Levantine · Girl names
Levantine Muslim Girl Names
35 girl names used in levantine Muslim communities, each placed here by where the name is actually given rather than only by where its root comes from.
35 names
- On this page
- 35 researched names
- Sorted by
- Where the name is actually used
- Every entry has
- Arabic spelling, meaning, and the Ilm ul Huroof reading
Levantine Muslim Girl Names? Levantine naming is the oldest continuous Arabic naming ground, shared across Muslim and Christian families, which is why some names here appear in both communities with the same spelling and different resonance.
أسمهانAsmahanElevated names, legendary Syrian singer
بسمةBasmaSmile, top Levant/Egyptian girls name
شامChamSyria/Levant, name from blessed land
دالياDaliaGrapevine, dahlia, top Levant and Egyptian girls name
ديمةDimaGentle rain
فَيْرُوزFayrouzTurquoise, Lebanese singer as name
غصونGhosounBranches
هيفاءHaifaSlender, graceful
هبةHebaGift, top Egyptian and Arab girls name
جمانةJoumanaJoumana, Silver pearls, Levantine girls
جوريJouriRed rose
لاميةLamiaShining dark
منارManarLighthouse, beacon
مَرْيَمMariamWished-for child; the mother of Isa (AS)
ماريةMariyahRadiant white, Mariyah al-Qibtiyya, the Prophet's Egyptian wife
ميرناMirnaMirna, Tender, Levantine girls name
نادينNadineCaller, French/Levantine girls name
نفيسةNafeesaPrecious, invaluable, the great-granddaughter of the Prophet, scholar of Egypt
نيرةNayeraNayera, Luminous, Egyptian girls name
نورهانNoorhanNoorhan, Full of light, Egyptian compound
نورهانNourhanLight-full, Egyptian compound girls name
رندةRandaFragrant tree
رشاRashaYoung gazelle
رزانRazanComposed, dignified, Razan Zaitouneh, Syrian human rights lawyer. Razan al-Naj
رلىRulaSoothing, comforting, Levant girls name
سوسنSawsanLily, Levantine/Egyptian girls name
شامShamSyria, the Levant. Sham is the blessed lan
شيماءShimaaDistinguished
تالينTaleenTalin, Armenian/Syrian girls name
توجانToujanToujan, Jordanian girls name tradition
وردةWardehRose, Levantine spelling. Wardeh is how Lebanese, Syrian
ودادWedadLove
يسرىYosraEase
زرقاءZarqaBlue-eyed, clear, Levant/Jordan girls name
زينةZeinaAdornment, Lebanese girls name
What marks a levantine Muslim name
Levantine naming is the oldest continuous Arabic naming ground, shared across Muslim and Christian families, which is why some names here appear in both communities with the same spelling and different resonance.
A name appearing on this page is not exclusive to the region. Most Muslim names travel, and the same root turns up under different spellings from Dakar to Dhaka. What the region tells you is where the name is at home: whose grandparents carried it, and which spelling a registrar there would expect.
Questions people ask
What are popular levantine Muslim girl names?
AsrNaam lists 35 of them, each researched against the classical Arabic lexicons. The list above is alphabetical rather than ranked, because popularity data for levantine naming is patchy and a ranking built on guesswork is worse than none.
Are levantine names Islamic names?
Origin and permissibility are different questions. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and not claim for a person what belongs to God alone. A name can be Persian, Turkic or Wolof in origin and meet both conditions, and many on this page do.
How is the Ilm ul Huroof reading produced?
Each Arabic letter of the name is read against the divine name and element the classical Science of Letters attaches to it. The full method and its sources are set out on the Ilm ul Huroof page.
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