Rare Arabic Names You Haven’t Heard

Boy name ideas

• Ayaan — Gift of God
• Zayn — beauty, grace in Arabic.
• Faris — Horseman, knight, cavalier
• Ilyas — A Prophet, the biblical Elias.
• Imran — Population, civilization, careful observance of rules of etiquette. Father of Maryam (Mother of Prophet Isa) i.e. Mary, mother of Jesus.
• Saad — Good luck, good fortune, success, happiness, prosperity, lucky
• Taha — Mystic letters at the beginning of Surat Taha, from which the sura derives its title.
• Yasin — The opening letters of the first verse of surat Ya Sin (36:1). An epithet of the Prophet Muhammad.

Girl name ideas

• Zainab — Generous,Name of a beautiful tree exuding fragrance ,Decorated or ornamented tree,Names of two wives and one daughter of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and one daughter of Khalifa Ali ,corruption of Zenubia, pre-Islam Syrian queen.
• Layla — (Born at) night, rapture, elation, dark beauty. A well-known character in Arabic literature i.e. the beloved of Majnoon.
• Maryam — A flower, Pious, mother of Prophet Isa (AS) i.e. Jesus.
• Zara — Bright as the dawn, morning, Beautiful, The light
• Amina —
• Fatima — Literally: weaner, Accustom ,Abstinence, daughter of Muhammad (pbuh) and wife of Khalifa Ali known as Sayyidat-al-Nisa (the chief of women).
• Ammatunnaafe — Ammatun Naafe is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means servant of al-Naafe, al-Naafe being one of the names of Allah subhanahu wa taala, that means the beneficent, the source of blessings. Thus the meaning is servant of Allah. Ammatun Naafe is the feminine version of the boy name Abdul Naafe. Amma is the Arabic
• Arwaa — Arwa is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means female ibex and has meanings of softness, lightness, agility, liveliness, beauty. Arwa is the name of one of the aunts of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), whose full name is Arwa bint Abdul mutallib bint Hashim, and who became Muslim after her brother Hamzah (uncle of Proph