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Browse boy names that begin with the letter A.

This page brings together boy names starting with A, helping visitors browse by first letter, meaning and style.

947 names found

Aadam

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Name of the first man and Prophet of Allah, father of mankind. It comes from the name Adeem, which means dust, also can be interpreted as dust/surface since Allah created Adam from surface of the Earth

Aasal

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Aasal is a direct Quranic name for boys and girls that means late afternoons, evenings, it is the plural of the Arabic word Aseel (late afternoon, evening). The name Aasal is mentioned three times in the Quran. This name should not be confused with the name Asal, which means honey.

Abidain

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Abidain is an Arabic name for boys that means worshipers, devoted servants of God. It is a muthanna plural of Aabid, literally meaning two worshipers, two devoted servants of god.

Abnus

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Abnus is a Persian name for boys and girls that means ebony, which is a dense and expensive type of wood that can sink in water, used for making musical instruments. It is not a Quranic name but Muslims can use it since it doesnt have a bad meaning.

Abou

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Abou is an Arabic name for boys that means beauty and glow of the face. This name shouldnt be confused with the word Abu which means father of. In Arabic they are two different words with different roots and spellings.

Absaar

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Absaar is a direct Quranic name for boys and girls that means vision, insight, keenness, perception, intellect, intelligence, discernment. BLANKENTER And remember Our servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob those of strength and [religious]. (Quran 38:45)

Adeen

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Adeen (also written as Azeen) is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means obedient, righteous, one who listens to what is said, one who calls the Athaan (call to prayer), ruler, chief. It is derived from the A-DHAL-N Quranic root.

Adlan

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Adlan is an Arabic name for boys that means fair, just, a person who practices justice and fairness. It also means one who follows a straight path.

Aflah

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Gaining success-but the Prophet (S.A.W) has discouraged us from giving such names to our children, according to Sayyidina Jab (R.A), The Prophet (S.A.W) intended to forbid such names as Yala, Barakah,

Ahwas

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Having narrow, contracted or squinting eye, he reported his father quoting a hadith from Prophet, Do not ask me about evil, but ask me about good, the worst evil consists in learned me who are evil and the best good in learned men who are good.

Ajam

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Ajam is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means non-Arab, foreign. It is used especially to mean Persian. It also means date seed.

Akhmad

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Akhmad is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means silent, calm, tranquil. It is derived from the KH-M-D root which is used in the Quran. Akhmad can also be a misspelling or stylized spelling of the Arabic name Ahmad.

Akhtab

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Akhtab is an Arabic name for boys that means falcon (a type of bird of prey). It can also means one who speaks much, one who gives many speeches.

Aknan

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Aknan is a direct Quranic name for boys that means shelter, cover, place of retreat. It is derived from the K-N-N root and the word Aknan itself is mentioned in verse 16:81 of the Quran.

Akrama

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Akrama is the Urdu variant of the Arabic name Ikrimah which means female pigeon. For more explanations on the meaning of this name see Ikrimah.

Alamat

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Alamat is an indirect Quranic name for boys (used in Arabic and Urdu) that means sign, symbol, gesture, emblem, landmark, insignia. It is derived from the AIN-L-M (to know) root which is used in many places in the Quran.

Alborz

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Alborz is a Persian name for boys that means great mountain, high mountain. The word Alborz is originally from the Pahlavi words Har (mountain) and borz (high). Alborz is the name of a mountain range in Iran.

Alhasan

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Beautiful and Radiant.It's an indirect Quranic name for boys that means the good-looking one, the gentle one, the virtuous one. It is a variant of the name Hasan and both Alhasan and Hasan are correct and acceptable names.Alhasan is simply the name Hasan with Al- (“the”) added to it.

Alvand

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Alvand is a Persian name for boys and girls that means powerful, strong, agile. It is the name of a mountain in Kurdistan (near Hamadan in Iran) and the name of a river near Qasr Shirin in Iran.

Amlas

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Amlas is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means soft, delicate, smooth. It can also mean innocent, blameless, one who has a spotless conscience.

Ammuni

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Ammuni is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means safe, away from harm. It also means one who trusts others and feels safe in their presence.

Amooz

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Amooz is a Persian name for boys that means teacher, instructor, to learn. It is often used as a suffix to other names, such as Danesh Amooz (teacher of knowledge, source of wisdom), but it can also be used alone as a name.

