Origin
Arabic names
Arabic names are lyrical and often descriptive — a flower, a star, a virtue, a quality of light. The Arabic naming tradition draws from a rich vocabulary of meaning, with names like Layla (night), Zaina (beauty), Amir (prince), and Tariq (morning star) carrying their meanings transparently on the surface. Many have traveled across oceans with little loss of meaning, and the influence of Arabic on Spanish, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu naming traditions means that names with Arabic roots show up across an enormous geographic and cultural range. The current American chart has lifted Layla, Aaliyah, Amir, Omar, and Yusuf into mainstream popularity. The full Arabic-origin library is below.
Abdullah
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name (عبدالله)
Abd al-Rahman
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Jessica
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Habib
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Karim
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Ahmad
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name (أحمد)
Hassan
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name (حسن)
Mustafa
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Suleiman
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name (سليمان)
Abimira
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Kamil
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Adela
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Salma
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Abd al-Qadir
SteadyArabic · boy
Arabic male given name (عبد القادر)
Uthman
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Samir
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Ines
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Adil
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Abu Bakr
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name (أبو بكر)
Murad
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Amalia
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
'Abd al-Majid
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Selma
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Marcel
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
'Abd al-Hamid
SteadyArabic · boy
name
Aziz
SteadyArabic · boy
given and family name
Abd al-Aziz
SteadyArabic · boy
Arabic, 'servant of the Mighty', a name of God
Samira
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Mona
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Abdul Malik
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Abd al-Karīm
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Hana
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
A'isha
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name (عائشة)
Osman
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Hussein
SteadyArabic · boy
Arabic name: given name, surname
Jamal
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Tara
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Tahir
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name (طاهر)
Hashim
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Dalia
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Cynthia
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Tawfik
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name (توفيق)
Zaynab
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name (زينب)
Yunus
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Fuad
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name (فؤاد)
Hisham
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Yakub
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name (يعقوب)
Aya
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Abdul
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Hamid
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name (حامد)
Ismail
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Saddam
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Yasmin
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Khadija
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Danielle
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Zahra
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name
Hamza
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Tariq
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Rahman
SteadyArabic · boy
male given name
Shahla
SteadyArabic · unisex
female given name