Adam m English, French, German, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Romanian, Catalan, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Georgian, Malay, Indonesian, Dhivehi, Biblical, Biblical Latin [1] , Biblical Greek [2] , Biblical Hebrew [3] , Quranic This is the Hebrew word for
"man" [3] [4] . It could be ultimately derived from Hebrew
אדם (ʾaḏam) meaning
"to be red", referring to the ruddy colour of human skin, or from Akkadian
adamu meaning
"to make" [5] .
... [more] Ali 1 m Arabic [1] , Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay, Avar, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Tajik, Kazakh, Dhivehi, Albanian, Bosnian, Somali Means
"lofty, sublime" in Arabic
[1] , from the root
علا (ʿalā) meaning "to be high"
[2] . Ali ibn Abi Talib was a cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet
Muhammad and the fourth caliph to rule the Muslim world. His followers were the original Shia Muslims, who regard him as the first rightful caliph.
... [more] Amir 1 m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay, Indonesian, Bosnian, Tajik, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir Means
"commander, prince" in Arabic
[1] . This was originally a title, which has come into English as the Arabic loanword
emir.
Ammar m Arabic, Urdu, Malay Means
"one who lives a long life, one who builds" in Arabic, from the root
عمر (ʿamara) meaning "to live long, to thrive"
[1] . Ammar ibn Yasir was an early companion of the Prophet
Muhammad. After Muhammad's death he supported
Ali.
Aziz m Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Indonesian, Malay Means
"powerful, respected, beloved" in Arabic, derived from the root
عزّ (ʿazza) meaning "to be powerful" or "to be cherished"
[1] [2] . In Islamic tradition
العزيز (al-ʿAzīz) is one of the 99 names of Allah. A notable bearer of the name was Al-'Aziz, a 10th-century Fatimid caliph.
Fitri f & m Indonesian, Malay Means
"pure, natural" in Indonesian and Malay, ultimately from Arabic
فطْري (fiṭrī) meaning "natural". It is a feminine name in Indonesia and a masculine name in Malaysia.
Hafiz m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Malay, Azerbaijani Means
"preserver, guardian, keeper" in Arabic, a derivative of
حفظ (ḥafiẓa) meaning "to preserve, to protect"
[1] . This transcription represents two related yet distinct Arabic names:
حافظ , in which the first vowel is long, and
حفيظ , in which the second vowel is long. In Islamic tradition
الحفيظ (al-Ḥafīẓ) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Hasan m Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay, Albanian, Bosnian, Uzbek, Tajik Means
"handsome" in Arabic, from the root
حسن (ḥasuna) meaning "to be beautiful, to be good"
[1] [2] . Hasan was the son of
Ali and the grandson of the Prophet
Muhammad. He was poisoned by one of his wives and is regarded as a martyr by Shia Muslims. This was also the name of two kings of Morocco. It is sometimes transcribed as
Hassan, though this is a distinct name in Arabic.
Hashim m Arabic, Urdu, Malay Means
"crusher, breaker" in Arabic, derived from the root
هشم (hashama) meaning "to crush, to destroy"
[1] [2] . This was the nickname of a great-grandfather of the Prophet
Muhammad. He acquired this nickname because of his practice of crumbling bread and giving it to pilgrims.
Hisham m Arabic, Malay Means
"generous" in Arabic, ultimately from
هشم (hashama) meaning "to crush"
[1] . The meaning derives from the traditional Arab act of crushing bread into crumbs in order to share it. This was the name of an 8th-century caliph of the Umayyad dynasty in Spain.
Ibrahim m Arabic, Malay, Indonesian, Pashto, Urdu, Uyghur, Avar, Bosnian, Albanian, Dhivehi, Hausa, Swahili, Quranic Arabic form of
Abraham, also used in several other languages. This form appears in the Quran.
Ismail m Arabic, Malay, Indonesian, Urdu, Bengali, Uyghur, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Avar, Kazakh, Albanian, Dhivehi, Quranic Arabic form of
Ishmael, also used in several other languages. According to the Quran and Islamic tradition Ismail was a prophet and the founder of the Arab people.
Liyana f Malay Derived from Arabic
ليّن (layyin) meaning
"soft, delicate", from the root
لان (lāna) meaning "to be soft".
Muhammad m Arabic [1] , Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Tajik, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Indonesian, Malay, Avar, Quranic Means
"praised, commendable" in Arabic
[1] , derived from the root
حمد (ḥamida) meaning "to praise"
[2] . This was the name of the prophet who founded the Islamic religion in the 7th century. According to Islamic belief, at age 40 Muhammad was visited by the angel
Gabriel, who provided him with the first verses of the Quran. Approximately 20 years later he conquered Mecca, the city of his birth, and his followers controlled most of the Arabian Peninsula at the time of his death in 632.
... [more] Musa m Arabic, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Chechen, Tatar, Bashkir, Avar, Hausa, Urdu, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay, Uyghur, Quranic Arabic form of
Moses appearing in the Quran.
Nasir m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Bengali, Malay Means
"helper" in Arabic, from the root
نصر (naṣara) meaning "to help, to aid"
[1] . This transcription represents two related yet distinct Arabic names:
ناصر , in which the first vowel is long, and
نصير , in which the second vowel is long.
Omar 1 m Arabic, Bosnian, Kazakh, Malay, Bengali, English, Spanish, Italian Alternate transcription of Arabic
عمر (see
Umar). This is the usual English spelling of the name of the 12th-century poet Umar Khayyam. In his honour it has sometimes been used in the English-speaking world, notably for the American general Omar Bradley (1893-1981).
Osman m Turkish, Kurdish, Albanian, Bosnian, Uyghur, Malay Turkish form of
Uthman. This was the name of the founder of the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century. Some theories hold that his birth name (perhaps
Ataman) was of Turkic origin, with the Islamic name adopted later in life. Two other Ottoman sultans subsequently bore the name.
Puteri f Malay Means
"daughter, princess" in Malay, ultimately from Sanskrit
putrī).
Ramli m Malay From the Arabic surname
الرملي (al-Ramlī), indicating a person from the city of Ramla in what is now Israel. It is used in honour of the Egyptian Muslim scholar Shams al-Din al-Ramli (1513-1596).
Ruslan m Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Turkmen, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Chechen, Ingush, Avar, Circassian, Indonesian, Malay Form of
Yeruslan used by Aleksandr Pushkin in his poem
Ruslan and Ludmila (1820), which was loosely based on Russian and Tatar folktales of Yeruslan Lazarevich.
Wati f Indonesian, Malay From a suffix meaning
"woman" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit.
Yusri m & f Arabic, Malay, Indonesian Means
"comfort, ease, prosperity" in Arabic, from the root
يسر (yasira) meaning "to be easy, to be rich"
[1] . It is occasionally used as a feminine name in Indonesia.
Zarina f Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Urdu, Malay From Persian
زرین (zarīn) meaning
"golden". According to the 5th-century BC Greek historian Ctesias, this was the name of a Scythian queen.