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North African Muslim Baby Names

192 Muslim baby names rooted in the Maghreb tradition. Each name carries an Arabic spelling, classical meaning, and an Ilm ul Huroof reading. Names listed alphabetically.

192 names

عَبْد اللهAbdallahAbdullah — North African and Francophone spelling عَبْد الْعَزِيزAbdelazizServant of the Mighty — Abd al-Aziz, the divine name al-Aziz عَبْد الْحَقّAbdelhakServant of Truth — North African boys name عبد الإلهAbdelilahServant of God — Moroccan boys name عَبْد الْكَرِيمAbdelkarimServant of the Generous — North African boys name عَبْد الْوَاحِدAbdelwahidServant of the One — North African عَبْد الرَّحْمَنAbderrahmaneAbdurrahman — Algerian/Berber spelling عبدوAbdouServant أَبُو بَكْرAboubakrAbu Bakr — North African and French Muslim spelling أحلامAhlemDreams أمينAmineTrustworthy أَنَسAnassCompanion, intimate friend أنيسةAnissaGentle, sociable, beloved companion أنوارAnoarAnwar — Guinean/Mauritanian variant أنوارAnouarMost luminous أَسْمَاءAsmaeAsma — Moroccan spelling variant أَيُّوبAyoubJob — North African spelling of Ayyub أَيُّوبAyyoubJob — French/North African spelling of Ayyub, Ayoub already done عز الدينAzzedineGlory of the Religion بشيرBachirBringer of good news بسيمةBassimaSmiling — North African girls name بِلَالBelalBilal — North African spelling بلقاسمBelkacemAbu al-Qasim — North African spelling بن عليBenaliSon of ʿAlī بِلَالBilelBilāl شُعَيْبBouchaibShuaib — North African spelling بشرىBouchraGood news إِبْرَاهِيمBrahimIbrahim — Moroccan short form كاميلياCameliaCamellia flower — North African Muslim girls name شافيةChafiaHealer شفيقChafiqCompassionate — North African spelling of Shafiq شاهينChahinezRoyal falcon — Algerian girls name شاهينChahinezeRoyal falcon — Algerian girls variant شيماءChaimaThe distinguished mark شاكبChakibThankful — North African boys name شمسيChamsiMy sun شرفCharafHonour — North African boys name شديةChediaFragrant — Tunisian girls name شريفةCherifaNoble — North African spelling of Sharifa شُعَيْبChoaibShuaib — Moroccan variant spelling شكريChoukriGrateful — North African boys name دَاوُدDaoudDawud — French/North African spelling جمالDjamelJamal — Algerian/Kabyle spelling جميلةDjamelaBeautiful — Algerian -a ending variant جميلةDjamilaBeautiful جوادDjawadJawad — Algerian French spelling جماعيDjemaiJamal — Kabyle Algerian spelling جوهرDjouherGem — Algerian girls name درةDorraPearl دعاءDouaaSupplication الدنياDouniaThe world, present life — North African girls name دعاءDuaaPrayer, supplication — the believer's direct call to Allah إِلْيَاسElyesProphet Ilyas — Tunisian specific spelling Elyes فاطنةFatnaFatimah — Moroccan contracted form Fatna فيصلFayssalFaisal — doubled-s North African variant فلةFellaFella — Jasmine — Algerian girls name فريالFerielFeriel — Noble — Tunisian girls name فردوسFirdaousParadise garden — North African girls name فؤادFouadThe heart — the Quranic fu'ad, the seat of conscious feeling فوزيةFouziaVictorious — North African girls name غاليةGhaliaPrecious, beloved — top North African girls name غنيةGhaniaWealthy, singer — North African girls name غزلانGhizlanGazelles — North African girls name غفرانGhofraneForgiveness — Tunisian girls name هَاجَرHadjerHagar — Algerian girls name حافظHafedhGuardian — Tunisian spelling of Hafiz حموHamouAhmad familiar — Moroccan Berber form حنانHananeTender love — North African spelling of Hanan حسناءHasnaeBeautiful — Moroccan spelling variant حَسَنHassenHassan — Tunisian spelling هشامHichamGenerous — North African spelling of Hisham هُدَىHoudaGuidance — North African/French spelling of Huda حسامHoussamSword of truth — North African spelling إِحْسَانIhsaneExcellence — Moroccan girls name إِلْيَاسIlyesIlyas — Kabyle/Algerian Berber spelling إِيمَانImaneFaith — Moroccan/French spelling of Iman عمرانImraneImran — French/North African spelling جهينةJouhaynaYoung gazelle — Moroccan girls name كنزةKanzaTreasure — top Moroccan girls name كَوْثَرKawtherAl-Kawthar — North African spelling كنزةKenzaTreasure — Moroccan dominant spelling خيرKheirGood — North African spelling of Khair خير الدينKheireddineGoodness of the religion — North African خليلKhelilFriend — Algerian/Kabyle spelling of Khalil لامينLameenLameen — The Trustworthy — North African لاميةLamiaeLamia — Moroccan -ae form الحاجLhajLhaj — The Pilgrim — North African name لطفيLotfiLotfi — My gentle — North African boys لبنىLoubnaStorax tree — North African girls name لبنانLoubnanLebanon — Algerian/Lebanese boys name لويزةLouizaLouisa — Algerian/Kabyle girls name لونيسLounesLounes — Yunus — Kabyle Algerian boys ميساءMaissaThe proudly walking one — the elegant gait of classical Arab beauty ملكةMalikaQueen مَرْيَمMariemMaryam — North African and French-speaking Muslim spelling مروانMarouaneMarwan — North African/French spelling مهديMehdiThe Guided One — French North