MUSLIM MALE NAMES
(T) Turkish origin   (P) Persian/Iranian origin  The rest are of Arabic origin
	Female Name	Meaning
A	Abdul-Aalee	Servant of the Most High
	Abdul-Aleem	Servant of the Omniscient
	Abdul Azeem	Servant of the Mighty
	Abdul-Azeez	Servant of the Mighty, the Powerful
	Abdul-Baari	Servant of the Creator
	Abdul-Baasit	Servant of the Extender, Creator
	Abdul-Fataah	Servant of the Opener (of the gates of sustenance)
	Abdul-Jabaar	Servant of the Mighty
	Abdul-Ghafaar	Servant of the Forgiver
	Abdul-Ghafoor	Servant of the Forgiver
	Abdul-Haady	Servant of the Guide
	Abdul-Haafiz	Servant of the Protector
	Abdul-Hakam	Servant of the Arbitrator
	Abdul-Hakeem	Servant of the Wise
	Abdul-Haleem	Servant of the Mild, Patient
	Abdul-Hameed	Servant of the Praiseworthy, the Ever-Praised
	Abdul-Haq	Servant of the Truth
	Abdul-Haseeb	Servant of the Respected, Esteemed
	Abdul-Jaleel	Servant of the Great, Revered
	Abdul-Kareem	Servant of the Noble, Generous
	Abdul-Khaaliq	Servant of the Creator
	Abdul-Lateef	Servant of the Kind
	Abdul-Majeed	Servant of the Glorious
	Abdul-Mateen	Servant of the Firm, Strong
	Abdul-Muhaimin	Servant of the Supervising, the Guardian, the Protector
	Abdul-Muiz	Servant of the Giver of Might and Glory
	Abdul-Mujeeb	Servant of the Responder
	Abdul-Mutaal	Servant of the Most High
	Abdul-Nasser	Servant of the Helper, granting victory
	Abdul-Qaadir	Servant of the Capable
	Abdul-Qahaar	Servant of the Subduer, the Almighty
	Abdul-Qudoos	Servant of the Most Holy
	Abdul-Raafi'	Servant of the One Who Raises (intellect, esteem), elevates
	Abdul-Raheem	Servant of the Most Compassionate
	Abdul-Rahmaan	Servant of the Mercifully Gracious
	Abdul-Raouf	Servant of the Most Merciful
	Abdul-Rasheed	Servant of the Rightly Guided
	Abdul-Razaaq	Servant of the Maintainer, the Provider
	Abdul-Salaam	Servant of the Peace
	Abdul-Saboor	Servant of the Patient
	Abdul-Samad	Servant of the Eternal
	Abdul-Sameed	Servant of the All-Hearing
	Abdul-Shakoor	Servant of the Most Thankful
	Abdul-Tawaab	Servant of the Forgiver
	Abdul-Wadood	Servant of the Loving
	Abdul-Waahid	Servant of the One
	Abdul-Wahaab	Servant of the Giver
	Abbas	Description of a lion
	Abedin	Worshipers
	Abed	Worship
	Abdullah	Servant of God
	Adil	Justice minded
	Aftab (P)	Sun
	Aga (T)	Owner, Chief
	Ahsan	Act of kindness
	Ajmal	Holy, more beautiful
	Akbar	Great, powerful
	Aklamash (P)	Pure, spotless
	Akram	Excellent, best
	Al Abbas	Description of a lion
	Alam	Universe
	Alamgir	Lord of the universe
	Ali	Protected by God, high, and one of the names of Allah
	Ameerally	An epithet of Khalifa Ali
	Amin	Blessing of God
	Amir	Rich
	Amir	Most excellent, glorious
	Amir/Ameer	Commander, Ruler, Chief
	Amzad	Glory
	Anjum (P)	Star
	Anjuman (P)	Meeting
	Anoush (P)
	Anwar	Devoted to God
	Arif/Areef	Learned, expert, authority
	Arlsam (T)	Lion
	Arman (P)	Ideal, hope, aspiration
	Arshad	More rightly guided, Holy
	Arshaq	More elegant, more handsome
	Asghar	Younger, smaller
	Ashraf	Nobler, more honourable
	Asim	Protector
	Aslam	Better, more perfect, more complete
	Ata (T)	Gift, present
	Azaad (P)	Freedom
	Azam	The greatest, more important, most powerful
	Aziz	Mighty, strong, dearly loved
B	Babur (P)	Lion; first Mughal Emperor of Hindustan.
