Diccionario de nombres
91 nombres con significado y origen verificados
ADNAN
Means "settler" in Arabic. According to tradition, Adnan was an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad and the northern Arabia...
ABDUL
First part of compound Arabic names beginning with عبد ال ('Abd al) meaning "servant of the" (such as عبد العزيز ('Abd a...
AHMAD
Means "more commendable" in Arabic.
AHMED
Variant transcription and Turkish and Bosnian form of AHMAD. This was the name of three Ottoman sultans.
AKBAR
Means "greater, greatest" in Arabic. This was the name of a 16th-century Mughal ruler who expanded the empire to include...
ALI (1)
Means "lofty, sublime" in Arabic. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the fourth caliph to rule ...
AMIN
Derived from Arabic امين (amin) meaning "truthful". This was the name of the sixth Abbasid caliph.
AMIR (1)
Means "commander, prince" in Arabic. This was originally a title, which has come into English as the Arabic loanword emi...
ARIF
Means "learned, knowing, expert" in Arabic.
AYESHA
Variant transcription of AISHA.
AZHAR
Means "shining, bright" in Arabic.
AZRA
Means "virgin" in Arabic.
AZIZ
Means "powerful, respected, beloved", derived from Arabic عزّ ('azza) meaning "to be powerful" or "to be cherished". In ...
BABUR
From a Persian word meaning "tiger". This was the nickname of Zahir ud-Din Muhammad, the 16th-century founder of the Mug...
BABAR
Variant transcription of BABUR.
BABER
Variant transcription of BABUR.
BILAL
Means "wetting, moistening" in Arabic. This was the name of a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.
DANYAL
Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Turkish form of DANIEL.
FAHMIDA
Urdu feminine form of FAHIM.
FAREED
Variant transcription of FARID.
FARHAN
Means "happy, cheerful" in Arabic.
FARID
Means "unique, precious", derived from Arabic فرد (farada) "to be unique". This was the name of a 13th-century Persian p...
FARRUKH
Urdu, Uzbek and Tajik form of FARUQ.
FAREEHA
Variant transcription of FARIHA.
FARIHA
Means "happy" in Arabic.
FEROZE
Variant transcription of FEROZ.
FEROZ
Urdu form of FIRUZ.
GHULAM
Means "servant, boy" in Arabic. It is often used as the first part of compound names.
GUL
Means "flower, rose" in Urdu and Pashto, ultimately from Persian.
GULBADAN
Means "having a body like a rose" in Persian. This was the name of a daughter of the Mughal emperor Babur.
GULBAHAR
Urdu form of GOLBAHAR.
GULNAZ
Kazakh, Georgian and Urdu form of GOLNAZ.
GULRUKH
Means "rose faced" in Persian. This was the name of a wife of the Mughal emperor Babur.
GULSHAN
Hindi and Urdu form of GOLSHAN.
GULZAR
Urdu form of GOLZAR.
HARIS (1)
Bosnian and Urdu form of HARITH, as well as a variant transcription of the Arabic name.
HASSAN
Means "beautifier, improver" in Arabic. Hassan ibn Thabit was a 7th-century poet who was a companion of the Prophet Muha...
HAROON
Urdu form of HARUN.
HASAN
Means "handsome", derived from Arabic حسن (hasuna) "to be beautiful, to be good". Hasan was the son of Ali and the grand...
HUMAIRA
Variant transcription of HUMAYRA.
IMRAN
Arabic form of AMRAM. This is the name Muslims traditionally assign to the father of the Virgin Mary (analogous to the C...
JAHANGIR
Means "world conqueror" in Persian. This was the name of a 17th-century Mughal Emperor.
JAVAID
Variant transcription of JAVED.
JAVED
Means "eternal" in Persian.
KHAN
From a title meaning "king, ruler". Its origin is Mongolian, though the word has been transmitted into many other langua...
