ʿAmr
عمرو
Say it AHM-r
Life
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-m-r
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Amr, Amru
Meaning & source
Life; Lisān: a man was named ʿAmr in the hope that he would live long.
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وسُمِّي الرَّجُلُ عَمْراً تَفَاؤُلًا أَن يَبْقَى.
Who carried this name
- ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 5897 (vol. 4, p. 537)
- ʿAmr ibn al-Jamūḥ, martyred at Uḥud Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 5814 (vol. 4, p. 506)