Behind the Name: Loads of Randomness's Personal Name List

Adila

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: عادلة(Arabic)

Pronounced: ‘A-dee-lah

Personal remark: Feminine form of ADIL ("fair, honest, just")

Rating: 41% based on 7 votes

Feminine form of Adil.

Ahmad

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay, Avar, Uzbek

Other Scripts: أحمد(Arabic) احمد(Persian, Urdu, Pashto) আহমদ(Bengali) Ахӏмад(Avar) Аҳмад(Uzbek)

Pronounced: AH-mad(Arabic, Indonesian, Malay) ah-MAD(Persian)

Personal remark: "More commendable"

Rating: 57% based on 13 votes

Means "most commendable, most praiseworthy" in Arabic (a superlative form of Hamid 1).

Farah

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay

Other Scripts: فرح(Arabic, Persian, Urdu)

Pronounced: FA-rah(Arabic)

Rating: 41% based on 7 votes

Means "joy, happiness" in Arabic.

Fariha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu

Other Scripts: فريحة, فرحة(Arabic) فریحہ(Urdu)

Pronounced: fa-REE-hah(Arabic) FA-ree-hah(Arabic)

Rating: 37% based on 7 votes

Means "happy" in Arabic.

Farouk

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: فاروق(Arabic)

Pronounced: fa-ROOK

Personal remark: "Person who can tell right from wrong"

Rating: 23% based on 6 votes

Alternate transcription of Arabic فاروق (see Faruq).

Hafiz

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: حفيظ(Arabic)

Pronounced: ha-FEEDH

Personal remark: "Custodian, guardian"

Rating: 36% based on 14 votes

Means "custodian, guardian" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الحفيظ (al-Hafiz) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Halim

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Turkish

Other Scripts: حليم(Arabic)

Pronounced: ha-LEEM(Arabic)

Rating: 80% based on 4 votes

Means "patient, tolerant, mild" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الحليم (al-Halim) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Hamid 1

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu

Other Scripts: حميد(Arabic, Pashto) حمید(Persian, Urdu)

Pronounced: ha-MEED(Arabic) haw-MEHD(Persian)

Personal remark: "Praiseworthy"

Rating: 28% based on 6 votes

Means "praiseworthy" in Arabic, from the root حمد (hamida) meaning "to praise". In Islamic tradition الحميد (al-Hamid) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Ibrahim

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Malay, Indonesian, Pashto, Urdu, Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir, Avar, Bosnian, Dhivehi, Albanian, Hausa, Swahili

Other Scripts: إبراهيم(Arabic) ابراهيم(Pashto) ابراہیم(Urdu) Ибраһим(Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir) Ибрагьим(Avar) އިބްރާހީމް(Dhivehi)

Pronounced: eeb-ra-HEEM(Arabic)

Personal remark: Arabic form of ABRAHAM ("father of many")

Rating: 69% based on 15 votes

Arabic form of Abraham, also used in several other languages.

Muna

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: منى(Arabic)

Pronounced: MOO-na

Personal remark: "Wishes, desires"

Rating: 49% based on 7 votes

Means "wishes, desires", from the plural of Arabic منية (munyah).

Nasir

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: ناصر, نصير(Arabic)

Pronounced: NA-seer, na-SEER

Personal remark: "Helper"

Rating: 65% based on 8 votes

Means "helper" in Arabic. This transcription represents two different Arabic names.

Nazli

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Persian

Other Scripts: نازلی(Persian)

Personal remark: "Delicate, beautiful"

Rating: 42% based on 12 votes

Means "delicate, beautiful, coy" in Persian.

Rafiq

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Urdu

Other Scripts: رفيق(Arabic) رفیق(Urdu)

Pronounced: ra-FEEK(Arabic)

Personal remark: "Friend" or "Gentle"

Rating: 38% based on 12 votes

Means either "friend" or "gentle" in Arabic.

Rahim

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto

Other Scripts: رحيم(Arabic, Pashto) رحیم(Persian, Urdu)

Pronounced: ra-HEEM(Arabic, Persian)

Personal remark: "Kind, compassionate"

Rating: 70% based on 8 votes

Means "kind, compassionate" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الرحيم (al-Rahim) is one of the 99 names of Allah.

Raja 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: رجاء(Arabic)

Pronounced: ra-JA

Personal remark: "Hope"

Rating: 44% based on 7 votes

Means "hope" in Arabic.

Safiyyah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: صفيّة(Arabic)

Pronounced: sa-FEE-yah

Personal remark: Feminine form of SAFI ("pure")

Rating: 64% based on 14 votes

Feminine form of Safi. This was the name of one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.

Sa'id

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: سعيد(Arabic)

Pronounced: sa-‘EED

Personal remark: "Happy, lucky"

Rating: 44% based on 12 votes

Means "happy, lucky" in Arabic. This was the name of a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

Salma

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali

Other Scripts: سلمى(Arabic) سلمیٰ(Urdu) সালমা(Bengali)

Pronounced: SAL-ma(Arabic)

Rating: 47% based on 3 votes

Means "safe", derived from Arabic سلم (salima) meaning "to be safe".

Sana

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: سناء(Arabic)

Pronounced: sa-NA

Personal remark: "Brilliance, radiance, splendour"

Rating: 51% based on 14 votes

Alternate transcription of Arabic سناء (see Sanaa).

Sanaa

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: سناء(Arabic)

Pronounced: sa-NA

Rating: 65% based on 4 votes

Means "brilliance, radiance, splendour" in Arabic.

Tariq

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu

Other Scripts: طارق(Arabic, Urdu)

Pronounced: TA-reek(Arabic)

Personal remark: "He who knocks at the door"

Rating: 43% based on 6 votes

Means "visitor, knocker at the door" in Arabic, from طرق (taraqa) "to knock". This is the Arabic name of the morning star. Tariq ibn Ziyad was the Islamic general who conquered Spain for the Umayyad Caliphate in the 8th century.

Yusra

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: يسرى, يسرا(Arabic)

Pronounced: YOOS-ra

Personal remark: "Wealth, ease"

Rating: 34% based on 7 votes

Means "wealth, ease" in Arabic.

Zahir

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali

Other Scripts: ظهير, زاهر, ظاهر(Arabic) ظهیر(Persian) ظہیر(Shahmukhi, Urdu) জহির(Bengali)

Pronounced: dha-HEER(Arabic) ZA-heer(Arabic) DHA-heer(Arabic)

Personal remark: "Helper, supporter"

Rating: 65% based on 12 votes

Derived from Arabic ظهير (zahir) meaning "helper, supporter". This can also be an alternate transcription of Arabic زاهر (see Zaahir 1) or ظاهر (see Zaahir 2).