Behind the Name: WisteriAvis's Personal Name List

Zulekha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: زليخا(Arabic)

Pronounced: zoo-LIE-kha

Rating: 20% based on 3 votes

Alternate transcription of Arabic زليخا (see Zulaykha).

Zahira

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: ظهيرة, زاهرة(Arabic)

Pronounced: dha-HEE-rah, ZA-hee-rah

Rating: 23% based on 3 votes

Feminine form of Zahir.

Sakina

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu

Other Scripts: سكينة(Arabic) سکینہ(Urdu)

Pronounced: sa-KEE-nah(Arabic)

Rating: 27% based on 3 votes

Means "calmness, peace" in Arabic.

Ruqayyah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: رقيّة(Arabic)

Pronounced: roo-KIE-yah

Rating: 20% based on 3 votes

Derived either from Arabic رقى (ruqia) meaning "rise, ascent" or from رقية (ruqyah) meaning "spell, charm, incantation". This was the name of one of the daughters of the Prophet Muhammad. She became a wife of Uthman, the third caliph of the Muslims. The name was also borne by daughters of Ali and Husayn.

Rashida

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: رشيدة, راشدة(Arabic)

Pronounced: ra-SHEE-dah, RA-shee-dah

Rating: 33% based on 3 votes

Feminine form of Rashid.

Nasim

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu

Other Scripts: نسيم(Arabic) نسیم(Urdu)

Pronounced: na-SEEM(Arabic)

Rating: 17% based on 3 votes

Means "breeze" in Arabic.

Micaiah

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: מִיכָיָהוּ, מִיכָיְהוּ, מִיכָיָה(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: mi-KIE-ə(English)

Rating: 20% based on 3 votes

Means "who is like Yahweh?" in Hebrew. This name occurs in the Old Testament in a variety of Hebrew spellings, belonging to both males and females. It is the full name of Micah, both the prophet and the man from the Book of Judges. As a feminine name it belongs to the mother of King Abijah (at 2 Chronicles 13:2), though her name is listed as Maacah in other passages.

Mariam

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical Greek, Georgian, Armenian, Malay, Arabic

Other Scripts: Μαριάμ(Ancient Greek) მარიამ(Georgian) Մարիամ(Armenian) مريم(Arabic)

Pronounced: MA-REE-AM(Georgian) mahr-YAHM(Armenian) MAR-yam(Arabic)

Rating: 20% based on 3 votes

Form of Maria used in the Greek Old Testament, as well as the Georgian, Armenian and Malay form. It is also an alternate transcription of Arabic مريم (see Maryam).

Jazibiyya

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic (Rare)

Other Scripts: جاذبيّة(Arabic)

Pronounced: ja-dhee-BEE-yah

Rating: 20% based on 3 votes

Means "charm, attractiveness" in Arabic.

Isra

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: إسراء(Arabic)

Pronounced: ees-RA

Rating: 17% based on 3 votes

Means "nocturnal journey", derived from Arabic سرى (sara) meaning "to travel at night".

Farah

Gender: Feminine & Masculine

Usage: Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay

Other Scripts: فرح(Arabic, Persian, Urdu)

Pronounced: FA-rah(Arabic)

Rating: 37% based on 3 votes

Means "joy, happiness" in Arabic.

Faigel

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Yiddish (Rare)

Other Scripts: פֿייגל(Yiddish)

Rating: 0% based on 2 votes

From Yiddish פֿויגל (foigl) meaning "bird", a vernacular form of Zipporah.

Fahima

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: فهمة(Arabic)

Pronounced: FA-hee-mah

Rating: 27% based on 3 votes

Feminine form of Fahim.

Dana 4

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Persian, Arabic

Other Scripts: دانا(Persian, Arabic)

Pronounced: DA-na(Arabic)

Rating: 20% based on 3 votes

Means "wise" in Persian.

Asenath

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical

Other Scripts: אָסְנַת(Ancient Hebrew)

Pronounced: AS-i-nath(English)

Rating: 0% based on 1 vote

Means "devoted to the goddess Neith" in Ancient Egyptian. In the Old Testament this is the name of Joseph's Egyptian wife. She was the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim.

Aisha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Hausa, Swahili, Kazakh, African American

Other Scripts: عائشة(Arabic) عائشہ(Urdu) Айша(Kazakh)

Pronounced: ‘A-ee-shah(Arabic) ie-EE-shə(English)

Rating: 53% based on 3 votes

Means "living, alive" in Arabic. This was the name of Muhammad's third wife, the daughter of Abu Bakr. Some time after Muhammad's death she went to war against Ali, the fourth caliph, but was defeated. Her name is used more by Sunni Muslims and less by Shias.

This name began to be used in America in the 1970s, possibly inspired by Princess Aisha of Jordan (1968-), the daughter of King Hussein and his British-born wife. It received a boost in popularity after Stevie Wonder used it for his first daughter in 1975.

Adina 1

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Hebrew

Other Scripts: עֲדִינָא(Ancient Hebrew) Ἀδινά(Ancient Greek) עֲדִינָה(Hebrew)

Rating: 23% based on 3 votes

From Hebrew עֲדִינָא ('adina') meaning "delicate". This name is borne by a soldier in the Old Testament. It is also used in modern Hebrew as a feminine name, typically spelled עֲדִינָה.