Kaouther
Borrowed from Arabic كَوْثَر (kawṯar).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
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Kareem
A male given name from Arabic, variant of Karim.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Karim
From Arabic كَرِيم (karīm, “noble, generous”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Kasimu
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Qasim
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Kâzım
From Ottoman Turkish كاظم (ḱazım), from Arabic كَاظِم (kāẓim). Notable as the name of Musa al-Kadhim.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends M
Kemal
From Ottoman Turkish كمال, from Arabic كَمَال (kamāl, “perfection, maturity”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Khadija
Borrowed from Arabic خَدِيجَة (ḵadīja).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Khadijah
Borrowed from Arabic خَدِيجَة (ḵadīja). Borrowed from Arabic خَدِيجَة (ḵadīja).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Khairunnisa
Borrowed from Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr) النِّسَاء (an-nisāʔ), grammatically "good thing of the women", although it was likely intended to mean "good woman". Indonesian do not…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Khalid
From Arabic خَالِد (ḵālid, “immortal; glorious; eternal”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Khalil
Borrowed from Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl, “friend”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Khider
Borrowed from Arabic خِضْر (ḵiḍr).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Kimi
From Arabic حَكِيمِي (ḥakīmī). Doublet of Hakimi.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Kübra
From Arabic كُبْرَى (kubrā), feminine of أَكْبَر (ʔakbar, “greater, greatest”), from كَبِير (kabīr, “great, powerful”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Laaouni
Borrowed from Arabic الْعَوْنِيّ (al-ʕawniyy).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Laila
Variant of Leila and Layla, from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā), related to لَيْلَة (layla, “night”). First recorded in Finland in 1875. Explained as a Sami name, and used for Sami…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Lamia
Borrowed from Arabic لَمْيَاء (lamyāʔ).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Lamidi
From Arabic عَبْدُ الْحَمِيد (ʕabdu l-ḥamīd), perhaps through Hausa Àbdùlhàmîd
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Lamine
Borrowed from Arabic
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Lasisi
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Abdulaziz
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Layla
One of many alternative spellings of a name transliterated from Arabic; see Leila for more information. Since the late 20th century, in English, this given name in this…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Leila
From Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā). Taken into English usage through nineteenth-century literature. Ultimately from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Lela
A female given name from Arabic, possibly a variant of Leila.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Leya
Borrowed from Turkish Leya and Arabic لَيْيَا (layyā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Leyla
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ليلى (Leylâ), from Arabic لَيْلَى (laylā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Lila
Variant of Leila or Lilah, depending on pronunciation; also associated with Spanish lila (“lilac”). From Sanskrit लीला (līlā, “play, charm”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Lokman
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لقمان (Lokmân), from Arabic لُقْمَان (luqmān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Loujaïne
Borrowed from Arabic لُجَيْن (lujayn).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Lulu
Borrowed from Chinese 璐璐, 露露 (lùlù, lùlu), 璐露, 露璐, etc.; in turn from 璐, 露, etc. From the Chinese practice of reduplicating a syllable or character to create a female name. *…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Lut
Borrowed from Arabic لُوط (lūṭ), ultimately from Hebrew לוֹט (lot).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends T
Lyla
A spelling variant of Leila.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Macarena
It is disputed whether it comes from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários, “blessed, happy”), or from the homonymous neighborhood in Seville, from Arabic مقْرِين.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mahdi
Borrowed from Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy, “guided one”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Mahmud
Transliteration of Arabic مَحْمُود (maḥmūd, literally “praised, laudable”), the passive participle of the Form I verb حَمِدَ (ḥamida, “to praise”), from the triconsonantal root…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Mahmūd
Borrowed from Arabic مَحْمُود (maḥmūd).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Mahomet
From Middle English Macomet, from Latin Machometus, Mahometus, from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of Muhammad.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Maïssa
From dialectal Arabic مَايْسَة (māysa), from Arabic مَائِسَة (māʔisa).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Malik
From Arabic مَالِك (mālik) and مَلِك (malik, “Leader”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Mansur
From Arabic مَنْصُور (manṣūr).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Marah
Borrowed from Arabic مَرَح (maraḥ). Borrowed from Hebrew מָרָה.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Mariamu
Borrowed from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Mariyam
Borrowed from Classical Persian مریم (maryam), from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam), from Aramaic מרים (maryam), from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (mīryām).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Maryam
Inherited from Malay Maryam, from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam), from Aramaic מרים (maryam). Doublet of Maria. From Aramaic and post-Biblical Hebrew מרים (Maryam), from Biblical…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Masoud
Borrowed from Arabic مَسْعُود (masʕūd); this surname is predominantly found in Tanzania and Egypt.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Mecca
From Arabic مَكَّة (Makka) of uncertain etymology. In American place names, in reference to the Arabian city.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mecnun
From Ottoman Turkish مجنون (mecnūn), borrowed from Arabic مَجْنُون (majnūn, “mad, crazy”, literally “possessed by a jinn”). Originally the nickname of an Arab poet as recounted…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Mehdi
Chiefly used by Iranian immigrants, from Persian مهدی (mahdi), from Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy, “rightly guided”). Compare Mahdi. From Arabic مَهْدِيّ (mahdiyy).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Mehmed
From Ottoman Turkish محمد (Mehmed, Mehmet), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish محمد (Mehmed, Mehmet), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Mèhmed
From Ottoman Turkish محمد (Mehmed, Mehmet), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Mehmet
From Ottoman Turkish محمد (Mehmed, Mehmet), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of Muhammad, Mahomet, and Baphomet. From Ottoman Turkish محمد (Mehmed), from Arabic…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Melih
From Ottoman Turkish ملیح (melih), from Arabic مَلِيح (malīḥ, “beautiful, graceful, elegant”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Melika
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملكه (melike, “queen”). Compare Turkish Melike, Persian ملکه (maleke), English Malika.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Merwan
Borrowed from Arabic مِرْوَان (mirwān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Meryem
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مریم (meryem), from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam), from Hebrew מרים (miryām).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Mələk
From Arabic مَلَك (malak, “angel”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends K
Mikâil
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish میكائیل (mikail), from Arabic مِيكَائِيل (mīkāʔīl), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Milika
A variant of Melika.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Miloud
Borrowed from Arabic مِيلُود (mīlūd).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Milouda
Borrowed from Arabic مِيلُودَة (mīlūda).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mohamad
A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D