Sehak
From Arabic إِسْحَاقَ (ʔisḥāqa). Doublet of Ishak.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
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Selahattin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صلاحالدین, borrowed from Arabic صلاح الدين (“righteousness of the religion”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Selim
From Swedish Selim, from Arabic سليم; partly also from forms of Anselmi.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Şems
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شمس, borrowed from Arabic شَمْس (šams), from Proto-Semitic *śamš-.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends S
Şemsettin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish شمس الدین (şems ed-din), from Arabic شَمْس الدِّين (šams ad-dīn, “sun of the religion”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Sena
From sena (“praise”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Serap
From Arabic سَرَاب (sarāb).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends P
Şəhla
Borrowed from Arabic شَهْلَاء (šahlāʔ), feminine singular of أَشْهَل (ʔašhal).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends A
Səminə
Borrowed from Arabic ثَمِينَة (ṯamīna), feminine singular of ثَمِين (ṯamīn, “precious”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ə
Shakir
Borrowed from Arabic شاكِر (šākir, “thankful”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Shakur
Borrowed from Arabic شَكُور (šakūr, “thankful, grateful”). This surname is predominantly found in India.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Shaquille
A fanciful spelling of Arabic شَكِيل (šakīl, “handsome”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Sherife
From Ottoman Turkish شریفه (Şerife), from Arabic شَرِيفة (šarīfa, “noble”). Cf. Turkish Şerife.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Shukrije
From a variant of Ottoman Turkish شكریه (Şükriyye) with /u/ in place of /y/, from Arabic شكرية (šukriyya, “thankful”). Cognate with Turkish Şükriye, Azerbaijani Şükriyyə.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Sihem
Borrowed from Arabic سِهَام (sihām).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Sirhan
Borrowed from Arabic سِرْحَان (sirḥān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Slah
Borrowed from Arabic صَلَاح (ṣalāḥ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends H
Śoeb
Borrowed from Classical Persian شُعَیْب (šu'ayb), from Arabic شُعَيْب (šuʕayb), from the root ش ع ب (š ʕ b).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends B
Sofiane
Borrowed from Arabic سُفْيَان (sufyān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Soraia
Borrowed from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Suhaimi
Possibly, from Arabic سُهَيمِ (“suhaymi”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Şule
From şule (“flame”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Sulemān
Borrowed from Classical Persian سُلَیْمَان (sulaymān), from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), from Classical Syriac ܫܠܹܝܡܘܿܢ (š'lêmōn), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Süleyman
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سلیمان (Süleymân), from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān), from Classical Syriac ܫܠܹܝܡܘܿܢ (š'lêmōn), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Sürəyya
Borrowed from Classical Persian ثُرَیَّا (surayyā), from Arabic ثُرَيَّا (ṯurayyā).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Syamsuddin
From Arabic شَمْسُ ٱلدِين (šamsu d-dīn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Syifa
From Indonesian Syifa, ultimately from Arabic شفاء (“cure”). From Arabic شفاء (“cure”). From Arabic شفاء (“cure”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Tabassum
Borrowed from Classical Persian تبسم (tabassum), from Arabic تَبَسُّم (tabassum, “smile”). Cognate with Bengali তাবাসসুম (tabaśośum).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Tahar
Borrowed from Arabic طَهَر (ṭahar).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Talāt
Borrowed from Classical Persian طَلْعَت (tal'at), from Arabic طَلْعَة (ṭalʕa).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Tariq
Borrowed from Arabic طَارِق (ṭāriq, “messenger, nocturnal visitor, or morning star”), from طَرَقَ (ṭaraqa, “to knock, to rap”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Q
Taslīm
Borrowed from Classical Persian تسلیم (taslīm), from Arabic تَسْلِيم (taslīm).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Taufik
From Arabic توفيق.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends K
Tayyip
Borrowed from Turkish Tayyip. Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طیب (Tayyip), from Arabic طَيِّب (ṭayyib, “good”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends P
Türkiye
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تركیه (türkiye), from earlier Ottoman Turkish تركیا (türkiya), from Latin Turcia, ultimately from Byzantine Greek Τουρκίᾱ (Tourkíā, “Turkey”).…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Udin
From Arabic الدِّين (ad-dīn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Ulviye
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Arabic عُلْوِيَّة (ʕulwiyya).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends E
Umar
Borrowed from Classical Persian عمر ('umar), from Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Usmān
Borrowed from Classical Persian عثمان (usmān), from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Wahyu
Inherited from Malay wahyu, from Arabic وَحْيُ (waḥyu), singular nominative construct of وَحْي (waḥy).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Waleed
From Arabic وَلِيد (walīd).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Walid
From Arabic وَلِيد (walīd).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Xəlil
From Arabic خَلِيل (ḵalīl).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends L
Xhevahir
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جواهر (cevahir), from Arabic جَوَاهِر (jawāhir), plural of جَوْهَر (jawhar), from Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar, “jewel”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Xhevdet
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جودت (Cevdet), from Arabic جَوْدَة (jawda).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Yaakub
From Arabic يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends B
Yahya
From Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), equivalent to John in the Qur'an. Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یحیی (Yahya), from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Yahyā
Borrowed from Classical Persian یحیی (yahyā), from Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Yamal
Ultimately from Arabic جَمَال (jamāl).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Yāqūb
Borrowed from Arabic يَعْقُوب (yaʕqūb), from Classical Syriac ܝܥܩܘܒ (yaʿqōḇ), from Biblical Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends B
Yasin
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یاسین (Yâsîn), from Arabic يَاسِين (yāsīn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Yasmeen
Variant of Jasmine, often representing a transliteration of the corresponding Arabic and Persian names.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Yasmin
Variant of Jasmine, often representing a transliteration of the corresponding Arabic and Persian names. Borrowed from English Yasmin.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Yasmina
Variant of Jasmine, often representing a transliteration of the corresponding Arabic and Persian names.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Yasmine
Variant of Jasmine, often representing a transliteration of the corresponding Arabic and Persian names. Variant of Jasmine, often representing a transliteration of the…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends E
Yisa
From Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Younès
Borrowed from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends S
Yousef
Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends F
Youssouf
Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf, “Joseph”). Doublet of Joseph.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends F
Yunus
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish یونس (yûnüs), from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā). Borrowed from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S