Names Categorized "Islam"

Abd Allah is an Arabic theophoric name meaning "servant of Allah," derived from the Arabic words ʿabd (عبد, "servant") and Allāh (الله, "the deity"). It is one of the most common names in the Muslim world, reflecting the...

Ashura is a Swahili feminine name derived from the name of the Islamic holy day Ashura (Arabic: عاشوراء). The name originates from the Arabic word ʿashara (عشرة), meaning "ten," referring to the tenth day of the Islamic...

Bilqis is a feminine given name of uncertain meaning, best known in Islamic tradition as the name of the Queen of Sheba. Although she appears in the Quran (Surah An-Naml, 27:22–44), her personal name is not mentioned the...

Eesa is an alternate transcription of the Arabic عيسى (see Isa 1), derived from the Hebrew Yeshua and ultimately related to Jesus. In Islamic contexts, ‘Isa is the Qurʾanic name for Jesus, who is revered as a prophet and...

Ensar is a Turkish masculine given name, derived from the Arabic Ansar, which means "helpers." In Islamic tradition, the Ansar were the residents of Medina who supported the Prophet Muhammad and his followers after the H...

Fatima (Arabic: فاطمة) is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. It is derived from the Arabic root فطم (faṭama), meaning "to abstain" or "to wean." The name is overwhelmingly associated with Fatima bint Muhammad (ca. 6...

Fatimah is a common alternate transcription of Arabic فاطمة (see Fatima), and is the usual spelling in Malay and Indonesian. It is derived from the Arabic root (faṭama) meaning "to abstain" or "to wean." Historical and R...

İslam is a Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Kazakh masculine given name, derived directly from the name of the religion Islam. The underlying Arabic root ʾIslām means "submission (to God)," reflecting the core tenet of the Isla...

Islam is a masculine given name derived from the Arabic word ʾIslām (إسلام), meaning "submission (to God)". The name is directly taken from the religion of Islam, the world's second-largest monotheistic faith with an est...

Islambek is a Chechen masculine given name composed of two distinct elements: the Arabic-derived name Islam, referring to the Islamic religion, and the Turkic title beg meaning "chieftain" or "master." The compound struc...

Islom is the Uzbek form of Islam, a male given name derived from the name of the Islamic religion. The root name comes from Arabic إسلام (ʾIslām), meaning "submission (to God)". As a theophoric name, it reflects the reli...

EtymologyKhadija is an Arabic feminine given name derived from the Arabic root kh-d-j, meaning "premature child." The name is primarily associated with Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad and a pivotal figur...

Nūrislam is a masculine Kazakh given name, composed of two elements: nūr (نۇر), meaning "light" (derived from Arabic nūr via ALA-LC romanization), and Islam (إسلام), the name of the Islamic faith. The name thus means "li...