	Baksh (P)	Gift or fortune
	Bacchus	Corrupted version of Baksh
	Baktiyar	Fortunate, lucky
	Basheer	One who carries good news
	Basit (A)	One who stretches, enlarges
	Baz (P)	Falcon
	Beg (T)	Honorific title, Noble, Lord, Prince
	Bilal	One of the first muezzin in Islam
C	Chaghatai (T)	Surname of the descendents of the Turkish tribe of Central Asia
	Chengiz (T)	Chengiz Khan
D	Dara (P)	Possessor, sovereign; son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan
	Dilawar (P)	Brave
	Dilbar (P)	Lover
	Dilshad (P)	Happy
	Dost (P)	Friend
E	Eijaz	Miracle, inimitability
F	Faiyaz	Generous, munificent, bountiful
	Faiz	Superabundance, effluence
	Faraz (P)	Devine, above, upon, on the top
	Fareed	Second to none
	Farhad (P)	A character in Shahnameh
	Farhat (P)	Happiness
	Farzad (P)	Splendid birth
	Farzan (P)	Wise
	Farookh	A good judge
	Fateh	Victory
	Fawwaz	Winner of victory after victory
	Fayyad	Generous, magnificent
	Fazil	Victorious, superior
	Firdaus	Heaven
	Firouz	Victorious
	Firoz	See Firouz
G	Ghalib	The best
	Ghazni (P)	Surname from the Afghan city of Ghazni
	Ghazni	Famous Delhi Suntanate
	Ghori/Ghuri (T)	The clan from the city of Ghori; Shahabuddin Ghori
	Gul (P)	Flower
	Gulfam	Flower colour
	Gulzar (P)	Garden
H	Habeeb	Lover, friend
	Hafeez	Protector
	Hamid	One who should be praised
	Haroon	Aaron, achievement
	Hashmat	Happy
	Hassan	Son of Ali, good
	Hashem	The Arab clan of the Prophet Muhammad (SWS).
	Humayun (P)	Auspicious, fortunate, one of the Mughal Emperors of India.
	Hussain	Name of a saint, beautiful; Third Imam of Shiites
I	Ibrahim	Abraham
	Ifran	Identity
	Imran	Powerful, Father of Maryam: mother of Prophet Isa
	Insanally	Followers of Ally
	Intakhab	Election
	Iqbal	Richness

	Irshad	Order
	Ishrat	Happiness
	Izhar	Expression
	Izmet (T)	See Ismat: First President of Turkey
J	Jaan (P)	Life, Love
	Jahangir (P)	Conqueror of the Universe; one of the Mughal Emperors
	Jalal	Richness
	Jalil	Respectable
	Jamaluddin	Beauty of the Religion (Islam).
	Jamshed (P)	The sun in Pisces; A King of Iran.
	Jamaluddin	Beauty of the Religion (Islam)
	Jansher (P)	Life of a Lion
	Javed (P)	Immortal
K	Kamal (P)	Perfection, excellence, completion
	Kamaluddin	Perfection of Religion (Islam).
	Kamran (P)	Successful, fortunate
	Karim	Kind hearted
	Khadim	Servant of God
	Khalid	Creator, immortal
	Khan (T)	A lineal descendant of Genghis Khan
	Khosrau (P)	A royal surname in Persia
	Khurram (P)	Cheerful, glad, fresh; Son of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan
	Khurshid (P)	Sun
	Khwaja (P)	A Title of learning
L	Liaqat	Liaqat Ali Khan first Prime Minister of Pakistan
	Latif	Variety
	Lodhi (T)	Ibrahim and Sikander; Sultan of India 1489-1526
M	Mahmood	Praised
	Mahtab	Moon
	Majid	Great, honourable
	Masheer (P)	Advisor
	Mansoor	Defended, protected by God
	Mazharally	Manifestation of Ally; An epithet of khalifa Ali
	Mehboob (P)	Lover
	Mirza (T)	Turkish title for Lord, Prince
	Mohammad	Name of the Prophet (p.b.u.h.)
