Muslim Boy Names Meaning Faithful

What Muslim names meaning faith have in common

Iman, faith, shares its root with amn, safety, and amin, trustworthy. To believe and to be someone others can rely on are the same word in Arabic, which is why the Prophet was called al-Amin before he was called anything else. Taqwa is from a root meaning to shield: awareness of God as a guard on conduct. Abd, servant, is the most common element in Muslim names of all.

The classical roots this meaning is carried by:

• أ-م-نiman, faith, safety and trustworthiness in one root.
• ع-ب-دabd, servant, the root of worship.
• ت-ق-يtaqwa, God-consciousness, from a root meaning to guard.

Most looked-up Muslim boy names meaning faith

Ordered by how often visitors open them on AsrNaam, from our own Search Console figures rather than from a guess at what is in fashion this year.

1. AminuأمينTrustworthy, faithful
2. DeenدينReligion/faith, Urdu and English Muslim boys name
3. SalihصَالِحRighteous, virtuous
4. Aladdinعلاء الدينGlory of religion, Aladdin
5. SajjadسجادOne who prostrates much, frequent in worship
6. SajidساجدOne who prostrates, the man whose life is an act of continuous...
7. Zainul Abideenزين العابدينOrnament of the Worshippers, son of Hussain, greatest ibadah in...
8. Zainulزين العابدينOrnament of the worshippers, the title of Ali ibn Husayn, given to…
9. SalahصلاحRighteousness
10. AabidعابدWorshipper

Arabic boy names meaning faith

Every name here is an Arabic or Arabic-script name, and in Ilm ul Huroof the reading starts from the letter it opens with, not from the English transliteration. These are the letters that open the names in this theme.

• أHamza opens 7 of them, among them Aminu, Abu Hanifa, Amaan.
• عAin opens 6 of them, among them Aladdin, Aabid, Abdul Mumin.
• سSeen opens 5 of them, among them Sajjad, Sajid, Saifuddin.
• صSad opens 4 of them, among them Salih, Salah, Saleh 2.
• نNun opens 3 of them, among them Naser al-Din Shah, Noureddin, Noureddine.

Each letter links to its element, abjad value and divine name. All twenty-eight letters.

Islamic boy names meaning faith

A name is Islamic through its meaning and through the absence of any claim on what belongs to God alone, not through its sound. That is what this page is sorted on: every name here has been read against the classical lexicons and placed under faith because that is what it means, not because it resembles a word.

One of them is Quranic.

Salihصَالِح

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Muslim girl names meaning faith

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Aabidaعابدة Barirahبرّة Sajdahسجدة Hanifaحنيفة Veraفيرا Dinaدينا Isabellaإيزابيلا Illiyeenعليين Abrarأبرار Adeenaأدينة

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