Hausa and Swahili form of Adam.
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...
Derived from Arabic أمن (ʾamina) meaning "safe, secure". This was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's mother, who died when he was young.
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From Swahili ishi meaning "live, exist", derived from Arabic عاش (ʿāsha).
From the name of an Islamic holy day that commemorates the death of Husayn ibn Ali. It is so named because it falls on the tenth day of Muharram,...
Means "luck, good fortune" in Swahili, ultimately from Persian بخت (bakht).
From the Swahili name for the constellation Boötes.
Means "blessing" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic بركة (baraka).
Means "born at night" in Swahili.
Means "kindness, favour" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic.
Means "consolation" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic فرج (faraj).
Means "joy, happiness" in Swahili, borrowed from Arabic فرح (fariḥa).
Feminine form of Halim. Halima was the name of the foster mother of the Prophet Muhammad.
From Swahili Alhamisi meaning "Thursday", from Arabic الخميس (al-khamīs), itself derived from خمسة (khamsa) meaning "five".
Alternate transcription of Arabic حوّاء (see Hawwa), as well as the Swahili form.
Means "gift, precious, beautiful" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic هديّة (hadīya).
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Arabic form of Abraham, also used in several other languages. This form appears in the Quran.
Means "spiritual leader" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic إمام (ʾimām).
Means "faith" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic إيمان (ʾīmān).
Means "building" in Swahili.
Means "Friday" or "week" in Arabic.
Means "Tuesday" in Swahili.
Means "angel" in Swahili, derived from Arabic ملك (malak).
Means "coral" in Swahili, originally a borrowing from Arabic مرْجان (marjān).
Alternate transcription of Arabic محمّد (see Muhammad) chiefly used in Egypt and Algeria. This is also the usual Dhivehi and Swahili form, and a...
Means "first (child)" in Swahili.
Means "child born on Thursday" in Swahili.
Combination of Swahili mwana meaning "child" and the name Hawa.
Means "child born during the festival" in Swahili.
Combination of Swahili mwana meaning "child" and the name Aisha.
Means "child born on Friday" in Swahili.
Means "divine grace" in Swahili, from Arabic نعمة (niʿma) meaning "blessing".
Means "purpose, aim" in Swahili, borrowed from Arabic نيّة (nīya) [1].
Hausa and Swahili form of Noah 1.
Means "light" in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic نور (nūr).
Meaning uncertain, possibly a Swahili variant of Umar.
Means "second (child)" in Swahili.
Means "mercy, compassion" in Swahili, from Arabic رحْمة (raḥma).
Meaning uncertain, possibly a variant of Sawda.
Possibly a Swahili form of Saif.
Means "lion" in Swahili. This is the name of the main character in the Disney movie The Lion King (1994), about a lion cub who exiles himself after...
Means "patience" in Swahili, from Arabic صبر (ṣabara).
Means "third (child)" in Swahili.
Means "wish, hope" in Swahili, from Arabic طمع (ṭamiʿa) meaning "to desire" [1].
Means "freedom" in Swahili.
Swahili and Hausa form of Zaynab.
Means "gift" in Swahili, derived from Arabic زواد (zawād) meaning "provisions" [1].
Means "Venus (planet)" in Swahili and Dhivehi. Both are borrowed from Arabic الزهرة (al-Zuhara), derived from the root زهر (zahara) meaning "to...