How to Give Your Baby an Arabic Name

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Perhaps you have a Middle Eastern background, or maybe you just like the sound of Arabic names. Either way, here are some Arabic names and meanings.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

Baby Names
Genealogy Books
Internet Access
Computers
Genealogy Software

Step 1

Choose a happy, positive name for your child. For a girl, Sadiya means lucky, Najma or Najmah means star, and Shula means bright. For boys, Nazeer means friend, Najee means friendly and safe, Roni means joy is mine, and Shunnar means pleasant.
Step 2

Decide on a strong name. For girls, Kala or Cala mean fortress or castle. For boys, Alam means universe, Makin means strong, Haidar means lion, Nizam means leader and Numair means panther.
Step 3

Select a name that symbolizes wisdom and intelligence. For a girl, Rashieka means descended from royalty. For boys, Adil means wise and Arif means knowledgeable.
Step 4

Choose a name synonymous with beauty. For girls, Zuhra means Venus; Azhar and Jessenia mean flowers. For boys, Cemal means attractive.
Step 5

Name your son Akbar for greatest, Fadil for generous and Nailah for success.
Step 6

Name your daughter Nureen for light, Aisha for life and Razi for my secret.

Comments

massalha said

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on 10/30/2009 Or use http://muslim-names.us it contains more than 4000 muslim and arab names.

Solchild11 said

on 12/2/2008 whats a muslim girl name that would be sort of easy for my country white girl parents to say based on spelling thats nice besides jasmin or jada?

abo2hafs said

on 2/4/2007 Time to make a change - Check your Arabic names; many are Hebrew and not Arabic
it is right

hurg said

on 1/30/2007 Most of the names mentioned are wrongly transelated i.e.:
Nazeer:Means warning in Arbic
Neezam :means Order
Najee:means surviver
Any way most of these names are widly used in Pakistan but not in other Arabic countries
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