Female Muslim Names And Their Meaning

Want to know Female Muslim Names And Their Meaning?

We have tried our best to research and confirm the origin of these names that we compiled, from the Islamic religion history, even though some of them are not in the Holy Qur’an, nor are from Hadith, or from the Arabic language. But according to the research done, it is certain that the names can be used, named our baby girls, because the names contain good meanings. Below are the full list of Muslim female names to give your baby girls, and their meanings.

Female Muslim Names And Meanings:

 

  • Adab

The meaning of Adab in Arabic is (hope or need)


  • Aabidah / Abida

Aabidah means (worshiper)


  • Abirah

Aabirah means (passer or runner)


  • Aa’eedah mean (return or reward)

  • Aafia or Afiya means (healthy, ‘beautiful,’ or ‘kind’)

  • Afrida

It means (create or produce)


  • Afreen

means (beautiful, lovely,’ or ‘wonderful’)


  • Aakifah

means (a woman who dedicates her life to God or a woman who worships God in solitude)


  • Alayyah

means (higher or higher rank)


  • Amina / Amina

Aamina is derived from Arabic and means (trust) and it’s the name of mother of Prophet Muhammad S.W.A.


  • Amira / Amira

means (rich, full of life)


  • Ablah

means (full form)


  • Adara

Adara mean (girl)


  • Adilah means (right)

  • Adiwa  It means (sweet or gentle)

  • Aisha / Aisha

means (alive and healthy,’ and ‘living in prosperity’) Aisha is also the name of Prophet Muhammad’s youngest wife.


  • Afaf

its meaning is (cleanliness)


  •  Aida

It means (return’ or ‘guest’)


  • Alima

meaning Alima is (knowledge or intelligence)


  • Amen

means (honest)


  • Amira

Amir also means (exalted)


  • Amna

means (safety, care, or protection)


 

  • Amtullah/ amatulla

It means (God’s female servant)


means (a close friend, or a good friend)


  • Azimah

It contains strong meanings such as (endurance, strength, and dignity)


  • Aziza

Meaning (strong)


  • Badia

you can also write it as Badiya, it means (special)


  • Bahamian

Bahameen, mean ( summer)


  • baraks

It means (flower’ in Arabic)


  • Bashira

means (bringer of good news, or joy)


  • Basima

means (smile).


  • Batool

It means (a virtuous woman)


  • Bisma

Bisma means (polite or smiling)


  • Bilkisu

Bilquis means (Queen of Sheba)


  • Bushra

This Arabic name also means (good news)


  • Daneen

means (princess)


  • Dimah

Dimah means (bringing rain)


  • Dua

This sweet short Arabic name means (blessing’ or ‘prayer’).

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  • Dunia/ Duniya

meaning (life or world )


  • Elijah

means (in trust and love of God)


  • Elham

Elham means (revelation’ in Arabic)

  • Erum

which means (up)


  • Fadillah / Fadila

Fadil means (kind or generous)


  •   Faiza / Faiza

means (success)


  •  Fakeehah / Fakiha

this name Fakeehah means (cheerful)


  • Fareeda / Farida

The meaning is (diamond)


  • Farheen

which means (happy)


  • Farah

meaning (happiness)


  • Farzana

means (wise, intelligent)

Most Used Muslim female names 


  • Fatima

Fatima is the name of Prophet Muhammad’s daughter, which means (desirous)


  • Fawziya / Fauziya

In Arabic, Fawziya is a word that means (victory).


  •   Ghazal

means (love song)


  • Habiba

It means (dear/ dear)


  • Hafsah

The meaning is (female lioness)


  • Halima

means (humble or polite)


  •  Haiza means (royal daughter)

  •   Hameedah Hameedah means (praise)

  •   Hamra means (tolerant, patient)

  •      Hanifah Hanifah means (true believer)

  •   Haseena

The name Haseena means (beautiful, beautiful)


  •   Heena

Heena means (henna’ in Arabic)


  •   Hayam

means (levels of love or deep love)


  • Huma

means (lucky bird’ or ‘bird of paradise’)


  • Humra

means (beauty or flower)


  •  Ifra

Ifra means (good’ or ‘to fix)


  •  Inaya

it also means (God’s gift)

  • Insha

which means (create, or ‘explain’)


  • Intisar

means (success)


  •   Iqra  Iqra is the name of the Qur’an which means (to read or recite).

  • Isbah

This name means (light)

  •   Isma

This Urdu name means (retention)

  •  Izdihar

which means ‘to dry up,’ (flower, etc.)


