Muslim Baby Names Meaning King, Queen or Royal

What Muslim names meaning royal have in common

Malik, king, comes from a root meaning to own. In the Quran the word is used carefully: God is Malik al-Mulk, owner of all ownership, and human kingship is always borrowed. This is why names like Malik are given but Malik al-Mulk is not, and why the tradition forbids Shahanshah, king of kings. Amir is command rather than ownership, and sits more easily.

The classical roots this meaning is carried by:

• م-ل-كmulk, kingship, ownership and dominion in one root.
• أ-م-رamr, command, from which Amir.
• س-ل-طsultan, authority, power to decide.

Most looked-up Muslim baby names meaning royal

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. ShahrukhشاهرخKing-face, Iranian/Pakistani boys name
2. ShahnazشہنازRoyal delicacy, the king's pride
3. CyrusکوروشCyrus, Dhul-Qarnayn in some traditions, the just Persian king
4. KianكيانFoundation, essence, king
5. ShaheenشاهينRoyal falcon, Pakistani and Iranian boys name
6. QaboosقابوسQaboos, Handsome, Omani royalty name
7. ShehشيهThe lord, chieftain
8. ShahzadشاهزادPrince, Pakistani boys name
9. AreeshaعريشةThrone canopy, Pakistani girls name
10. ArshعرشThe divine Throne, the highest station in creation

Arabic baby names meaning royal

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.

• شSheen opens 15 of them, among them Shahrukh, Shahnaz, Shaheen.
• أHamza opens 12 of them, among them Ece, Aahil, Ameer.
• مMeem opens 12 of them, among them Malik Shah, Boabdil, Maleeka.
• بBa opens 10 of them, among them Badis, Bahman Shah, Bai.
• عAin opens 8 of them, among them Areesha, Arsh, Abdul Malik.

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

Islamic baby names meaning royal

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 royal because that is what it means, not because it resembles a word.

2 of them are Quranic, appearing in the Quran or borne by a figure named in it.

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Muslim boy names meaning royal

71 of these are boy names names.

Shahrukhشاهرخ Cyrusکوروش Kianكيان Shaheenشاهين Qaboosقابوس Shehشيه Shahzadشاهزاد Arshعرش Abdul Malikعَبْد الْمَلِك Malik Shahمَلِك شَاه

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Muslim girl names meaning royal

31 of these are girl names names.

Shahnazشہناز Areeshaعريشة Eceإيجه Aamiraعامرة Aizadaايزادا Almiraالميرا Amiraأميرة Arishaأريشة Baiباي Bilkisبلقيس

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