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North African Muslim Baby Names

191 Muslim baby names used in the Maghreb, each with its Arabic and Urdu spelling, its meaning, and its letter-by-letter reading.

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What is on this page? 191 Muslim baby names used in the Maghreb, each with its Arabic and Urdu spelling, its meaning, and its letter-by-letter reading. Every name links to its full page.

Narrow it down: North African boy names (95)  ·  North African girl names (96)

By country: Algerian names (25)  ·  Moroccan names (26)  ·  Tunisian names (17)

عَبْد اللهAbdallahAbdullah, North African and Francophone spelling عَبْد الْعَزِيزAbdelazizServant of the Mighty, North African boys name 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 أَنَسAnasAffection, friendliness, intimacy أنيسةAnisaFriendly, sociable أنوارAnoarAnwar, Guinean/Mauritanian variant أنوارAnouarMost luminous أَسْمَاءAsmaeAsma, Moroccan spelling variant أَيُّوبAyyoubJob 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, Maghrebi patronymic naming tradition بِلَالBilelBilāl شُعَيْبBouchaibShuaib, North African spelling بشرىBouchraGood news إِبْرَاهِيمBrahimIbrahim, Moroccan short form كاميلياCameliaCamellia flower, North African Muslim girls name شافيةChafiaHealer شفيقChafiqCompassionate شاهينChahinezRoyal falcon, Algerian girls name شاهينChahinezeRoyal falcon, Algerian girls variant شيماءChaimaThe distinguished mark شاكبChakibThankful, North African boys name شمسيChamsiMy sun, Maghrebi feminine possessive of Shams شرفCharafHonour, North African boys name شديةChediaFragrant, Tunisian girls name شريفةCherifaNoble شُعَيْبChoaibShuaib 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, Tunisian girls' name from Arabic durra دعاءDouaaSupplication الدنياDouniaThe world, present life, North African girls name دعاءDuaPrayer, supplication إِلْيَاسElyesProphet Ilyas, Tunisian specific spelling Elyes فاطنةFatnaFatimah, Moroccan contracted form Fatna فيصلFaysalDecisive فلةFellaFella, Jasmine, Algerian girls name فريالFerielFeriel, Noble, Tunisian girls name فردوسFirdaousParadise garden, North African girls name فؤادFouadHeart 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 حموHamouAhmad familiar, Moroccan Berber form حنانHananeTender love حسناءHasnaeBeautiful, Moroccan spelling variant حَسَنHassenHassan, Tunisian spelling هشامHichamGenerous هُدَىHoudaGuidance حسامHoussamSword of truth, North African spelling إِحْسَانIhsaneExcellence, Moroccan girls name إِلْيَاسIlyesIlyas, Kabyle/Algerian Berber spelling إِيمَانImaneFaith عمرانImraneImran, French/North African spelling جهينةJouhaynaYoung gazelle, Moroccan girls name كنزةKanzaTreasure كَوْثَرKawtherAl-Kawthar, North African spelling كنزةKenzaTreasure, Moroccan dominant spelling خيرKheirGood خير الدينKheireddineGoodness of the religion, North African خليلKhelilFriend 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 ميساءMaissaWalking gracefully, North African girls name ملكةMalikaQueen, top Moroccan/North African girls name مَرْيَمMariemMaryam, North African and French-speaking Muslim spelling مروانMarouaneMarwan, North African/French spelling مهديMehdiThe Guided One مَرْيَمMeriemMaryam, Algerian/North African spelling مختارMokhtarChosen مولايMoulayMy lord, Moroccan royal honorific as name مؤمنMoumineBeliever منىMounaWish منيرMounirRadiant منيرةMouniraLuminous, North African girls form منصفMounsefMounsef, Impartial, Tunisian boys name مرادMouradMurad, North African spelling مصطفىMustaphaThe Chosen نعيمةNaimaEase, comfort, bliss, the woman of paradise-like tranquility نجوىNajouaWhispered secret, North African spelling نوفلNaoufelGenerous sea 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 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 'so أميمةOumaymaUmayma, North African girls name أمنيةOumniaOumnia, Wish, Moroccan girls name أُسَامَةOusamaLion cub 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 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 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 سيف الدينSifeddineSword of religion, Tunisian variant سهامSihamArrows, top North African girls name سهامSihameSiham, Moroccan -e ending سهامSihemArrows 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 سهيلةSouhilaCanopus/Easy, North African girls name سكينةSoukainaTranquility سكينةSoukaynaSoukayna, Tranquility, Moroccan alternate سُمَيَّةSoumaiyaSoumaiya, Sumayyah, North African alternate سُمَيَّةSoumiaSoumia طاهرTaharPure تَقْوَىTakouaTaqwa, Tunisian/North African spelling طارقTarekTariq, French/North African spelling طيبTayebGood, pure, North African boys name طيبTayibGood, pure تسنيمTesnimeTasnim, Tunisian -e ending variant الثرياThourayaPleiades, North African girls name وفاءWafaeLoyalty, Moroccan spelling variant وردةWardaRose, the flower وسيمWassimHandsome, North African and French Muslim boys name وسيمWassimeHandsome, Tunisian spelling variant ودادWidadLove وصالWisalUnion, second max coverage وصالWissaleUnion ياسمينةYasminaJasmine, French/North African girls form يسYassineYa-Sin, Quranic mystery letters as North African name يسيرYassirEasy يُونُسYounesYunus, North African/French spelling يوسفYoussefThe Prophet Yusuf زَيْنَبZeinebZainab, Tunisian spelling زَيْنَبZinebZainab, Moroccan dominant spelling الزُّبَيْرZoubeirZubayr, North African spelling زهيرZouheirBright, Algerian/French spelling