  • Jabeen

Jabeen means (smiling face)


  • Jadwa

This name means (free)


  •   Jahida

which means (helper of the weak)

  •  Jalillah

means (weird)


  • Jamila

Jamila means (benevolent)

  • Jaseena / Jasina

means (good heart)


  • Jazeera

name Jazeera means (island)

  • Jasmine

means (jasmine flower)


  • Juma’a

means (silver diamond)


  •  Kainat

It means (world’ or ‘all creation’)


Karima

Kareem, meaning (generosity)

Khadija

Khadija is famous for being the name of Prophet Muhammad’s first wife. It means (trustworthy)

Khaira

Means (better, ‘good’)

Khalida

It is an Arabic name that means (eternal).

Laila

Lailah / Lailah is popular Arabic name, which mean (night).

Lakiya

means (treasure’ in Arabic)

Lami

It means (soft to touch’ or ‘gift from God)

Latifa

It is derived from the Arabic language and it means (soft’ or ‘sweet’).

Lina

The name is Lina, which means (soft)

Liyana

Liyana means (softness, or ‘compassion’)

Lubena

The Urdu name Lubena means (holy)

Lulu

Lulu is derived from the Arabic word, meaning (diamond).

Lutfiyah

means (gentle,’ or ‘kind’)


Madiha

means (praise’ or ‘admiration’)

Mahala

means (strong)

Mahek

meaning (sweet smell)

Maheen

The name Maheen means (slender).

Mahfuzah

means (protected)

Mahira

which means (expert)

Malala

Malala means (sadness)

Manar

means (guiding light)

Manha

means (God’s gift)

Marhaba

Marhaba means (greeting’ or welcome)

  •   Maryam / Maryam

Mary means (bitter)

  •   Maysa

Maysa means (walk with pride, move)

  •   Mazneen Mazneen means (shining gold)
  •   Mehreen

Mehreen means (day)

  •   Meheroon

Meheroon means (beautiful)

  •   Misbah

means (‘lamp’ or ‘light’)

  •  Muskan

this beautiful name means (smile)


  •   Na’ira / Na’airah

Na’airah, it means (light, or light)

  •   Nabila

Nabila full name mean (noble)

  •   Nadia / Nadiya

Derived from the Arabic language, Nadia’s means (soft and gentle)

  •   Nadira

which means (rare, special)

  •   Nafeeza

Nafeeza means (dignity’ or ‘purification’)

  •   Nahida

It means (gentle, kind)

  •    Nailah

It means that (the winner)

  •   Na’ima / Naima

Na’imah means (peace of mind or peace)

  •   Najida / Najidda 

named her Najida, which means (hero/warrior)

  •  Najma

Najma is an Arabic girl meaning (star).

  •   Najja

This interesting name has many meanings, which includes (mystery, loss etc.)

  •   Nargis

Nargis means (daffodil flower)

  •   Nashita

Nashita means (full life)

  • Nasira

which means (shining star)

  •  Naziya

Nazia means (a woman you will be proud of)

  •   Nida

If you are looking for a religious name for your baby girl, we recommend Nida, which means (call to prayer)

  •    Nimaah

Nimaah means (blessing’ in Arabic)

  •   Nimrah

which means (clean’ or cleanliness)

  •   Nisa

Nisa means (female)

  •   Nura

their name is Noor and it means (‘full of light’)

  •   Nur Jahan means (‘light of the world’)

  •   Nusrat

meaning (help or ‘success’)

  •   Nyla

which means (rooster, while others say it is the name of a princess in Egypt)


  •   Ojala

means (light of the world)


  •   Pakeezah

and means (good)

  •   Parveen

means (cluster of stars)

  •   Pegah

Pegah means (dawn in Arabic)

  •    Fate

means (strong and capable)

  •    Qirat

Qirat means (good reading)

  •   Raida

Raaida is a name of Arabic origin meaning (pioneer or leader)

  •   Rabab

means (white cloud)

  •   Rabi’a

which means (air)

  •   Rafeeqah

mean (friend)

  •   Mercy

means (sympathy)

  •   Raheemah

Raheemah means (merciful)

  •   Rajeeya

means (hopefully)

  •   Ramziya

means (free)

  •   Ranya

Ranya means (winner)

  •   Rasha

Rasha means (deer)

  •   Rashida

Rashida means (justice)

  •   Revive

Rayah means (friend)

  •   Razia

means (content,’ or ‘pleasant’)

  •   Riha

means (air)

  •   Refaya

means (light)

  •   Rida

While Rida can be used for both boys and girls, it is mostly used for girls where it means (God-fearing)

  •  Rihana

Rihanna (also means ‘sweet basil’)

  •   Rinaz

means (great)

  •   Rizwana

means (beautiful, or heavenly garden)

  •      Ruby

means (blessed with love)

  •   Rubbia

Ruby is (meaning ‘spring’)

  •   Ruhi

means (soul or flower)

  •   Rukhsana

means (good)

  •   Rukhsar

means (cheek’ or ‘face’)