Amr

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By my life A famous companion had this name, ibn al-Aas who conquered Egypt, also Ibn al-Ala called Zabban, was one of the seven readers of the Quran and an eminent Scholar, Name of Prophet's (pbuh)companion.

Amri

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Arabic for one who enlivens a place, one who lives a long live. It is the attribute noun of Aamer. Amri also means one belongs to the Aamer tribe, which is the name of various Arabian tribes.

Anasat

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Serenity and Tranquility. BLANKENTER Anasat is a Persian and Urdu name for boys and girls that means tranquility, peace of mind, lack of fear and worry. It is a variant of the Arabic name Anasa.

Andalus

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Andalus is an Arabic name for boys and girls that refers to Muslim Spain and other European areas that were under Islamic rules for 800 years. The origin of the word is uncertain and may come from an ancient Germanic language.

Andalusi

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Andalusi is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means one who is from Andalus. Andalus was the name of Spain and other European countries which were under Muslim rule for 800 years.

Anjudi

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Highland and Plateau. Anjudi is an Arabic name for boys that means one who comes from the highlands, an area of land that is like a highland. It is the attributive form of Anjud.

Ansar

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Friends, Supporters, Followers, Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) who supported him in Madinah at the time of the Migration in 622 AD,The first people who converted to the religion of Islam were the people of Ansar

Aqiq

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Aqiq is an Arabic, Persian and Urdu name for boys and girls that means agate, which is a type of precious stone. Aqiq is also the name of various places in the Arabia, including a place near the city of Medina in Saudi Arabia.

Aqsaa

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Utmost and Pinnacle.Aqsaa is a direct Quranic name for boys and girls that means farthest, it is the name of the third holiest site in Islam: Masjid al-Aqsa (al-Aqsa Mosque). This mosque is mentioned in the first verse of Surat al-Israa:

Aqsad

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Aqsad is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means achiever, goal-setter, one who achieves his aims and goals. Aqsad can also mean moderate, modest, righteous. It is derived from the Q-S-D Quranic root.

Aran

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Aran is a Kurdish, Persian and Urdu name for boys and girls that means plains (a large area of flat land with few trees). It is the name of a place in the Caucasus region to the west of the Caspian Sea.

Arar

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Arar is an Arabic name for boys and girls that refers to a type of flower known as wild daffodil and Lent lily in English (scientific name Narcissus pseudonarcissus).

Aras

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Aras is a Kurdish, Persian, Turkish and Urdu name for boys and girls. In Kurdish and Persian it means equal, balanced. The word Aras commonly refers to the Aras River, which flows through Turkey, Armenia, Iran and Azerbaijan.

Arastoo

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Arastoo is a Persian and Urdu variant of the name Aristotle, which is the name of an ancient Greek philosopher The respected Dehkhoda Lexicon mentions the meanings of lover of wisdom, ultimate perfection for Aristotle, mentioning the classical Arabic reference al-Fihrist as the source of this translation.

Arax

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Arax is an Armenian name for boys and girls. It is the name of a river that flows through Armenia and other countries, commonly called Aras. Arax is derived from the Greek name of river, which is Araxes.

Ardavan

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Ardavan is a variant of the Persian boy name Arteban which means protector of the virtuous people. Adavan is more modern, while Arteban is closer to ancient Persian. They are both acceptable names.

Areen

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Areen is a Persian name for boys that means one who belongs to the Ari people. Ari refers to the people of ancient Persia, today known as Aryan, and in Sanskrit and ancient Persian means noble and pure.

Areesh

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Areesh is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means built structure, especially a wooden structure built for vines. It is derived from the Ain-R-Sh (structure, throne) which is used in many places in the Quran. Areesh is also a Farsi name that means intelligent, wise.

Arfaan

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Wise, Wisdom and Decisiveness. Arfaan is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means wisdom, spiritual knowledge. It is a non-standard variation of the name Irfan. BLANKENTER For more details see Irfan.

Arshak

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Arshak is a Persian name for boys that means man, male, virile, masculine. It is derived from the arshan root (masculinity, man) of the ancient Persian and Pahlavi languages.

Arsham

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Arsham is a Persian name for boys. It is the name of an ancient Persian personality who was the grandfather of Darius the Great (third emperor of the Persian Achaemenid Empire) and who is known as Arsames in English.