African spelling of Mahdi مَرْيَمMeriemMaryam — Algerian/North African spelling مختارMokhtarChosen مولايMoulayMy lord — Moroccan royal honorific as name مؤمنMoumineBeliever — North African spelling of Mumin منىMounaWish — North African spelling of Mona منيرMounirRadiant — North African spelling of Munir منيرةMouniraLuminous — North African girls form منصفMounsefMounsef — Impartial — Tunisian boys name مرادMouradMurad — North African spelling مصطفىMustaphaThe Chosen — North African and French-Muslim spelling of Mustafa نعيمةNaiimaBlessed — North African girls name نجوىNajouaWhispered secret — North African spelling نوفلNaoufelGenerous sea — North African spelling of Nawfal نسيمةNassimaGentle breeze — North African girls name نسرينNessrineWild rose — North African spelling نور الهدىNour el HodaLight of guidance — North African compound نور الهدىNour el HoudaLight of guidance — Algerian compound name نورةNouraRadiant — Gulf/North African girls name نور الدينNoureddineLight of the religion — North African boys name عقبةOkbaUqba — second North African coverage أَنَسOnsSociability, intimacy — Tunisian girls name عُثْمَانOthmanOthman — Western and North African spelling of Uthman عُثْمَانOthmaneUthman — Moroccan spelling عُثْمَانOtmanUthman — Moroccan specific romanisation عُثْمَانOtmaneUthman — second Moroccan coverage وليدOualeedWalid — extended North African variant وليدOualidWalid — Moroccan specific form وسيلةOuassilaMeans/path to Allah — Algerian girls name وديدةOuidedBeloved — Tunisian girls name وسيمOuissemHandsome — Algerian/Tunisian boys name ولدOuldSon of — Mauritanian naming tradition where Ould X means ' أميمةOumaymaUmayma — North African girls name أمنيةOumniaOumnia — Wish — Moroccan girls name أُسَامَةOussamaUsama — North African spelling عُثْمَانOuthmaneOuthmane — Uthman — Mauritanian spelling راشدRachidRashid — North African French spelling رشيدةRachidaRightly guided — North African girls name رجاءRajaeHope, aspiration — North African girls name رؤوفRaoufAl-Rauf — North African spelling روانRawaneFlowing — Moroccan spelling of Rawan رضاRedaContentment — North African/French spelling رضوانRedouaneRidwan — Moroccan/Berber spelling رُقَيَّةRokaiaRuqayyah — North African/French spelling رؤىRouaVisions — North African girls name روحةRouhaSoul, spirit — Moroccan/North African girls name رُقَيَّةRoukiaRuqayyah — Mauritanian variant رميصاءRoumaissaRumaisa — Algerian spelling رميصاءRoumayssaeRumaisa — Moroccan spelling variant رُقَيَّةRouqaiyaRuqayyah — Mauritanian/Saharan variant رويدةRouwaidaGently, slowly — North African girls name صفاءSafaePurity — Moroccan spelling of Safa, the sacred hill of Hajj صلاح الدينSalaheddineSalah al-Din — Algerian/French spelling ساميةSamiaElevated — top Arab and North African girls name سوسنSaoussenLily — Tunisian girls name سيف الدينSeifeddineSword of the religion — North African boys name سراجSerajLamp — the Quranic 'siraj' that names the sun and the Prophet himself سيف الدينSifeddineSword of religion — Tunisian variant سهامSihamArrows — top North African girls name سهامSihameSiham — Moroccan -e ending سهامSihemArrows — Algerian variant of Siham سيرينSirineSirin — French/North African spelling سُلَيْمَانSlimaneSolomon — Algerian top boys name إِسْمَاعِيلSmailIsmail — Algerian contracted form سفيانSofianeSufyan — French/Algerian spelling سعادSouadHappiness, joy — North African girls name سفيانSoufianeSufyan — Moroccan spelling variant سهاSouhaLittle star — North African form of Suha سهيلةSouhilaCanopus/Easy — North African girls name سكينةSoukainaTranquility — North African spelling of Sakina سكينةSoukaynaSoukayna سُمَيَّةSoumaiyaSoumaiya سُمَيَّةSoumiaSoumia — Sumayyah — Algerian alternate form طاهرTaharPure — North African spelling of Tahir تَقْوَىTakouaTaqwa — Tunisian/North African spelling طارقTarekThe night-visitor, the morning star — Surah al-Tariq in the Quran طيبTayebGood, pure — North African boys name طيبTayibGood, pure — North African spelling of Tayyib تسنيمTesnimeTasnim — Tunisian -e ending variant الثرياThourayaPleiades — North African girls name وفاءWafaeLoyalty — Moroccan spelling variant وردةWardaRose — North African girls name وسيمWassimHandsome — North African and French Muslim boys name وسيمWassimeHandsome — Tunisian spelling variant ودادWidadLove — top Moroccan girls name وصالWissalUnion — Moroccan girls name variant وصالWissaleUnion — Moroccan girls form of Wisal ياسمينةYasminaJasmine — French/North African girls form يسYassineYa-Sin — Quranic mystery letters as North African name يسيرYassirEasy — North African spelling of Yasir يُونُسYounesYunus — North African/French spelling يُوسُفYoussefYusuf — North African doubled-s spelling زَيْنَبZeinebZainab — Tunisian spelling زَيْنَبZinebZainab — Moroccan dominant spelling الزُّبَيْرZoubeirZubayr — North African spelling زهيرZouheirBright — Algerian/French spelling