  •   Ruqayyah / Rukayya

means (rise’ or ‘climb’)


  •    Saaedah / Sa’ida 

I mean (the quiet one, or the quiet little one)

  • Sabina

means (flower)

  •   Sabreen

It is in many places in the Qur’an, it means (patience)

  •   Sabrina

It can mean (fairy princess’ or ‘patience’)

  •   Sadaf

means (seashell’ or ‘oyster’)

  •   Sadiya

The name means (lucky)

  • Morning

means (holy, or ‘true friend’)

  • Sahara

Meaning (Desert)

  •   Saira

It means (traveler or wanderers, and is also the name of a bird)

  •   Salena

Salena means (moon)

  •   Salimah

It is defined as (healthy and blameless, or peace)

  •  Salma

means (peace and safety)

  •   Salwa

means (consolation)

  •   Samira/Samirah

meaning (conversation partner, evening)

  •   Sana’a

Sana, meaning (mountain or light)

  •   Sarah

Sarah means (princess)

  •   Shabana

it means’ (celebrity, or girlfriend)

  •    Shabnam

mean. Shabnam means (dew)

  •    Shaden

means (a black deer that lives alone in the forest)

  •   Shagufta

means (brick, or flour)

  •   Shaheema

Shaheema means (the wisest)

  •   Shaheen

Shaheen means (eagle)

  •   Shahida

means (evidence)

  •   Shahnaz

Shah means (king’ and ‘Naz’ means ‘pride’)

  •   Shaila

means (small mountain, or hill)

  •   Shakira

This Arabic name means (a gracious woman)

  •   Shama

means (lamp,’ or ‘candle’)

  •    Shameena

mean (good)

  •   Shareen

means (sweet)

  •  Sharika

which means (on whom the sun shines)

  •  Shazia

It means (sweet, ‘spicy’)

  •   Sheba

(means ‘good.’)

  •   Soha

(means ‘star’)

  •   Sohana

(means ‘benevolent’)

  •   Shokoufah

means (furry)

  •   Siddiqa

Siddiqah means (one who keeps her word)

Soheila / Suhailat/ Suhaila 

means (star/star)

  • Soraya 

means (a group of stars in a constellation)

  •   Sufism

means (wisdom)

  •   Sultana

The meaning of Sultana is (ruler)

  •   Sumayah / Sumayya

means (respect)

  •   Sundus

means (soft silk made of gold or silver)

  •   Surraya

means (princess)

  • Suri

means (red rose)


  •   Tabbah

Taabah is (meaning ‘sweet’)

  •   Tahira

meaning (cleanliness) talibah Islam is a religion of knowledge. talibah means (seeker of knowledge)

  •   Talita

meaning (little girl, also found in the Bible)

  •   Tamara

Tamara means (palm tree)

  •   Taseefa

means ‘the intelligent, or (the intelligent)

  •   Taslima

means (greetings’ or ‘peace’)

  •   Tasnim

means (springs of paradise)

  •   Tehzib

means (good)

  •   Thaleel

means (there is no god but Allah)

  •   Thana mean (happy time)

  •   Umaiza

meaning (beauty and tenderness)

  •    Urshia

means (which is above)


  •   Valika

means (secure)

  •   Vedas

meaning (pronounced ‘in Arabic’)


  •   Wahida

Wahida means (special)

  •   Wajidah

mean (who has achieved her goal in life)

  •   Wasifah

which means (adjective)


  •   Yalina

means (soft)

  •   Yamama

Meaning (Dove)

  •   Yamina

means (good and correct)

  •   Yara

Yara is an Arabic name meaning (little butterfly)

  •   Yasmin

This is a popular Muslim name, meaning (jasmine flower)

  •     Yasna

means (white rose)

  •   Yumna

means (luck, success)

  •   Yusra

means (wealth, wealth, or success)

  •  Yusur

Yusur means (prosperous)


  •    Zada

Zada, meaning (lucky, prosperous, and special)

  •   Zaida

means (more,’ ‘prosperity, or luck’)

  •   Zafreen

means (successful’ or educated)

  •   Zahara / Zahra

it means (light’ or brightness. it can also mean ‘better to see)

  •  Zahirah / Zaria

means (light)

  •   Zaina

means (good and kind)

  •    Zainab

Zainab means (beautiful) and the name of the Prophet’s daughter is Muhammad.

  •  Zaira Zairah means (rise)
  •   Zakia / Zakiya

Another name of Sayyida Fatimah Zahra, Zakiyah, is a great name that has many meanings in Islamic history.

  •   Zara

The Arabic word ‘zahr’ (that is ‘flower’)

  •   Zeeva / Ziya

means (light)

  •   Zoya

Zoya means (living)

  •   Zuleka

means (good luck)

  •   Zuly

means (healthy and strong)


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