Arshama

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Arshamam is a Persian name for boys. It is the name of the grandfather of Darius the Great (third emperor of the Persian Achaemenid Empire), who is known as Arsames in English. A variant of this name is Arsham.

Artaban

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Artaban is a variant of the Persian boy name Arteban which means protector of virtuous people. Both variants are correct and acceptable, but note that they have slightly different pronunciations.

Artabaz

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It's a Persian name for boys. It is the name various people from ancient Persian history, the name of many Armenian kings, and the name of a friend of Cyrus the Great, and an army commander under Darius III. The meaning of this name is unclear, we know that the Arta- part means virtuous, good, sacred.

Arteban

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Arteban is a Persian name for boys that means protector of the virtuous one. It is formed from the Pahlavi roots of Arte (sacred, virtuous) and -ban (protector).

Arvand

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Arvand is a Persian and Urdu name for boys that means clever, artful, agile, brave. It is also another name for the river Tigris. Arvand is the name of the father of King Sohrab, who is a king mentioned in the Shahnameh epic.

Arveen

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Arveen is a Persian and Urdu name for boys and girls that means test, experiment. The A in the beginning can be pronounced long (as in the English word arm), it can also be pronounced short (as in the u in up).

Aryabod

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Aryabod is a Persian name for boys that means chief of the Arya people, leader of the Arya people. Arya is the name that the ancient people of greater Persia used to refer to their own race.

Aryaman

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Arayaman is a Persian name for boys that means giver of consolation, giver of tranquility, giver of success. Aryaman is the name of a brave warrior and leader in the army of Xerxes I, emperor of Persia.

Aryano

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Aryano is a Persian name for boys that means new Arya. Arya itself means the noble people, the excellent people, therefore Aryano means a new member of the noble people. Arya is the name that the people of ancient Persia called their own race.

Arzhang

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Arzhang is the name of the illustrated book created by Mani, who was a pre-Islamic painter who lived in Persia. Arzhang is also the name of a heroic character in the Shahnameh epic.

Ashtar

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Ashtar was the nickname of Malik bin al-Harith an-Nakha`ee, a brave Muslim figure and close companion of Ali bin Abi Talib. Ashtar means one whose eyelashes are curved backwards,one whose eye is torn.

Awadi

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Kind, Compassionate and Tenderhearted BLANKENTER Awadi is an Arabic name for boys that means compassionate, kind. This name is different than Awwadi, though they have the same meaning and come from the same root. In Awadi the stress is on the second syllable, while in Awwadi the stress is on the first.

Awwaz

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Awwaz is an Arabic name for boys that means giver of replacement, someone who gives something to someone as replacement for something the person has lost.

Ayad

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Benefit, Blessings and Profit | Powerful and Able.Ayad, is an indirect Quranic name. Pronounced as (U)ltimate + (YA)r(D), it is the plural of Ayd (hands, power, blessings), which itself is the plural of Yad (hand, blessing). It means a persons power and ability to do things, and also the good things and blessings.

Aynan

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Aynan is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means two springs, two fountains. The word Aynan is used twice in the Quran in Surat ar-Rahman, in verses 55:50 and 55:66, when describing springs found in Paradise.

Ayyad

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Powerful and Able. BLANKENTER Ayyad is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means able strengthener, a person who is powerful and adds strength to others. It is derived from the Y-D-Y root which is mentioned in many places in the Quran

Ayyub

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Ayyub was a Prophet of Allah known for his patience in the face of severity and hardship. There have been other noted men by this name, for instance Ibn Tamim was a reciter of the Quran, Al-Sakhtiyani was a learned ascetic, both had this name.

Ayyubi

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Ayyubi is an Arabic name for boys that means one who is like prophet Ayyub (known as Job to Christians), which means one who is very patient, one who is humble and virtuous. Ayyub isalso means one who belongs to the Ayyubid Dynasty, an Islamic dynasty founded by Salahaddin al-Ayyubi (Saladin).

Azharuddin

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Urdu name formed from Arabic Azhar (most prominent, most visible) and ad-Deen (the religion,Islam).The full meaning is one who clarifies and explains the religion, one who spreads the religion. This combination is created by non-Arabs and in Arabic the literal meaning is the most clear part of the religion.