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Muslim Baby Names Starting with Q

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

26 names

Boy names starting with Q (16)  ·  Girl names starting with Q (10)

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26 names
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First letter
Examples
Qaboos, Qadir, Qaf, Qaid
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Arabic spelling, meaning, and the letter-by-letter Ilm ul Huroof reading

What is on this page? 26 Muslim baby names starting with Q, boys and girls, with Arabic, meaning, and Ilm ul Huroof reading. Listed alphabetically. Every name links to its full page.

قابوسQaboosQaboos, Handsome, Omani royalty name قادرQadirCapable, all-powerful, al-Qādir is one of God's names قافQafQaf, the mystery letter of Surah 50, the cosmic mountain, divine axis قائدQaidQaid, Leader/commander, top Arab boys الْقَائِمQaimThe upholder قيسQaisFirm, steadfast, the measured and determined one قيصرQaisarEmperor, sovereign; Arabic form of Caesar قَايِتْبَايQaitbayThe great Burji Mamluk patron-sultan who covered Cairo and Mecca with mosques قَلَاوُونQalawunFounder of the Qalāwūnid line of the Mamluk sultanate; builder of the great قمرQamarMoon, Quranic girls name قانتةQanitaQanita, Devout, Quranic quality girls قَانْصُوهQansuhThe penultimate Burji Mamluk sultan of Egypt who fell to the Ottomans كريمةQareemaNoble قَاسِمQasimDistributor, divider, one who shares fairly قاسمةQasimahDistributor, girls form قيسQays 3Qays, Firm, third max coverage قدسQudsQuds, Jerusalem/holy, top Arab girls قدسيةQudsiaHoly, Pakistani girls name قرةQuraCoolness of the eye, the greatest joy and comfort قرةQuratCoolness of eyes, Pakistani girls name from Quranic phrase قُرَّةُ الْعَيْنQurrat-ul-AinCoolness of the eyes; comfort of the heart قرة عينQurratu AinCoolness of eyes, Quranic compound قصيQusayQusay, Distant, Quraysh ancestor name قتيبةQutaybaDetermined, companion name قطبQutbQutb, Pole/axis, Sufi highest rank قُطُزQutuzA Turkic war-name

Of the 26 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. QaboosقابوسQaboos, Handsome, Omani royalty name
  2. QaisقيسFirm, steadfast, the measured and determined one
  3. QudsiaقدسيةHoly, Pakistani girls name
  4. QamarقمرMoon, Quranic girls name
  5. QafقافQaf, the mystery letter of Surah 50, the cosmic mountain,...

Arabic baby names beginning with Q

The English letter Q has no single Arabic counterpart. The 26 names on this page open with 3 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 Q 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 Q

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 Q

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

Qaboosقابوس Qaisقيس Qafقاف Qadirقادر Qaidقائد Qaimالْقَائِم Qaisarقيصر Qaitbayقَايِتْبَاي Qalawunقَلَاوُون Qansuhقَانْصُوه

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Muslim girl names starting with Q

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

Qudsiaقدسية Qamarقمر Qanitaقانتة Qareemaكريمة Qasimahقاسمة Qudsقدس Quraقرة Quratقرة Qurrat-ul-Ainقُرَّةُ الْعَيْن Qurratu Ainقرة عين

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Questions about Muslim names starting with Q

How many Muslim baby names start with Q?
AsrNaam lists 26 of them. Across boys and girls together the letter Q accounts for 26 researched names, 16 for boys and 10 for girls. Every one has its Arabic spelling, its meaning, and its letter-by-letter Ilm ul Huroof reading.
What Arabic letter does Q correspond to?
There is no single answer, which is what makes this letter interesting. Most often Q stands for Qaf (ق), which opens 24 of these names. It can also stand for Alif 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 Q is most popular?
By what visitors actually search for and open on this site, Qaboos, Qais and Qudsia lead the letter Q. The settled meaning of Qaboos is: Qaboos, Handsome, Omani royalty name. Popularity is worth knowing, but the tradition weighs meaning first.
Are all names starting with Q 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 Q?
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.