Behind the Name: Bosnian Names

ABDULAHmBosnian
Bosnian form of ABD ALLAH.

ADNANmArabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Urdu
Means "settler" in Arabic. According to tradition, Adnan was an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad and the northern Arabian tribes.

AHMEDmTurkish, Bosnian, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto
Variant transcription and Turkish and Bosnian form of AHMAD. This was the name of three Ottoman sultans.

AJDINmBosnian
Bosnian form of AYDIN.

AJLAfBosnian
Bosnian form of AYLA (2).

ALDINmBosnian
Bosian form of ALA AL-DIN.

ALDINA (2)fBosnian
Bosian feminine form of ALA AL-DIN.

ALEKSANDARmBulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Cognate of ALEXANDER.

ALEMmBosnian
Bosnian form of ALIM.

ALISAfRussian, Ukrainian, Bosnian, Finnish
Russian, Ukrainian, Bosnian and Finnish form of ALICE.

ALMIR (2)mBosnian
Bosnian form of AL-AMIR.

ALMIRA (2)fBosnian
Bosnian feminine form of AL-AMIR.

AMAR (2)mBosnian
Bosnian form of 'AMMAR.

AMEL (1)mBosnian
Bosnian masculine form of AMAL (1).

AMELAfBosnian
Bosnian feminine form of AMAL (1).

AMINAfBosnian, Arabic
Bosnian form of AMINAH (2). It is also a variant transcription of Arabic AMINAH (1) or AMINAH (2).

AZRAfArabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Persian, Urdu
Means "virgin" in Arabic.

BAKIRmBosnian
Bosian form of BAQIR.

DEMIRmBosnian
Bosnian form of DEMİR.

DŽAFERmBosnian
Bosnian form of JAFAR.

EMINAfBosnian
Bosnian form of AMINAH (2).

EMIRmBosnian
Bosnian form of AMIR (1).

EMIRAfBosnian
Bosnian form of AMIRAH.

ENESmTurkish, Bosnian
Turkish and Bosnian form of ANIS.

ENISmBosnian
Bosnian form of ANIS.

ENISAfBosnian
Bosnian feminine form of ANIS.

ENVERmTurkish, Bosnian
Turkish and Bosnian form of ANWAR.

ESMAfTurkish, Bosnian
Turkish and Bosnian form of ASMA.

FARISmArabic, Bosnian
Means "knight" in Arabic.

FERIDmBosnian
Bosnian form of FARID.

HANA (1)fArabic, Bosnian
Means "bliss, happiness" in Arabic.

HARIS (1)mBosnian, Urdu, Arabic
Bosnian and Urdu form of HARITH, as well as a variant transcription of the Arabic name.

HARUNmArabic, Turkish, Bosnian
Arabic form of AARON. Harun al-Rashid was a 9th-century Abbasid caliph featured in the stories of 'The 1001 Nights'.

HUSEINmBosnian
Bosnian form of HUSAYN.

IBRAHIMmArabic, Malay, Indonesian, Bosnian
Arabic, Malay and Indonesian form of ABRAHAM.

IBROmBosnian
Bosnian diminutive of IBRAHIM.

IZUDINmBosnian
Bosnian form of IZZ AL-DIN.

JUSUFmBosnian, Indonesian
Bosnian and Indonesian form of YUSUF.

LAMIJAfBosnian
Bosnian form of LAMIA (1).

LEJLAfBosnian
Bosnian form of LAYLA.

MEHMEDmOttoman Turkish, Bosnian
Older form of MEHMET, as well as the Bosnian form. This was the name of six sultans of the Ottoman Empire, including Mehmed II the conqueror of Constantinople.

MELISAfSpanish, Bosnian
Spanish and Bosnian form of MELISSA.

MENSURmBosnian
Bosnian form of MANSUR.

MIRSADmBosnian
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Arabic meaning "watchtower" or Persian meaning "ambush".

MIRSADAfBosnian
Feminine form of MIRSAD.

MIRZAmPersian, Arabic, Bosnian
Means "prince" from Persian میرزا (mirza), earlier امیرزاده (amirzadeh), which is ultimately from Arabic أمير (amir) meaning "commander" combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

MUHAMEDmBosnian
Bosnian form of MUHAMMAD.

MUJOmBosnian
Bosnian diminutive of MUSTAFA.

MURATmTurkish, Bosnian
Turkish and Bosnian form of MURAD.

SABAHUDINmBosnian
Bosnian form of SABAH UD-DIN.

SALIHmArabic, Bosnian
Means "virtuous" in Arabic. According to the Qur'an this was the name of an early Arabian prophet.

SARAfGreek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, German, French, Dutch, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Polish, English, Arabic, Persian, Bosnian
Form of SARAH.

SEADmBosnian
Bosnian form of SA'ID.

SEJADmBosnian
Bosnian form of SA'ID.

SKENDERmBosnian
Short form of ALEKSANDAR.

SULJOmBosnian
Bosnian diminutive of SÜLEYMAN.

TARIKmBosnian, Arabic
Bosnian form of TARIQ. It is also a variant transcription of the Arabic name.

ZLATANmCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Means "golden", a derivative of the Slavic word zlato "gold".

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