How names work in the Maghreb

Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia write their names in Arabic and often spell them in French, which is why Abdelaziz and Abd al-Aziz are the same name and why a North African family may write Youssef where a Gulf family writes Yusuf. The Maghreb also carries a Berber substrate older than the Arabic, and names move in both directions across it.

Ordered by how often visitors open them on AsrNaam.

  1. AnasأَنَسAffection, friendliness, intimacy
  2. SerajسراجLamp
  3. ChamsiشمسيMy sun, Maghrebi feminine possessive of Shams
  4. LoubnanلبنانLebanon, Algerian/Lebanese boys name
  5. MehdiمهديThe Guided One
  6. LameenلامينLameen, The Trustworthy, North African
  7. CameliaكاميلياCamellia flower, North African Muslim girls name
  8. OumaymaأميمةUmayma, North African girls name
  9. SouhaسهاLittle star
  10. OuldولدSon of, Mauritanian naming tradition where Ould X means 'so

What North African names tend to mean

Sorted at the Arabic root rather than off the English spelling, the 191 names here fall most often into these themes.

North African Muslim boy names

95 of the names here are boy names.

Anasأَنَس Serajسراج Loubnanلبنان Mehdiمهدي Lameenلامين Ouldولد Salaheddineصلاح الدين Chakibشاكب Chafiqشفيق Houssamحسام Abdallahعَبْد الله Abdelazizعَبْد الْعَزِيز

North African Muslim girl names

96 of the names here are girl names.

Chamsiشمسي Cameliaكاميليا Oumaymaأميمة Souhaسها Louizaلويزة Rouhaروحة Rokaiaرُقَيَّة Nessrineنسرين Ghofraneغفران Rouwaidaرويدة Ahlemأحلام Anisaأنيسة

Questions about North African Muslim names

How many North African Muslim names are there?
AsrNaam lists 191 used in the Maghreb, 95 for boys and 96 for girls. Naming traditions overlap rather than divide, so many of these are used well beyond the region too.
Are North African names Arabic names?
Not all of them, and the distinction matters. A name is Islamic through its meaning, not through the language it comes from. Some of the names here are Arabic and travelled; others come from the languages of the Maghreb and were carried into Muslim naming locally. Both are on this page, each with its origin stated.
Which North African Muslim name is most popular?
By what visitors search for and open on this site, Anas, Seraj and Chamsi lead. The settled meaning of Anas is: Affection, friendliness, intimacy.
Do these names have an Urdu spelling?
Yes. Every name on this site carries its Arabic spelling and its Urdu spelling separately, because Urdu writes ک ی ہ where Arabic writes ك ي ه. You can also browse the whole library by Urdu letter.

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