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Muslim Baby Names Starting with G

49 Muslim baby names starting with G, boys and girls, with Arabic, meaning, and Ilm ul Huroof reading. Listed alphabetically.

49 names

Boy names starting with G (20)  ·  Girl names starting with G (29)

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Gabriel, Gaith, Galil, Gamal
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What is on this page? 49 Muslim baby names starting with G, boys and girls, with Arabic, meaning, and Ilm ul Huroof reading. Listed alphabetically. Every name links to its full page.

جبريلGabrielStrength of God; the Archangel Jibreel غيثGaithRain جليلGalilGalil, Majestic, Al-Jalil divine name جمالGamalGamal غادةGhadaGraceful, top Levantine/Gulf girls name غديرGhadeerStream, Shia significance girls name غفارGhaffarGreat forgiver, one of the divine names, the perpetual pardoner غفورGhafurThe Forgiving, Al-Ghafur divine name, 91 Quranic occurrences غيداءGhaidaaGentle and delicate, the tender woman of graceful softness غيثGhaithRain, the rain that ends drought, top Levant/Gulf name غاليةGhalaPrecious, dear, Gulf girl name of beloved preciousness غاليGhaliGhali, Precious/dear, top Arab boys غاليةGhaliaPrecious, beloved, top North African girls name غالبGhalibVictorious, the one who overcomes all opposition غانمGhanemGhanem, Prosperous/winner, top Arab boys غنيةGhaniaWealthy, singer, North African girls name غانمGhanimSuccessful, prosperous, the one who achieves and gains غسانGhassanYouth, vigor, ancient Arab tribe boys name غسانGhassaneVigour غيلانGhaylanForest, the one of deep natural power غزلGhazalGazelle, love poem, Persian-Urdu top girls name غزالةGhazalaGazelle, feminine form غَازَانGhazanThe Ilkhanid sovereign of Iran who embraced Islam in 1295 غازيGhaziWarrior غزوانGhazwanGhazwan, Raider, companion Ghazwan name غنىGhenaGhena, Wealth/song, top Arab girls غنىGhinaWealth, self-sufficiency, Arab girls name غنوةGhinwaSong غياثGhiyathRescuer غزلانGhizlanGazelles, North African girls name غفرانGhofranDivine forgiveness, Iranian/North African girls name غفرانGhofraneForgiveness, Tunisian girls name غصونGhosounBranches غفرانGhufranForgiveness, last verse of Al-Baqara غلامGhulamBoy, servant, usually used as 'servant of' in compounds كوكجهGokceSky blue گلنازGolnazFlower face, Iranian girls name گلاليGulalaiThe bright flower, the tulip گلانارGulanarPomegranate flower, the brilliant blossom of the sacred fruit گلچچكGulchachakFlower-flower گلميراGulmiraWondrous flower گلنارGulnaarPomegranate flower, the vivid red flower of beauty and abundance گُلْنَارَةGulnaraPomegranate flower; Persian-Turkic گلنازGulnazRose fragrance, coy like a rose, Urdu/Persian گلسنگہGulsangaRock-flower, the wild flower گلشنGulshanRose garden, the one whose presence is a blooming garden گلزارGulzarRose garden, the one who cultivates beauty wherever he گلژانGulzhanFlower soul کلثومGülsümUmm Kulthum, Turkish Gülsüm, beloved classical name

Of the 49 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. GulnazگلنازRose fragrance, coy like a rose, Urdu/Persian
  2. GhufranغفرانForgiveness, last verse of Al-Baqara
  3. GhazwanغزوانGhazwan, Raider, companion Ghazwan name
  4. GhaziغازيWarrior
  5. GhalaغاليةPrecious, dear, Gulf girl name of beloved preciousness
  6. GhaffarغفارGreat forgiver, one of the divine names, the perpetual pardoner
  7. GulshanگلشنRose garden, the one whose presence is a blooming garden
  8. GhofraneغفرانForgiveness, Tunisian girls name

Arabic baby names beginning with G

The English letter G has no single Arabic counterpart. The 49 names on this page open with 4 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 G in English can begin very differently once they are written in Arabic.

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 baby names beginning with G

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.

None of the names starting with this letter are Quranic in the strict sense, but each one has been checked for meaning and for the rule against divine-only titles before it was listed.

Browse the full sets: Quranic names, prophet names, angel names.

Muslim boy names starting with G

20 of the names here are boy names. These are the ones parents open most.

Ghazwanغزوان Ghaziغازي Ghaffarغفار Gabrielجبريل Gaithغيث Galilجليل Gamalجمال Ghafurغفور Ghaithغيث Ghaliغالي

See all 20 Muslim boy names starting with G

Muslim girl names starting with G

29 of the names here are girl names, each with its Arabic spelling and letter reading.

Gulnazگلناز Ghufranغفران Ghalaغالية Gulshanگلشن Ghofraneغفران Ghadaغادة Ghadeerغدير Ghaidaaغيداء Ghaliaغالية Ghaniaغنية

See all 29 Muslim girl names starting with G

Questions about Muslim names starting with G

How many Muslim baby names start with G?
AsrNaam lists 49 of them. Across boys and girls together the letter G accounts for 49 researched names, 20 for boys and 29 for girls. Every one has its Arabic spelling, its meaning, and its letter-by-letter Ilm ul Huroof reading.
What Arabic letter does G correspond to?
There is no single answer, which is what makes this letter interesting. Most often G stands for Ghayn (غ), which opens 32 of these names. It can also stand for Gaf, Jeem and Kaf. Each of those Arabic letters has its own element and divine name in the Science of Letters, so two names that look alike in English can read very differently.
Which Muslim baby name starting with G is most popular?
By what visitors actually search for and open on this site, Gulnaz, Ghufran and Ghazwan lead the letter G. The settled meaning of Gulnaz is: Rose fragrance, coy like a rose, Urdu/Persian. Popularity is worth knowing, but the tradition weighs meaning first.
Are all names starting with G Islamic names?
Not automatically. A name becomes Islamic through its meaning and through the absence of any claim on what belongs to God alone, not through its spelling or its first letter. Every name listed here has been checked on both counts.
What is the Ilm ul Huroof reading of a name starting with G?
Open any name on this page and you will find it: the name broken into its Arabic letters, each letter with its element, its abjad value and the divine name it is associated with, then a reading of the whole. It is a tradition for reflection, not for prediction.

Muslim baby names by other letters

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