KHURSHID
Modern Persian form of Avestan Hvare Khshaeta meaning "shining sun". In Zoroastrianism this was the name of a Yazata (or...
KIRAN
Derived from Sanskrit किरण (kirana) which can mean "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".
MAQSUD
Means "intention, aim" in Arabic.
MAQSOOD
Variant transcription of MAQSUD.
MEHMOOD
Variant transcription of MEHMUD.
MEHMUD
Urdu form of MAHMUD.
MOHAMMAD
Persian form of MUHAMMAD. It is also a variant transcription of the Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto and Bengali name.
MUHAMMAD
Means "praiseworthy", derived from Arabic حمد (hamid) "to praise". This was the name of the prophet who founded the Isla...
MURAD
Means "wish, desire" in Arabic. This name was borne by several Ottoman sultans.
NADEEM
Variant transcription of NADIM.
NADIM
Means "drinking companion", derived from Arabic ندم (nadima) "to drink together".
NASEEM
Variant transcription of NASIM.
NASIM
Means "breeze" in Arabic.
NIDA
Means "call, proclaim" in Arabic.
NOOR (1)
Variant transcription of NUR.
NUR
Means "light" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition النور (al-Nur) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
QASIM
Means "one who divides goods among his people", derived from Arabic قسم (qasama) "to share" or "to divide". This was the...
RAFIQ
Means either "friend" or "gentle" in Arabic.
RAJA (2)
Means "king, ruler", from Sanskrit राजन् (rajan).
RANA (2)
From the Sanskrit title राणा (rana) meaning "king".
RIZWANA
Urdu form and variant Arabic transcription of RIDWANA.
RIZWAN
Urdu form and variant Arabic transcription of RIDWAN.
SABEEN
Possibly from Arabic meaning "follower of another religion", a name given to Muhammad and other Muslims by non-Muslim Ar...
SAIRA
Possibly means "traveller" in Arabic.
SARDAR
From a title meaning "chief, leader", derived from Persian sar "head, authority" and dar "possessor".
SHAHID
Means "witness" in Arabic. In Islamic tradition الشاهد (al-Shahid) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
SHAHNAZ
Means "pride of the king" from the Persian elements شاه (shah) "king" and ناز (naz) "pride".
SHAHRUKH
Urdu and Hindi form of SHAHROKH. A notable bearer is Indian actor Shahrukh Khan (1965-).
SHAHZAD
Means "prince, son of the king" in Persian.
SHABNAM
Means "dew" in Persian and Urdu.
SHAHJAHAN
Means "king of the world" from the Persian elements شاه (shah) "king" and جهان (jahan) "world". This was the name of the...
SHANDAR
Means "fabulous" in Urdu.
SHARIF
Means "eminent, virtuous" in Arabic. This was a title used by the descendants of Muhammad.
SHER
Means "lion" in Persian. A famous bearer of this name was Sher Shah, a 16th-century Mughal ruler.
SITARA
Means "star" in Urdu, ultimately from Persian.
SOHAIL
Variant transcription of SUHAIL.
SIKANDAR
Urdu and Pashto form of ALEXANDER.
SUHAIL
Means "level, even" in Arabic. This is the Arabic name of the second brightest star in the sky, known in the western wor...
SULTAN
Means "ruler, king, sultan" in Arabic. In the Arab world this name is typically masculine, but Turkey it is given to bot...
SULTANA
Feminine form of SULTAN.
SYED
Urdu, Punjabi and Bengali form of SAYYID.
SYEDA
Urdu form of SAYYIDA.
YASIR
Means "to be rich", derived from Arabic يسر (yasira) "to become easy". This was the name of an early Islamic martyr. It ...
YASIN
From the Arabic letters ي (called ya) and س (called sin). These letters begin the 36th chapter of the Qur'an (sura Ya Si...
ZAINAB
Variant Arabic transcription of ZAYNAB, as well as the Urdu form.
ZAMAN
Means "time, age, era" in Arabic.