Muslim Boy Names Starting with M

Most looked-up Muslim boy names starting with M

Of the 106 names on this page, these are the ones people open most often on AsrNaam. The figures come from our own Search Console data, not from a guess at what is fashionable.

1. MuhammadمُحَمَّدThe most praised
2. MikailميكائيلMikael, the archangel, Quranic spelling
3. MuzammilمزملEnwrapped, Quran Surah 73, the Prophet in his cloak
4. MujtabaمجتبىChosen, elected, the divinely selected one
5. MohsinمحسنDoer of good
6. MudassarمدّثّرWrapped, title of the Prophet in Surah 74, top Pakistani
7. MehdiمهديThe Guided One
8. MehmedمُحَمَّدThe Most Praised
9. MujeebمجیبThe Responsive, Al-Mujeeb divine name, Quranic
10. MubasharمبشرBringer of good news, Quranic quality

Arabic boy names beginning with M

The English letter M has no single Arabic counterpart. The 106 names on this page open with 2 different Arabic letters, and in the Science of Letters each of those carries a different quality, element and divine name. Two names that both look like M in English can begin very differently once they are written in Arabic.

• مMeem opens 98 of them, among them Muhammad, Mikail, Muzammil.
• اAlif opens 8 of them, among them Mamun, Muizz, Muqtadir.

Each letter above links to its full reading: sound, abjad value, element, and the divine name it is associated with. See all twenty-eight letters.

Islamic boy names beginning with M

Islamic tradition asks two things of a name: that its meaning be good, and that it not claim for a child what belongs to God alone. Every name listed on this page is checked against both, which is why a pleasant-sounding name with an unhappy meaning does not appear here.

5 of them appear in the Quran or are borne by a figure named in it.

Muhammadمُحَمَّد Muzammilمزمل Minhajمنهاج Muadhمُعَاذ Musaمُوسَى

2 belong to prophets and their households.

Muhammadمُحَمَّد Musaمُوسَى

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Muslim girl names starting with M

Looking for a girl name instead? 90 Muslim girl names start with M.

Maryamمَرْيَم Mahamمهام Mirnaميرنا Monaمنى Meherمہر Malakملاك Mahaمها Minalمنال

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Muslim boy names by other letters

Every letter has its own page, with the same meanings, Arabic spellings and readings.