Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Mariyah Name Meaning in Islam
Radiant white.
- Meaning
- Radiant white. Mariyah al-Qibtiyya, the Prophet's Egyptian wife
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Urdu
- ماریہ
- Pronunciation
- ma-RI-yah
- Lucky number
- 4
Is Mariyah an Islamic name? Yes. Mariyah is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Radiant white. Mariyah al-Qibtiyya, the Prophet's Egyptian wife. It was carried by Mariyah al-Qibtiyya. 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
Old Arabic. Māriya means white, radiant, bright. The Coptic Māriya bint Shamʿūn, gift from al-Muqawqis ruler of Egypt to the Prophet ﷺ, was mother of the Prophet's son Ibrahim.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Meem of love opens, Alif of origin, Ra of mercy, Ya of reaching, Ta of completion. A radiance held within love and finished in form.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Mariyah joins fire to earth, the will that decides with the patience that lasts. This is a name that asks its bearer to burn steadily rather than in bursts, and to plant what the fire has cleared. Running through the reading is Al-Mu'min, the Faithful, carried as a faith others can lean on, and beside it Al-Tawwab, the Relenting, adding the readiness to return and be returned to. A person named Mariyah plants what their fire has cleared.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Radiant white. Mariyah al-Qibtiyya (RA), the Coptic Egyptian woman who was sent as a gift to the Prophet ﷺ by the Muqawqis (the ruler of Egypt) in 628 CE. She accepted Islam. She gave birth to the Prophet's son Ibrahim, who died as an infant. The Prophet was deeply grieved at Ibrahim's death. On the day Ibrahim died, there was a solar eclipse, and some said it was because of his death, the Prophet said: 'The sun and moon do not eclipse for the death or life of anyone. When you see them, pray.'.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Mariyah al-Qibtiyya . Coptic concubine of the Prophet ﷺ, mother of his son Ibrahim
How to Pronounce Mariyah
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They are the same name. Mariyah is also written Mariya. One name, several romanisations of مارية.
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