Arabic Names

Commonly used Muslim name, also sometimes chosen to honor Egyptian president Gamal Abdel-Nasser. 

Nasser

A variant of the highly popular Noah, Nuh has featured in the UK Top 1000 on and off since the 2010s.

The lilting name of a range of mythical mountains, with an extensive menu of spellings, and a more unusual way of fitting in with current favorites Lila and Lola. 

Kalila

Strongly identified with peace-accord-seeking Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat. 

Anwar

Sena is one of those names that is as obscure in the Western World as it is simple and straightforward. Sena exists as a name in a range of languages and cultures and may be pronounced like Senna (with a soft e) or Sienna.
 
Sena is also a place name, a surname, the name of several groups of people, and the name of a genus of moth as well as a kind of wine, among other things.

Sena

An Arabic name with a strong, regal meaning, Aahil and its alternative spelling Ahil come from the Arabic word for "emperor" or "great leader" and is generally used to refer to someone who rules over a number of nations. In a recent year, the name ranked in the England and Wales Top 500.

Aahil

A variation of the Turkish Aslan, this spelling was a fast rising debut to the England and Wales  Top 1000 in 2025. With its leonine meaning and its association with bravery, it was notably used by model, dancer, and influencer, Adnaan Shaikh for his son born in 2025.

Azlaan

Lula has a firecracker personality, a singing and dancing extrovert. Interesting that Lulu was a Top 100 name when the Social Security list was born in 1880, but it's been sliding ever since and has not been in the Top 1000 for decades. Modern parents in love with Lulu might well reverse that trend.
 Lulu is the now grown daughter of musicians Edie Brickell and Paul Simon. In the Swinging London sixties, Lulu was a popular single-named Scottish singer--whose birth name was Marie.

Lulu

A favorite in Near Eastern cultures, with a charming meaning. 

Rana

A relative, or rather, the plural form of popular Layla, Layal shares the same Arabic root of layl. Pronounced as lay-YAL, lie-YAL, or lu-YAL depending on language, it has the cool, night meaning, and works as a palindrome name.

Layal

Simple and yet distinctive, Ara is a mythological name of a famously handsome king. Although it originated as a boys' name, in the contemporary US, it's now much more commonly used for girls.
 Ara was one of the many vowel-heavy two-syllable names popular at the end of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth--it went as high as Number 481 in 1884. It's also used as a nickname for Arabella.

This evocative Arabic name is often heard in India. 

Majid

Short form of the name Anglicized as Saladin, very popular throughout the Arab world. 

Salah

This spelling of Delilah is disproportionately common among the Amish.

Delila

Also transcribed as Mahir and Maheer, Maahir is an Arabic name meaning "wise" or "skilled". Dubai-based perfume company Lattafa used the name Maahir for one of their fragrance ranges in 2020, with the Maahir Legacy scent notably released in 2023, around when the name began to receive more attention in the US. In a recent year, it was given to 25 babies. 

Maahir

A contemporary feeling choice that doesn't feel overly trendy, Zaviyan is a multicultural option with several possible meanings. Given to a small but rising number of boys in the US, it also appeared in the England and Wales Top 1000 in a recent year.
 
 On one hand, Zaviyan may link back to the Basque name, Xavier, via its modern offshoots, Zavier and Xavion. As such, it would mean "new house", which comes from the place name, Etxeberria.
 
Alternatively, it may be considered an Urdu and Arabic name, with some sources suggesting it comes from Zahra or Azhar, meaning "bright, radiant, shining", and others indicating it is a form of Sufyan, meaning "slender, light". 
 
The name can be pronounced as zah-VEE-an, zahv-YAN, or ZAY-vee-uhn.

Zaviyan

A multicultural choice with a zippy yet elegant sound, Zemira may be interpreted as a variation of the Hebrew Zimri or the Arabic Zamir and Samir. From its Hebrew roots, Zemira may have the wonderful, melodic meaning of "song, music, praise", while from its Albanian origins, it is equally as tuneful, with the meaning "good voice". Alternatively, from its Arabic roots, it could mean "heart, mind, conscience" via Zamir and "companion for the evening talk" from Samir. 
 
Most familiar in Bosnia and Brazil, a recent year also saw it given to 45 girls in the US

Zemira

Although popular in the Muslim community as representing one of the 99 qualities of God listed in the Quran, this could be confused with the female Camille. It's also common in the West Slavic countries.

Kamil

A soft, strong name, commonly heard in the Middle East, Sahar is an Arabic and Persian name, associated with dawn and beginnings, and a Hebrew name, meaning "crescent", in turn linking it to the moon. Predominantly used as a feminine name, in Israel it leans slightly masculine. 
 
The name would be pronounced as SAH-hahr in Arabic and Hebrew and as sa-HAR in Persian.

Sahar

Popular in French-speaking countries in West Africa, including Mali, Guinea, and Senegal, Ousmane is a form of the Arabic Uthman, likely via Osman or Usman, used in Urdu, Turkish, Malay, and Kurdish. Usually interpreted as meaning "young bustard" — a bustard being a species of large, predominantly land-dwelling birds — it is occasionally linked to serpents and dragons too.
 
Connected to the third caliph of Islam, Ousmane recently featured in the French Top 300, and in contemporary times, is notably associated with footballers Ousmane Dembélé and Ousmane Diomande

Ousmane

Arabic names have become much more widely known and used around the world over the past few decades. 

The Arabic name Muhammad has risen to become reportedly the 

 in the entire world when all its spellings are counted together. Muhammad is Number 1 in England as well as throughout the Arab world and also ranks among the Top 100 boys’ names in Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and Australia.

Arabic baby names widely used over the decades

 include Omar and Xavier, Leila (in all its variations) and Zara. Celebrities have helped popularize such Arabic names as Zayn, Aaliyah, Farrah, and Iman.

 in the Top 500 in the US include Amir, Malik, Nasir, Omar, and Xavier. 

 in the US Top 500 include Aaliyah, Amina, Layla, Fatima, and Zara. 

 include Maryam, Noor, Ahmed, and Ali. Muslim parents of every nationality often choose Arabic baby names, so other choices such as Zayn and Zara, Samar and Rashid, Jana and Yousouf are widely used around the world.

Here is our complete list of Arabic names,  ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.

Arabic names are common in the Muslim community, and include stylish choices such as Layla, Amir, Zara, and Zayn, with meanings and popularity (Page 11)

325+ Arabic Names (with Meanings and Popularity)