Mohamed
A male given name from Arabic, variant of Muhammad. a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Muhammad
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
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Mohammad
A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Mohammed
A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad. Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Mokhtar
From Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Mọmọdu
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Muhammad
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Mona
Anglicized from Irish and Scottish Gaelic Muadhnait, from Middle Irish múad (“noble”). In northern Europe, where the name is much more popular, Mona is interpreted as a…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mouloud
From dialectal Arabic مُولُود (mūlūd), from Arabic مَوْلُود (mawlūd).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Mourad
Borrowed from Arabic مُرَاد (murād). Equivalent to English Murad, Turkish Murat.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Moussa
Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā, “Moses”). Doublet of Moïse.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Muammar
From Arabic مُعَمَّر (muʕammar).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Muhamed
A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad. Ultimately from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad). Doublet of Mehmed.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Muhammad
Transliteration of Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad, “praised, commendable, laudable”), the passive participle of حَمَّدَ (ḥammada, “to praise, commend, laud, extol”). From the same…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Muhammed
A male given name from Arabic: alternative spelling of Muhammad. Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محمد (Muhammed), from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Muhammet
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محمد, from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Muharem
From muhàrem (“Muharram, first month of the Islamic calendar”), originally for babies born in that month.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Muhárem
From муха̀рем (“Muharram, first month of the Islamic calendar”), originally for babies born in that month.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Muhsin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish محسن (muhsin), from Arabic مُحْسِن (muḥsin), from أَحْسَنَ (ʔaḥsana, “to do or act well, to do or act right”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Mukaddes
From mukaddes (“holy”), from Arabic مقدّس (muqaddas, “holy, sacred”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Mukhtar
From Arabic مُخْتَار (muḵtār, “chosen”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Mumtāz
Borrowed from Classical Persian ممتاز (mumtāz), from Arabic مُمْتَاز (mumtāz). Compare Bengali মমতাজ (momotaj).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
Murad
From Ottoman Turkish مراد (murad), from Arabic مُرَاد (murād).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Muraina
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Imran, alternative form of Múráínọ̀
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Murainọ
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Imran
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ọ
Musa
Transliteration of Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā), Persian موسی (Musâ), and Turkish Musa; ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. Doublet of Moses. Inherited from Ottoman Turkish موسی (mûsâ,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mussa
Borrowed from Arabic مُوسَى (mūsā) or Ottoman Turkish موسی (Turkish Musa).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mustafa
From Arabic مُصْطَفَى (muṣṭafā, “the chosen one”). Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مصطفی (mustafa), from Arabic مُصْطَفَى (muṣṭafā, “the chosen one”). From Arabic مُصْطَفَى…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Mustafá
Borrowed from Arabic مُصْطَفَى (muṣṭafā). Borrowed from Arabic مُصْطَفَى (muṣṭafā).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Á
Nabil
From Arabic نَبِيل (nabīl, “noble”). Borrowed from Arabic نَبِيل (nabīl, “noble”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Nabila
Borrowed from Arabic نَبِيلَة (nabīla), feminine of نَبِيل (nabīl, “noble”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Naci
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ناجی (Nâcî), from Arabic نَاجِي (nājī).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Naġmā
Borrowed from Classical Persian نغمه (naġma), itself from Arabic نَغْمة (naḡma).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Najib
Borrowed from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends B
Najibullah
From Arabic نجيبالله (literally “distinguished servant of the god Allah”), from نجيب (“Najib”)+الله (allāh, “Allah”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Nasry
a male given name from Arabic, variant of Nasri
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Naufal
From Arabic نَوْفَل (nawfal), meaning "extremely generous". It can also mean "handsome young man" or "sea" or "ocean". Borrowed from Arabic نوفل. From Arabic نَوْفَل…
- Gender
- mixed
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Naura
Borrowed from Arabic نَوْرَة (nawra, “blossom”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Nayib
Borrowed from Arabic نَجِيب (najīb).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends B
Necati
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نجاتی (Necâti), from Arabic نَجَاتِيّ (najātiyy, “attained salvation”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Nevale
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Arabic نَوالَة (nawāla).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Nexhat
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نجات (necat), from Arabic نَجَاة (najāh, “salvation”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Nisa
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نساء (Nisâ), from Arabic نِسَاء (nisāʔ, “women”). Borrowed from Arabic نِسَاء (nisāʔ, “women”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Nissia
Borrowed from Arabic.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Nizar
From a Persian word for "slender".
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Noor
From Arabic نُور (nūr, “light”).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
Noreen
Anglicized from Irish Nóirín (diminutive of Nóra (“Nora”)). Anglicized from Arabic نُورٍ (nūrin, “light”, in the genitive case).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Nour
Borrowed from Arabic نُور (nūr, “light”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
Noûr
Borrowed from Arabic نُور (nūr, “light”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
Nuh
Borrowed from Arabic نُوح (nūḥ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends H
Nūh
Borrowed from Classical Persian نُوح (nūh), from Arabic نُوح (nūḥ), from Classical Syriac ܢܘܿܚ (nōḥ), from Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (nōaẖ)
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends H
Nur
Borrowed from Arabic نُور (nūr).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R
Nuriye
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish نوریه, from Arabic نُورِيَّة (nūriyya).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Nuśūr
Borrowed from Classical Persian نُشُور (nušūr), from Arabic نُشُور (nušūr).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Oday
Borrowed from Arabic عُدَي (ʕuday).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Y
Omar
From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Doublet of Umar. From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Borrowed from Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Omer
Ultimately from Frankish *Audamār, which consists of Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) and *mēraz (“famous”). Cognates include Czech and German Otmar. Cognates of *ōd-…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Osama
Borrowed from Arabic أُسَامَة (ʔusāma).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Osman
Inherited from Middle English, from Old Norse Ásmundr, from áss (“a god”) + mund (“protection, hand”). Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عثمان (osmân), from Arabic عُثْمَان…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Oualid
Borrowed from Arabic وَلِيد (walīd).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Qafar
From Arabic غَفَّار (ḡaffār).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Qəmər
Borrowed from Arabic قَمَر (qamar).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends R