West African · Girl names
West African Muslim Girl Names
35 girl names used in west african 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
West African Muslim Girl Names? West African Muslim naming runs through Wolof, Fula, Hausa and Mandinka, and the Arabic name arrives reshaped by each: Muhammad becomes Mamadou, Ruqayyah becomes Roukayatou. These are not corruptions. They are the name as that language can hold it.
حاجةAdjaHajja, West African Fula respected woman
عَائِشَةAichaAisha, French/West African spelling
عَائِشَةAishatuAisha
أمارةAmaraEternal beauty, grace, West African and global girls name
أمينةAminataTrustworthy
أنتAntaAnta Sega, beloved Senegalese feminine name
بنتہBinetaDaughter
بنتوBintouDaughter, West African Muslim girls name
كومباCoumbaGood omen, Senegalese Muslim girls name
فانطاFantaGood, joyful, West African Muslim girls name
فوزيةFaouziaVictorious
فَاطِمَةFatimataFāṭima
فَاطِمَةFatimatuFāṭima
فَاطِمَةFatouFatimah
فَاطِمَةFatoumataFatimah, Fula long form
خَدِيجَةHadijatKhadijah
حواءHauwaEve
خَدِيجَةKhadijatKhadijah
میمونہMaimounaBlessed
مَرْيَمMariamaMaryam, West African Fula/Mande form
مَيْمُونَةMaymounaBlessed
نديةNdeyeLady, Wolof/Senegalese Muslim girls name
وسامOuissamOuissam, Badge of honour, West African
أوليماتاOulimataOulimata, Learned woman, Fula girls name
أم الخيرOumkheirOumkheir, Mother of goodness, West African
أمOumouMother, West African Fula girls name
رَحْمَةRamatuMercy, West African Islamic feminine name of divine mercy
رُقَيَّةRokayaRuqayyah
رُقَيَّةRokayatouRuqayyah, Guinea/Fula form
رُقَيَّةRokhayaRuqayyah, Senegalese Wolof form
رُقَيَّةRokiaRuqayyah, Mali/West African spelling
رميصاءRomaissaRumaisa, West African/French variant
صخنہSokhnaNoble learned woman, Wolof honorific as name
سُمَيَّةSoumayaSoumaya
زارياZariaZaria, Radiant, Nigerian city as name
What marks a west african Muslim name
West African Muslim naming runs through Wolof, Fula, Hausa and Mandinka, and the Arabic name arrives reshaped by each: Muhammad becomes Mamadou, Ruqayyah becomes Roukayatou. These are not corruptions. They are the name as that language can hold it.
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 west african 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 west african naming is patchy and a ranking built on guesswork is worse than none.
Are west 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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