ʔādam
Terminology of the religious sphere borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (āḏā́m, “man, person”), with a foreign pattern like عَالَم (ʕālam, “world”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
Names documented in Arabic
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ʔalfīn
Borrowed from English Alvin.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends N
ʔaliksandarūs
From Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 5 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
ʔalīs
a female given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Alice
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
ʔandarāwus
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
ʔawrankzīb
Borrowed from Persian اورنگزیب (owrang-zib, literally “Ornament of the Throne”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends B
ʔayyūb
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends B
ʔibrāhīm
Borrowed from Aramaic אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends M
ʔidrīs
Uncertain, formally a borrowing, candidates suggested include: * Koine Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas) ** one of the apostles of Jesus ** and also the immortalized cook of Alexander…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
ʔiḡnāṭiyūs
a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Ignatius
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
ʔilyās
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠλίας (Ēlías), from Biblical Hebrew אֵלִיָּהוּ (ʔeliyyɔhū).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
ʔīrīnāwus
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Irenaeus
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
ʔisḥāq
From Hebrew יצחק (yiṣḥāq). Comparable to Arabic يَضْحَكُ (yaḍḥaku).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Q
ʔiskandar
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros). The initial syllable in the original form الْإِسْكَنْدَر (al-ʔiskandar) was lost due to rebracketing as the definite…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends R
ʔismāʕīl
From Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yishma'él, yišmāʿēl), from יִשְׁמַע אֵל (yishmá' 'él, yišmaʿ ʾēl, “God heard”). Corresponding to يَسْمَعُ (yasmaʕu, “he hears”) + إلّ (ʔill, “God”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
ʕīsā
The form is first unambiguously attested in the Qurʾān, though epigraphic evidence suggests it may have existed in pre-Islamic Arabia. Traditionally, the name is considered of…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ā