Six Names for Boys and Girls

Six Names for Boys and Girls

The final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “The first gift a person gives to his child is their name, so he should give them a good one.”[1]

Here are six names for children with their meanings and associations.

Three Names for Boys

Name

For general usage

Meaning

Association

Muhammad

Abd al-Wahhab

Servant of the Abundantly Giving

An attributive name of Allah prefixed with the term Abd

Muhammad

Azeem

Honourable and esteemed

A title of Allah’s Messenger  صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

Muhammad

Mustafa

Chosen

An epithet of Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

Three Names for Girls

For general usage

Meaning

Association

Lubna

Beautiful

The name of an honourable female Companion رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا

Faria (Fāriʿa)

Long-haired

The name of an honourable female Companion رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا

Qurrat al-Ayn

Coolness of the eye

The name of an honourable female Companion رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا


[1] JamꜤ al-JawāmiꜤ: 8,875


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