North African · Girl names
North African Muslim Girl Names
96 girl names used in north african Muslim communities, each placed here by where the name is actually given rather than only by where its root comes from.
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North African Muslim Girl Names? The Maghreb romanises through French rather than English, which is why the same name is Abdelaziz in Casablanca and Abdulaziz in Karachi. The names themselves are largely Arabic; the spellings carry a colonial history.
أحلامAhlemDreams
أنيسةAnisaFriendly, sociable
أَسْمَاءAsmaeAsma, Moroccan spelling variant
بسيمةBassimaSmiling, North African girls name
بشرىBouchraGood news
كاميلياCameliaCamellia flower, North African Muslim girls name
شافيةChafiaHealer
شاهينChahinezRoyal falcon, Algerian girls name
شاهينChahinezeRoyal falcon, Algerian girls variant
شيماءChaimaThe distinguished mark
شمسيChamsiMy sun, Maghrebi feminine possessive of Shams
شديةChediaFragrant, Tunisian girls name
شريفةCherifaNoble
جميلةDjamelaBeautiful, Algerian -a ending variant
جميلةDjamilaBeautiful
جوهرDjouherGem, Algerian girls name. Same essential-gem quality as Jaw
درةDorraPearl, Tunisian girls' name from Arabic durra
دعاءDouaaSupplication
الدنياDouniaThe world, present life, North African girls name
دعاءDuaPrayer, supplication
فاطنةFatnaFatimah, Moroccan contracted form Fatna. Top Moroccan girls
فلةFellaFella, Jasmine, Algerian girls name
فريالFerielFeriel, Noble, Tunisian girls name
فردوسFirdaousParadise garden, North African girls name
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
حنانHananeTender love
حسناءHasnaeBeautiful, Moroccan spelling variant
هُدَىHoudaGuidance
إِحْسَانIhsaneExcellence, Moroccan girls name
إِيمَانImaneFaith
جهينةJouhaynaYoung gazelle, Moroccan girls name
كنزةKanzaTreasure
كَوْثَرKawtherAl-Kawthar, North African spelling
كنزةKenzaTreasure, Moroccan dominant spelling
لاميةLamiaeLamia, Moroccan -ae form
لبنىLoubnaStorax tree, North African girls name
لويزةLouizaLouisa, Algerian/Kabyle girls name
ميساءMaissaWalking gracefully, North African girls name
ملكةMalikaQueen, top Moroccan/North African girls name
مَرْيَمMariemMaryam, North African and French-speaking Muslim spelling
مَرْيَمMeriemMaryam, Algerian/North African spelling
منىMounaWish
منيرةMouniraLuminous, North African girls form
نعيمةNaimaEase, comfort, bliss, the woman of paradise-like tranquility
نجوىNajouaWhispered secret, North African spelling
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
أَنَسOnsSociability, intimacy, Tunisian girls name
وسيلةOuassilaMeans/path to Allah, Algerian girls name
وديدةOuidedBeloved, Tunisian girls name
أميمةOumaymaUmayma, North African girls name
أمنيةOumniaOumnia, Wish, Moroccan girls name
رشيدةRachidaRightly guided, North African girls name
رجاءRajaeHope, aspiration, North African girls name
روانRawaneFlowing
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
ساميةSamiaElevated, top Arab and North African girls name
سوسنSaoussenLily, Tunisian girls name
سهامSihamArrows, top North African girls name
سهامSihameSiham, Moroccan -e ending
سهامSihemArrows
سيرينSirineSirin, French/North African spelling
سعادSouadHappiness, joy, North African girls name
سهاSouhaLittle star
سهيلةSouhilaCanopus/Easy, North African girls name
سكينةSoukainaTranquility
سكينةSoukaynaSoukayna, Tranquility, Moroccan alternate
سُمَيَّةSoumaiyaSoumaiya, Sumayyah, North African alternate
سُمَيَّةSoumiaSoumia
تَقْوَىTakouaTaqwa, Tunisian/North African spelling
تسنيمTesnimeTasnim, Tunisian -e ending variant
الثرياThourayaPleiades, North African girls name
وفاءWafaeLoyalty, Moroccan spelling variant
وردةWardaRose, the flower
ودادWidadLove
وصالWisalUnion, second max coverage
وصالWissaleUnion
ياسمينةYasminaJasmine, French/North African girls form
زَيْنَبZeinebZainab, Tunisian spelling
زَيْنَبZinebZainab, Moroccan dominant spelling
What marks a north african Muslim name
The Maghreb romanises through French rather than English, which is why the same name is Abdelaziz in Casablanca and Abdulaziz in Karachi. The names themselves are largely Arabic; the spellings carry a colonial history.
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 north african Muslim girl names?
AsrNaam lists 96 of them, each researched against the classical Arabic lexicons. The list above is alphabetical rather than ranked, because popularity data for north african naming is patchy and a ranking built on guesswork is worse than none.
Are north african 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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