Anar
Borrowed from Arabic أَنَارَ (ʔanāra) or Classical Persian انار (anār). Thought to be popularized by Rəsul Rza.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
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Annisa
Borrowed from Arabic النِّسَاء (an-nisāʔ, “the women”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Anwar
Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَر (ʔanwar, “most luminous”). Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَار (ʔanwār, “lights”). Borrowed from Arabic أَنْوَر (ʔanwar).
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Arif
Borrowed from Arabic عَارِف (ʕārif, “knowing”), active participle of عَرَفَ (ʕarafa, “to know”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends F
Arifə
Ultimately from Arabic عَارِفَة (ʕārifa).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ə
Asim
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عاصم (âsim), from Arabic عَاصِم (ʕāṣim).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Āsim
Ultimately from Arabic عَاصِم (ʕāṣim, “protector”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Aulia
Borrowed from Arabic أَوْلِيَاء (ʔawliyāʔ).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Ayesha
A spelling variant of Aisha.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Aymen
Transliteration of Arabic أيمن.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Ayoub
A male given name from Arabic [in turn from Hebrew], variant of Ayyub, equivalent to English Job.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends B
Ayşe
From Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Ayub
From Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb). From Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends B
Ayyūb
Borrowed from Classical Persian اَیُّوب (ayyūb), from Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends B
Aziz
From Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz, “dear”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Azucena
From azucena (“lily”). Cognate with Portuguese Açucena and doublet of Susana.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Azzedine
Borrowed from Arabic عَزّ الدِّين (ʕazz ad-dīn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Bağır
From Arabic بَاقِر (bāqir).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
Bahriye
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish بحریه, from Arabic بَحْرِيَّة (baḥriyya).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Barack
Anglicized spelling, used by Luo speakers, of Barak, ostensibly as an Old Testament name. A cognate of the biblical Baruch.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Barak
From Hebrew בָּרָק (“lightning”). From Arabic بَارَك (bārak, “he who is blessed”). Cognate with the biblical name Baruch of Hebrew origin. The usage of the root ب ر ك (b r k)…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Barrack
Variant of Barack.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Bashar
From Arabic بَشَّار (baššār).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Basheer
From Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”)
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Bashir
Borrowed from Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Belaid
Borrowed from Arabic بَلْعِيد (balʕīd).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Berahim
From Arabic إِبْرَاهِيم (ʔibrāhīm), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (avrahám). Doublet of Ibrahim.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Bəşir
Ultimately from Arabic بَشِير (bašīr).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
Bəyan
From Arabic بَيَان (bayān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Bilal
From Arabic بِلَال (bilāl).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Bismillah
From Arabic بِاسْمِ اللّٰه (bismi llāh, “in the name of God”)
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Burak
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish براق (burāḳ, “the flashing steed, name of the courser that carried Muhammed, in his night-journey (معراج (miʿrāc)) from Mekka to Jerusalem, and…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Büşra
From Turkish Büşra. From Arabic بُشْرَى (bušrā, “good news”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Cemre
From Arabic جَمْرَة (jamra)
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Cevdet
From Ottoman Turkish جودت (Cevdet), from Arabic جَوْدَة (jawda).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Cəbrayıl
From Arabic جبرائيل
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends L
Chérif
Borrowed from Arabic شَرِيف (šarīf).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends F
Cihat
Borrowed from Arabic جِهَاد (jihād).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Cüneyt
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جنيد (Cüneyd), from Arabic جُنَيْد (junayd).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Daffa
Likely from Arabic ضَفَّة (ḍaffa, “bank, shore”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Daud
Inherited from Malay Daud, from Arabic دَاوُد (dāwud), from Hebrew דָּוִד (Davíd). From Arabic دَاوُد (dāwud), from Hebrew דָּוִד (Davíd).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends D
Dāūd
Borrowed from Classical Persian داود (dāwūd), from Arabic دَاوُد (dāwud), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwīḏ). Doublet of डेविड (ḍeviḍ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends D
Davut
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish داوود (dāvūd), from Arabic دَاوُود (dāwūd), from Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwīḏ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Deraman
Contraction of Abdul Rahman, which is from Arabic عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَن (ʕabdu r-raḥman).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Disu
From Arabic إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Dorsaf
Borrowed from Arabic درصاف.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends F
Džemal
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جمال (Cemâl), from Arabic جَمَال (jamāl, “beauty”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Dževad
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جَوَّاد (cêvad), from Arabic جَوَّاد (jawwād).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Ebrar
Borrowed from Arabic أَبْرَار (ʔabrār), plural of بَرّ (barr, “pious, righteous, benevolent, sincere”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Ebubekir
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ابو بكر (Ebû Bekr), from Arabic أَبُو بَكْر (ʔabū bakr).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Edhem
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ادهم (Edhem), from Arabic أَدْهَم (ʔadham).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Emir
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish امیر (emir), from Arabic أَمِيرْ (ʔamīr).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Ender
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اندر (Ender), from Arabic أَنْدَر (ʔandar).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Enver
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish انور (Enver), from Arabic أَنْوَر (ʔanwar).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Esma
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اسما, from Arabic أَسْمَاء (ʔasmāʔ, “names”), plural of اِسْم (ism, “name”), in reference to the 99 names of God in Islam.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Ethem
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ادهم (edhem), from Arabic أَدْهَم (ʔadham).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Eymen
From Ottoman Turkish ایمن (Eymen), from Arabic أَيْمَن (ʔayman, “right-handed”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Eyüp
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ایوب (Eyyûb), from Arabic أَيُّوب (ʔayyūb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ). Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ)der. Arabic…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends P
Əbülhəsən
Borrowed from Arabic أَبُو الْحَسَن (ʔabū l-ḥasan).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
Ədhəm
From ədhəm (“black”)
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends M