Moslem names

The names

• Samir

  Arabic

  "a friend to talk with in the evening"

  Samir has a pleasing sound and lovely meaning. One of those distinctive names that can also fit right in—and you could always call him Sam.

  

• Tamara

  Hebrew

  "date palm tree"

  Adding a final a to Tamar lends it a more sensual Slavic tone, making it a more popular choice than the original.

  

• Ayesha

  Arabic

  "alive"

  Variant of Aisha. In the 19th century novel She , Ayesha is a beautiful 2000-year-old queen of a lost city, and is known as "she who must be obeyed."

  

• Shireen

• Nasreen

• Noura

  Variation of Nur or Noor

  "light"

  Stylish and sweet, Noura is a strictly feminine form of the Arabic Nur. A name that could work well in various cultures and languages, Noura means "light" and is derived from one of 99 Names of Allah…

  

• Rumaysa

• Nusayba

• Jehan

• Muneeb

• Salman

  Arabic

  "safety"

  Salman is an Arabic name dating back to Salman the Persian, one of Muhammad's companions. In this country it is strongly associated with Anglo-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic…

  

• Sarmad

• Ubaid

• Abdurrahman

• Harith

• Huzaifah

• Sabreen

• Munira

• Zainab

• Tooba