	Moshin	One who does good
	Mubarak	Auspicious
	Mumtaz	Best, excellent
	Murad	Wish
	Murtaza	Chosen, approved
	Mustafa	Chosen
N	Nabeel	Noble
	Nadeem	Intimate, friend, companion
	Nadir	Rare, inaccessible
	Najeeb	Of noble descent
	Naseeb	Luck, fortune
	Naseem	Fresh air
	Nasser	Friend
	Nasseruddin	An helper of the Islam
	Nizam (T)	Ruler
	Nizamuddin (T)	Discipline of the religion (Islam).
	Noushad (P)	Happily born
O	Qasim	Judge
	Omar	Life, long living
	Ossama	Lion
P	Pasha (T)	A Turkish world meaning Lord
Q	Qutub (T)	Chieftain, Qutub-ud-din Aibak, Sultan of Hindustan
R	Raamiz	Symbol
	Rafi	High ranking, noble
	Rafik/Rafiq	Intimate friend, companion
	Rahim	Kind hearted
	Ramazan (P)	The Muslim month of Ramadhan
	Ramjan	Corrupted version of Ramazan
	Rashad	Integrity of conduct
	Rashid	Rightly guided
	Rasool	Messenger of God, Prophet
	Raunak	Fame
	Raza/Reza	Wish, agreement
	Razak	Protector
	Rehman	Kind hearted
	Rehmat	Kind
	Rifat	Development
	Riyaz	Garden
	Rizwan (P)	Satisfaction, contentment
	Rustam	Brave fighter
S	Sadik	Truthful
	Sahel	One who shows path
	Salim	Happy, peaceful
	Salman	Safe
	Sattar	One of the names of Allah; veiler of sin
	Sayeed	Leader, auspicious
	Selim (T)	see Salim
	Shabab	Fresh
	Shah (P)	Persian title for King, Ruler
	Shahab (P)	Shooting star, meteor
	Shahabuddin	Meteor of religion; Mughal emperor (ShahJahan) 1666.
	Shahrukh (P)	Face of the King
	Shamsuddin (P)	Light (torch) of Islam
	Shahfaraz/Safraz (P)	Devine ruler
	Shah-Nawaz (P)	Friend of the King
	Shakir	Thankful, grateful
	Sarfraz-Nawaz (P)	Famous Pakistani Cricketer Sarfraz Nawaz Malik.
	Shahbaz (P)	Royal Falcon, Noble
	Shahzad (P)	King/Emperor
	Shakeel	Handsome
	Shamshad (P)	Upright like a tree, handsome
	Shamsher (P)	Sword
	Shaukat	Prestige, richness
	Sharif	Gentleman
	Sherally (P)	An epithet of Khalifa Ali
	Shihabuddin	Sultan of Hindustan defeated the Hindu King Privitiraj.
	Shiraz/Shirazi (P)	From the Iranian city of Shiraz
	Sikandar/Iskander (P)	Alexander the Great
	Sikandar Lodi	Sultan of Hindustan; The famous Lodis of Afghan origin
	Siraj	Lamp
	Sohail	Moonlight
	Sohil	Handsome
	Suhail	Moonlight
	Sultan	King
T	Tahirally	Virtue of Ally
	Taj	Crown
	Talal	Nice, admirable
	Talat	Prayer
	Talib	Willing
	Tariq	Morning star
	Tazim	Respect
	Timur (T)	Timur of Tamerlane; Central Asia
U	Usman	Slave
W	Wahab	Kind hearted
	Wajid	Finder, lover
	Waris	Heir, inheritor, successor
	Wasim	Handsome, good looking
	Waseem	Famous Pakistani cricketer Waseem Barri.
	Wazir	Minister, Vizier
Y	Yaqub	A Prophet, the biblical Jacob
	Yasin	The opening letters of the first verse of Surat Yasin.
	Yasir	Easy, Ammar bin Yasir: a Sahaabi.
	Yunus	A Prophet, the Biblical Jonah
	Yusuf	Chosen by God
Z	Zafar	The best, victory
	Zahid	Saintly
	Zahiruddin	The first Mughal Emperor of Hindustan, Zah. Mohammad Babu.
	Zahur	Prominent, high
	Zakariya	A Prophet, the Biblical Zachariah and father of Prophet Yahya.
	Zaki	Intelligent, sinless, chaste
	Zaman	Time, age, era
	Zhobin (P)	Kind of spear
	Zia	Light
	Zubair	Pure
	Zulfiqar	The cleaver of vertebrae.