Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Dalila Name Meaning in Islam
Guide, proof, feminine of Dalil.
- Meaning
- Guide, proof, feminine of Dalil
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- د-ل-ل
- Urdu
- دلیلہ
- Pronunciation
- da-LI-la
- Lucky number
- 7
Is Dalila an Islamic name? Yes. Dalila is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Guide, proof, feminine of Dalil. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
د-ل-ل. From d-l-l, meaning to indicate, to guide, to prove. Dalila is the feminine: she who guides, she who is herself a sign.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Dal opens her door of guidance, Lam joins her to the seeker, Ya carries her yearning toward truth, the second Lam binds the bond of proof, and the final ta of completion seals her sign as finished feminine grace. The letters together render an opening, joining, yearning, binding, and completing guide.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Water pools in Dalila, the element of mercy, feeling, and receptive depth. The letters ask their bearer to hold others without hardening, to be a well and not a wall. Anchoring this reading is Al-Dayyan, the Judge, calling the person toward the fair judgment that keeps a household whole. A person named Dalila carries the compassion of a river that keeps going.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
From the Arabic root د-ل-ل (to guide, to show the way, to indicate), Dalila is the feminine of Dalil: the guide, the proof, the one whose evidence points toward truth.
The classical Arabic dalil is the demonstration that carries its own light with it. In classical Islamic epistemology the dalil is any evidence sufficient to establish a conclusion. To name a daughter Dalila is to associate her with the classical image of guidance itself.
Dalila is a widely used North African girls' name. It asks that a daughter grow into the kind of person others rely on to know the right direction.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
How to Pronounce Dalila
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Dalila
What does the name Dalila mean?
Behind the meaning sits each letter, each with a quality of its own. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about Dalila? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Dalila? →
Is Dalila mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Dalila mean in Urdu?
Urdu kept the Arabic letter meanings alive through poetry and scholarship, they still sit under Dalila. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Dalila a good Islamic name?
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Is Dalila a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Dalila in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is Ilm ul Huroof, the classical Islamic science of letters in the line of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Every Arabic letter under Dalila is an ontological principle, not just a sound. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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