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Muslim Girl Names Starting with L

38 Muslim girl names starting with L, each with its Arabic spelling, meaning, and full Ilm ul Huroof reading. Popular picks include Laiba, Laila, Lailat. Girls and boys together are on the all names with L page.

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Laiba, Laila, Lailat, Laleh
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What is on this page? 38 Muslim girl names starting with L, each with its Arabic spelling, meaning, and full Ilm ul Huroof reading. Popular picks include Laiba, Laila, Lailat. Girls and boys together are on the all names with L page. Every name links to its full page.

لیباLaibaHeavenly beauty, the beauty of the celestial maidens of paradise ليلىLailaLaila, night, dark beauty. The beloved of Majnun in the canonical Arab… ليلةLailatNight, Laylat al-Qadr, the night better than a thousand months لالهLalehTulip, top Iranian female name, national flower of Iran لمىLamaDark soft lips, the subtle beauty of the lips, a classical Arab term of… لمارLamarLamar, Gold/brightness, Gulf girls لميسLameesSoft to the touch, the woman of tender, delicate touch لاميةLamiaShining dark لاميةLamiaeLamia, Moroccan -ae form لمىLamyaDark-lipped beauty لاراLaraCheerful, global trending Muslim girls name لا ريبLaraibWithout doubt, directly from Quran 2:2 لطيفةLatifaGentle, kind لطيفةLatifahGentle, South Asian/Western spelling ليالLayalNights لياليLayaliNights, plural of layla, poetic Arab female name ليانLayanGentle, soft ليلىLaylaNight, dark beauty, beloved of the classical Arabic poetic tradition لينLeenSoft, gentle ليلىLeilaNight ليلىLejlaLayla, Bosnian spelling ليناLenaTender, European Muslim convert bridge ليلىLeylaNight ليانLianSoft, gentle, short modern form used across global Muslim communities لينةLinaTender, soft, and a young palm tree ليانةLiyanaSoft, gentle, tender, the woman of graceful yielding strength لبنىLoubnaStorax tree, North African girls name لويزةLouizaLouisa, Algerian/Kabyle girls name لجينLoujainSilver لبابةLubabaEssence, the innermost, the companion of the Prophet and mother of Ibn Abbas لبابةLubabahDeeper content, Lubaba bint al-Harith, one of the first Muslims لُبانLubanLuban, Frankincense, top Arab girls لبنىLubnaStorax tree, the fragrant tree of lasting quality لجينLujainSilver, top Saudi and Gulf girls name لجينةLujainaSilver لؤلؤةLulwaPearl, Gulf girls name لوناLunaMoon, global Muslim converts + Urdu ليلىLylaNight, Western romanisation of Layla

Of the 38 names on this page, these are the ones people open most often on AsrNaam. The figures come from our own Search Console data, not from a guess at what is fashionable.

  1. LamiaلاميةShining dark
  2. LiyanaليانةSoft, gentle, tender, the woman of graceful yielding strength
  3. LaraلاراCheerful, global trending Muslim girls name
  4. LouizaلويزةLouisa, Algerian/Kabyle girls name

Arabic girl names beginning with L

The English letter L has no Arabic counterpart of its own. Every name on this page is written in Arabic beginning with Lam, and it is that letter, not the Latin L, that carries the reading in the Science of Letters.

Each letter above links to its full reading: sound, abjad value, element, and the divine name it is associated with. See all twenty-eight letters.

Islamic girl names beginning with L

Islamic tradition asks two things of a name: that its meaning be good, and that it not claim for a child what belongs to God alone. Every name listed on this page is checked against both, which is why a pleasant-sounding name with an unhappy meaning does not appear here.

One of them appears in the Quran, or is borne by a figure named in it.

Laraibلا ريب

Browse the full sets: Quranic names, prophet names, angel names.

Muslim boy names starting with L

Looking for a boy name instead? 20 Muslim boy names start with L.

Luayلؤي Lucasلوكاس Latifلطيف Lamineالأمين Loubnanلبنان Lameenلامين Louayلؤي Labibلبیب

See all 20 Muslim boy names starting with L or all 58 names starting with L.

Questions about Muslim names starting with L

How many Muslim girl names start with L?
AsrNaam lists 38 of them. Across boys and girls together the letter L accounts for 58 researched names, 20 for boys and 38 for girls. Every one has its Arabic spelling, its meaning, and its letter-by-letter Ilm ul Huroof reading.
What Arabic letter does L correspond to?
One letter only. Every name here is written in Arabic beginning with Lam (ل), so the reading of all 38 of them starts from that letter: its element, its abjad value and the divine name attached to it. The Latin L is only how the name is transliterated.
Which Muslim girl name starting with L is most popular?
By what visitors actually search for and open on this site, Lamia, Liyana and Lara lead the letter L. The settled meaning of Lamia is: Shining dark. Popularity is worth knowing, but the tradition weighs meaning first.
Are there Quranic names beginning with L?
Yes, one: Laraib. A Quranic name is not required for a name to be Islamic, but many parents look for one.
What is the Ilm ul Huroof reading of a name starting with L?
Open any name on this page and you will find it: the name broken into its Arabic letters, each letter with its element, its abjad value and the divine name it is associated with, then a reading of the whole. It is a tradition for reflection, not for prediction.

Muslim girl names by other letters

Every letter has its own page, with the same meanings, Arabic spellings and readings.