139 names
Muslim names for girls
Names of the women Companions, and words from the Qurʾān that families give their daughters. Names that suit a girl or a boy are here too.
Every meaning comes from the classical dictionaries, with the page cited; the women who carried each name are sourced.
139 names
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- ʿAfrāʾعفراءThe thirteenth night
- ʿĀʾishahعائشةLiving, alive
- ĀlāʾآلَاءBlessings, favours
- ʿĀliyahعَالِيَةHigh, exalted
- AmalأَمَلHope
- AmānahأَمَانَةTrust
- ĀminahآمِنَةSafe, at peace
- ʿAmrahعمرةA bead in a necklace
- ArwāأروىMountain ibexes
- AsmāʾأسماءIts origin is disputed
- ʿĀtikahعاتكةGlowing with perfume
- ĀyahآيَةA sign; a verse
- ʿAzīzahعزيزةDear and precious
- ʿAzzahعزةA young gazelle
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- 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
- ḤasanahحَسَنَةA good deed
- ḤawwāʾحواءThe wife of Ādam
- ḤikmahحِكْمَةWisdom
- HindهندA herd of camels
- HudāهُدَىGuidance
- ḤumaydahحميدةPraised
- ḤusnāحُسْنَىThe best
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- MadīnahمَدِينَةA city
- MarḍiyyahمَرْضِيَّةOne who is pleasing
- MāriyahماريةFair and gleaming
- MarjānمَرْجَانSmall pearls
- MarwahمَرْوَةWhite stone; hill of Makkah
- MaryamمَرْيَمMother of ʿĪsā
- MaymūnahميمونةBlessed, fortunate
- MaysarahمَيْسَرَةEase, comfort
- MiṣbāḥمِصْبَاحA lamp
- MishkāhمِشْكَاةA niche for a lamp
- MuʿādhahمعاذةA prayer for protection
- MulaykahمليكةPossession and rule
- MuntahāمُنتَهَىThe furthest point
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- RabābربابLayered white clouds
- RābiʿahرابعةFourth
- RāḍiyahرَاضِيَةContent, well pleased
- RaʾfahرَأْفَةThe tenderest mercy
- RaḥmahرَحْمَةMercy
- RamlahرملةA patch of sand
- RawḍahرَوْضَةA green meadow
- RayḥānahريحانةA sprig of sweet basil
- RayṭahريطةA soft woven wrap
- RubayyiʿربيّعName of the Companion al-Rubayyiʿ bint Muʿawwidh
- RufaydahرفيدةHelp and support
- RumayṣāʾرميصاءA faint star
- RumaythahرميثةA saltbush
- RuqayyahرقيّةFrom climbing and rising
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- ṢafāصَفَاSmooth stones; hill of Makkah
- SaffānahسفّانةName of the Companion Saffānah bint Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī
- ṢafiyyahصفيةChosen
- SahlahسهلةSoft, sandy soil
- SaʿīdahسعيدةFortunate, happy
- SakīnahسَكِينَةTranquillity, calm
- SalāmسَلَامPeace
- SalmāسلمىSoundness and safety
- SalsabīlسَلْسَبِيلA spring in Paradise
- SamāʾسَمَاءThe sky
- SanāسناBrightness
- SawdahسودةBlack-stoned ground
- ShaymāʾشيماءHaving a beauty mark
- ShifāʾشِفَاءHealing
- SidrahسِدْرَةThe lote tree
- SīrīnسيرينName of the Companion Sīrīn
- SuʿādسعادGood fortune and gladness
- SuʿdāسعدىGood fortune and gladness
- SulāfahسلافةThe first and best
- SumayyahسميّةHeight, loftiness
- SundusسُندُسFine silk brocade
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