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Arabic Names

The Arabic name Muhammad has risen to become probably the Number 1 baby name in the entire world when all its spellings are counted together. Muhammad is Number 1 in England as well as throughout the Arab world and also ranks among the Top 100 boys’ names in Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and Australia.

Along with Muhammad, Arabic boy names in the Top 500 in the US include Amir, Malik, Nasir, Omar, and Xavier. Arabic girl names in the US Top 500 include Aaliyah, Amina, Layla, Fatima, and Zara. In the Arab world, popular baby names include Maryam, Noor, Ahmed, and Ali.

Muslim parents of every nationality often choose Arabic names, so other choices such as Zayn and Zara, Samar and Rashid, Jana and Yousouf are widely used around the world.

The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.

Here is our full list of Arabic boy and girl names, but you may also want to browse our individual lists of Arabic names for girls and Arabic names for boys.

Adara

Meaning: virgin; or noble, exalted

Origin:Arabic; Hebrew
1088
Sahar

Meaning: dawn, morning, awakening

Origin:Arabic, Persian
2006
Naja

Meaning: boy's younger sister; success; or silver hands

Origin:Greenlandic, Arabic or Navajo
2419
Zayna

Meaning: beauty, grace

Origin:Arabic
2532
Jamila

Meaning: beautiful, graceful

Origin:Arabic
4601
Jinan

Meaning: garden, paradise

Origin:Arabic
4866
Kamilah

Meaning: perfect

Origin:Arabic
4930
Halimah

Meaning: gentle and patient

Origin:Arabic
5684
Bahira

Meaning: dazzling, brilliant

Origin:Arabic
7183
Lilah

Meaning: night

Origin:Variation of Lila
428
Khadija

Meaning: premature child

Origin:Arabic
1671
Salma

Meaning: safe

Origin:Arabic
2600
Aza

Meaning: powerful

Origin:Arabic
3176
Aza

Meaning: powerful

Origin:Arabic
6658
Zerlin

Meaning: beautiful dawn

Origin:Arabic
2372
Faizah

Meaning: victorious

Origin:Arabic
6804
Pola

Meaning: poppy

Origin:Short form of Amapola, Arabic
2403
Ahmed

Meaning: greatly praised

Origin:Arabic "greatly praised"
2204
Umar

Meaning: flourishing, thriving

Origin:Arabic
6082
Ammiras The name Ammiras is the other form of the na...
Origin:Arabic, 'commander"
5943