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Muslim Girl Names Starting with U

19 Muslim girl names starting with U, each with its Arabic spelling, meaning, and full Ilm ul Huroof reading. Popular picks include Ula, Ulfat, Ulya. Girls and boys together are on the all names with U page.

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Ula, Ulfat, Ulya, Umama
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What is on this page? 19 Muslim girl names starting with U, each with its Arabic spelling, meaning, and full Ilm ul Huroof reading. Popular picks include Ula, Ulfat, Ulya. Girls and boys together are on the all names with U page. Every name links to its full page.

علاUlaHighness, eminence, exalted rank الفتUlfatAffection, friendship, Pakistani/Urdu girls عُلياUlyaHighest أمامةUmamaUmama, Umama bint Zaynab, Prophet granddaughter أميمةUmaymaLittle mother, companion, mother of Zaynab bint Jahsh برکةUmm AymanBarakah, who the Prophet called 'my mother after my mother' أم حكيمUmm HakimThe mother of Hakim أم حرامUmm HaramMother of the Sacred, companion promised paradise as a martyr in a naval battle كُلْثُومUmm KulthumUmm Kulthum, Star of the East أم سلمةUmm SalamaUmm Salama, Prophet wife of great wisdom أم سلمةUmm SalamahThe mother of Salamah أم سليمUmm SulaymMother of Sulaym, the companion whose dowry was her husband's Islam أمنيةUmniyyaUmniyya, Wish, classical Arabic girls form أَنَسUnsUns, Intimacy, Islamic concept boys عقيلةUqaylahUqaylah, Noble woman, Zaynab title girls عروجUroojAscent, rising, the celestial rise عروجUrujAscent, rising, variant of Urooj عروةUrwaUrwa, Handhold, companion Urwa ibn Zubayr عظمىUzmaGreatest, Pakistani girls name

Of the 19 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. Umm KulthumكُلْثُومUmm Kulthum, Star of the East
  2. UnsأَنَسUns, Intimacy, Islamic concept boys
  3. UlfatالفتAffection, friendship, Pakistani/Urdu girls
  4. Umm Salamaأم سلمةUmm Salama, Prophet wife of great wisdom
  5. Umm Salamahأم سلمةThe mother of Salamah

Arabic girl names beginning with U

The English letter U has no single Arabic counterpart. The 19 names on this page open with 2 different Arabic letters, and in the Science of Letters each of those carries a different quality, element and divine name. Two names that both look like U in English can begin very differently once they are written in Arabic.

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 U

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.

None of the names starting with this letter are Quranic in the strict sense, but each one has been checked for meaning and for the rule against divine-only titles before it was listed.

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

Muslim boy names starting with U

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

Usmanعُثْمَان Uqbaعقبة Uzairعزير Umairعُمَيْر Ubaidعبيد Ubay ibn Kaabأُبَي بن كعب Ulanاولان Ulmasالماس

See all 20 Muslim boy names starting with U or all 39 names starting with U.

Questions about Muslim names starting with U

How many Muslim girl names start with U?
AsrNaam lists 19 of them. Across boys and girls together the letter U accounts for 39 researched names, 20 for boys and 19 for girls. Every one has its Arabic spelling, its meaning, and its letter-by-letter Ilm ul Huroof reading.
What Arabic letter does U correspond to?
There is no single answer, which is what makes this letter interesting. Most often U stands for Hamza (أ), which opens 9 of these names. It can also stand for Ain. Each of those Arabic letters has its own element and divine name in the Science of Letters, so two names that look alike in English can read very differently.
Which Muslim girl name starting with U is most popular?
By what visitors actually search for and open on this site, Umm Kulthum, Uns and Ulfat lead the letter U. The settled meaning of Umm Kulthum is: Umm Kulthum, Star of the East. Popularity is worth knowing, but the tradition weighs meaning first.
Are all names starting with U Islamic names?
Not automatically. A name becomes Islamic through its meaning and through the absence of any claim on what belongs to God alone, not through its spelling or its first letter. Every name listed here has been checked on both counts.
What is the Ilm ul Huroof reading of a name starting with U?
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.