصيرة f Arabic
Feminine form of Basir.

Basit باسط m Arabic
Means "one who enlarges" in Arabic.

Basma بسمة f Arabic
Means "smile" in Arabic, from the root بسم (basama) meaning "to smile".

Bassam بسّام m Arabic
Means "smiling" in Arabic, from the root بسم (basama) meaning "to smile".

Bassem باسم m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic باسم (see Basim).

Batul بتول f Arabic
Means "virgin" in Arabic. This is an Arabic epithet of the Virgin Mary.

Bilal بلال m Arabic, Turkish, Urdu
Means "wetting, moistening" in Arabic. This was the name of a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

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

Botros بطرس m Arabic, Coptic
Alternate transcription of Arabic بطرس (see Butrus).

Bouchra بشرى f Arabic (Maghrebi)
Alternate transcription of Arabic بشرى (see Bushra) chiefly used in North Africa.

Boulos بولس m Arabic
Alternate transcription of Arabic بولس (see Bulus).

Boutros بطرس m Arabic, Coptic
Alternate transcription of Arabic بطرس (see Butrus).

Brahim براهيم m Arabic (Maghrebi)
North African short form of Ibrahim.

Budur بدور f Arabic
Means "full moons" in Arabic (a plural form of Badr).

Bulus بولس m Arabic
Arabic form of Paul.

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.

Bushra بشرى f Arabic, Urdu
Means "good news" in Arabic, from the root بشّر (bashshara) meaning "to bring good news".

Butrus بطرس m Arabic, Coptic
Arabic form of Peter.