180 names
Names of the Companions
Names carried by the men and women who knew the Prophet ﷺ. Each bearer is checked in Ibn Ḥajar’s al-Iṣābah, the standard reference on the Companions.
Meanings come from the classical dictionaries, Lisān al-ʿArab first, with the volume and page.
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- AbānأبانName of the Companion Abān ibn Saʿīd ibn al-ʿĀṣ
- ʿAbbādعبادDevoted to worship
- ʿAbbāsعبّاسStern
- ʿAbd al-Raḥmānعبد الرحمنServant of the Most Merciful
- ʿAdīعديThe first to charge
- ʿAfrāʾعفراءThe thirteenth night
- ʿĀʾishahعائشةLiving, alive
- ʿAlīعليHigh, exalted
- ʿĀmirعامرLived in and flourishing
- ʿAmmārعمّارStrong in faith
- ʿAmrعمروLife
- ʿAmrahعمرةA bead in a necklace
- AnasأنسFriendly company
- ʿAqīlعقيلGood sense
- ArqamأرقمHonoured as the name of al-Arqam ibn Abī al-Arqam, in whose house the early Muslims met
- ArwāأروىMountain ibexes
- AsʿadأسعدMore fortunate
- AsmāʾأسماءIts origin is disputed
- ʿĀtikahعاتكةGlowing with perfume
- ʿAṭiyyahعطيةA gift
- ʿAwfعوفLuck, good fortune
- AwsأوسThe wolf
- ʿAzīzahعزيزةDear and precious
- ʿAzzahعزةA young gazelle
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- ḤabībحبيبBeloved
- ḤabībahحبيبةBeloved
- ḤafṣahحفصةHonoured as the name of Ḥafṣah bint ʿUmar, Mother of the Believers
- HālahهالةThe halo of the moon
- ḤalīmahحليمةForbearing, gentle
- ḤamnahحمنةHonoured as the name of Ḥamnah bint Jaḥsh
- ḤamzahحمزةA sharp-tasting herb
- HāniʾهانئGood without hardship
- ḤanẓalahحنظلةA bitter desert gourd
- ḤārithحارثThe earner
- ḤārithahحارثةOne who tills the soil
- ḤasanحسنGood, beautiful
- HāshimهاشمOne who crumbles bread
- ḤassānحسّانVery good or handsome
- ḤawwāʾحواءThe wife of Ādam
- HilālهلالThe new crescent moon
- HindهندA herd of camels
- HishāmهشامFrom crumbling something dry
- ḤudhayfahحذيفةFrom trimming at the edge
- ḤumaydahحميدةPraised
- ḤusaynحسينLittle Ḥasan: good, beautiful
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- KaʿbكعبThe ankle-bone
- KabshahكبشةHonoured as the name of Kabshah bint Kaʿb
- KhabbābخبّابA brisk trot
- KhadījahخديجةFrom a root of early birth
- KhālidخالدLasting, abiding
- KhālidahخالدةLasting, abiding
- KhansāʾخنساءGazelle-nosed
- KhawlahخولةA doe gazelle
- KhayrahخيرةGood and excellent
- KhubaybخبيبName of the Companion Khubayb ibn ʿAdī
- KhuzaymahخزيمةName of the Companion Khuzaymah ibn Thābit
- KulthumكلثمFull in the cheeks
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- MaʿqilمعقلA stronghold, a refuge
- MāriyahماريةFair and gleaming
- MaymūnahميمونةBlessed, fortunate
- MiqdādمقدادName of the Companion al-Miqdād ibn ʿAmr
- MuʿādhمعاذOne granted refuge
- MuʿādhahمعاذةA prayer for protection
- MuʿāwiyahمعاويةHonoured as the name of Muʿāwiyah ibn Abī Sufyān
- MughīrahمغيرةA swift raid
- MulaykahمليكةPossession and rule
- MundhirمنذرOne who warns
- MuṣʿabمصعبA stallion camel
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- RabābربابLayered white clouds
- RābiʿahرابعةFourth
- RabīʿahربيعةA stone lifted to show strength
- RāfiʿرافعOne who raises up
- RamlahرملةA patch of sand
- RayḥānahريحانةA sprig of sweet basil
- RayṭahريطةA soft woven wrap
- RifāʿahرفاعةRaising up
- RubayyiʿربيّعName of the Companion al-Rubayyiʿ bint Muʿawwidh
- RufaydahرفيدةHelp and support
- RumayṣāʾرميصاءA faint star
- RumaythahرميثةA saltbush
- RuqayyahرقيّةFrom climbing and rising
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- SaʿdسعدGood fortune
- SaffānahسفّانةName of the Companion Saffānah bint Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī
- ṢafiyyahصفيةChosen
- SahlسهلEasy and smooth
- SahlahسهلةSoft, sandy soil
- SāʾibسائبSwift, or flowing water
- SaʿīdahسعيدةFortunate, happy
- SalamahسلمةSoundness and safety
- SalmāسلمىSoundness and safety
- SalmānسلمانSoundness and safety
- SamurahسمرةAn acacia tree
- SanāسناBrightness
- SawdahسودةBlack-stoned ground
- ShaddādشدّادStrength
- SharīkشريكPartner
- ShaymāʾشيماءHaving a beauty mark
- ShuraḥbīlشرحبيلName of the Companion Shuraḥbīl ibn Ḥasanah
- SinānسنانA spearhead
- SīrīnسيرينName of the Companion Sīrīn
- SuʿādسعادGood fortune and gladness
- SuʿdāسعدىGood fortune and gladness
- SufyānسفيانName of the Companion Sufyān ibn ʿAbdillāh al-Thaqafī
- ṢuhaybصهيبReddish-fair
- SuhaylسهيلThe star Canopus
- SulāfahسلافةThe first and best
- SumayyahسميّةHeight, loftiness
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- ʿUbādahعبادةWorship and servanthood
- UbayyأبيّName of the Companion Ubayy ibn Kaʿb
- UmāmahأمامةName of the Companion Umāmah bint Abī al-ʿĀṣ
- ʿUmarعمرLife
- ʿUmārahعمارةLife and building up
- UmaymahأميمةLittle mother
- ʿUmayrعميرLived in, flourishing
- ʿUmayrahعميرةLife and flourishing
- UmayyahأميّةHonoured as the name of Umayyah ibn Makhshī
- Umm Kulthūmأم كلثومFull in the cheeks
- UnaysahأنيسةFriendly, companionable
- ʿUqbahعقبةOne coming after another
- ʿUrwahعروةA handle to hold by
- UsāmahأسامةThe lion
- UsaydأسيدThe little lion
- ʿUtbahعتبةA threshold
- ʿUthmānعثمانA young desert bird
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