Barbāra
a female given name from Latin, equivalent to English Barbara
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Names documented in Arabic
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Bāsīlyūs
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Basil
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Būlus
From Ancient Greek Παῦλος (Paûlos), from Latin Paulus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Buṭrus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Dāwud
From Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwīḏ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Dāwūd
From Hebrew דוד (dāwīḏ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Faryāl
Borrowed from Persian فریال (faryâl).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Fīlīb
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Philip
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends B
Fīlibus
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Philip
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Fīlībūs
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Philip
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Ḡirīḡūriyūs
From Ancient Greek Γρηγόριος (Grēgórios).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Hājar
From Hebrew הגר (hāgār).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Hārūn
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן (ʔahăron). Borrowed from Classical Persian هَارُون (hārūn), borrowed from Arabic هَارُون (hārūn), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַהֲרֹן…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Hīlāna
a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Helen
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Istifānūs
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Jabrāʔīl
From Hebrew גַּבְרִיאֵל (gavri'él, gaḇrīʾēl), from גַּבְרִי אֵל (gavrí 'él, gaḇrī ʾēl, “my hero is God”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Jawdat
From Ottoman Turkish جودت (cevdet), from Classical Persian جَودَت (jawdat), from Arabic جَوْدَة (jawda).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends T
Jāwurjiyūs
From Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Jayrī
Borrowed from English Jerry.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ī
Jurjus
From Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Justīniyān
a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Justinian
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Kīrulus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Krīstūfar
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Christopher
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Makāriyūs
From Ancient Greek Μακάριος (Makários).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Maqār
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Macarius
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Marqus
Borrowed from Aramaic מרקוס (Marqōs), from Ancient Greek Μᾶρκος (Mârkos), from Latin Marcus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
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
Māykal
From English Michael. Doublet of مِيكَائِيل (mīkāʔīl), مِيخَائِيل (mīḵāʔīl).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Mīkāʔīl
From an archaic Aramaic form ancestral to Classical Syriac ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (mīḵāʾēl), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Mīḵāʔīl
From Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Milātiyūs
From Ancient Greek Μελέτιος (Melétios).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Minālāwus
From Ancient Greek Μενέλαος (Menélaos).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Mūsā
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܘܼܫܹܐ (mūšē), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Narjis
From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nlgs /nargis/), from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Nīqūlāws
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος (Nikólaos).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Nisrīn
Borrowed from Persian نسرین (nasrin).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Nūḥ
From Classical Syriac ܢܘܿܚ (nōḥ), from Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (nōaẖ). Related to the native root ن و خ (n w ḵ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Ḥ
Qusṭanṭīn
a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Constantine
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Rāḥīl
Borrowed from Hebrew רָחֵל (rakhél).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
Šahrazād
Either from Middle Persian *čihrāzād (“noble lineage”) or from Classical Persian شَهْرْزَاد (šahrzād, “child of the city”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends D
Salwā
From Aramaic or Classical Syriac ܣܠܘܝ (salway, “quail”).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Sāra
Compare Hebrew שרה.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Sarkīs
Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac ܣܪܓܝܣ (sargis), borrowed from Latin Sergius, possibly borrowed from Etruscan.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Sawsan
From Middle Persian [script needed] (swsn' /sōsan/), from Ancient Greek σοῦσον (soûson), ultimately from Egyptian z:S:n-M9 (zšn, “lotus”). Doublet of سُوزَان (sūzān).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Sībawayh
From Persian سیبویه (sibuya).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends H
Simʕān
Borrowed from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʕōn), adapted to the equivalent Arabic root. Doublet of شَمْعُون (šamʕūn), a more recent borrowing, and سِيمُون (sīmūn), a borrowing from French.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Sīnṯiyā
a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Cynthia
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Sulaymān
From Classical Syriac ܫܠܹܝܡܘܿܢ (š'lêmōn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ) via Koine Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Sūzān
Borrowed from French Suzanne. Doublet of سَوْسَن (sawsan).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
Taqlā
a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Thecla
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Ṯāwudusiyūs
From Ancient Greek Θεοδόσιος (Theodósios).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Tīmūṯāwus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος (Timótheos).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Ṯiyūdūsiyūs
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Theodosius
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Tūmā
From Aramaic תאומא, from Aramaic תאמא (“twin”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Vladīmir
Borrowed from Russian Влади́мир (Vladímir).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
Wilyam
a male given name from English, equivalent to English William
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Yārā
Borrowed from Persian یارا (yârâ).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Yūḥannā
From Aramaic יוחנן (yoḥanan).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā
Yūnus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from Hebrew יונה (yônā). Doublet of يُونَان (yūnān). Borrowed from Arabic يُونُس (yūnus), from Ancient Greek Ἰωνᾶς (Iōnâs), from…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
Yūsuf
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yōsép), from הוֹסִיף (hosíf, “to add”). Borrowed from Classical Persian یُوسُف (yūsuf), borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), borrowed…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends F