Behind the Name: dreaminghour's Personal Name List

Ghaliya

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: غالية(Arabic)

Pronounced: GHA-lee-ya

Personal remark: precious, valuable: Really like.

Means "precious, valuable" in Arabic.

Gulzar

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Urdu

Other Scripts: گُلزار(Urdu)

Personal remark: rose garden:

Urdu form of Golzar.

Jalila

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: جليلة(Arabic)

Pronounced: ja-LEE-la

Feminine form of Jalil.

Jameela

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: جميلة(Arabic)

Pronounced: ja-MEE-la

Alternate transcription of Arabic جميلة (see Jamila).

Jamila

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Hausa

Other Scripts: جميلة(Arabic) جمیلہ(Urdu)

Pronounced: ja-MEE-la(Arabic)

Feminine form of Jamil. This was the name of a wife of the caliph Umar.

Jamillah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: جميلة(Arabic)

Pronounced: ja-MEE-la

Alternate transcription of Arabic جميلة (see Jamila).

Janan

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: جنان(Arabic)

Pronounced: ja-NAN

Means "heart" or "soul" in Arabic, a derivative of جنّ (janna) meaning "to cover, to hide".

Jawahir

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: جواهر(Arabic)

Pronounced: ja-WA-heer

Means "jewels" in Arabic, ultimately from Persian گوهر (gōhar) meaning "jewel, essence".

Jawdat

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: جودت(Arabic)

Pronounced: JOW-dat

Means "goodness, excellence" in Arabic, derived from جاد (jāda) meaning "to be excellent, to be generous".

Jazbiya

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic (Rare)

Other Scripts: جاذبيّة(Arabic)

Pronounced: ja-dhee-BEE-ya

Alternate transcription of Arabic جاذبيّة (see Jazibiyya).

Jazibiyya

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic (Rare)

Other Scripts: جاذبيّة(Arabic)

Pronounced: ja-dhee-BEE-ya

Means "charm, attractiveness" in Arabic.

Jinan

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: جنان(Arabic)

Pronounced: jee-NAN

Means "garden" or "paradise" in Arabic, ultimately from the root جنّ (janna) meaning "to cover, to hide".

Jumana

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: جمانة(Arabic)

Pronounced: joo-MA-na

Means "pearl" in Arabic.

Sahar

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Persian

Other Scripts: سحر(Arabic, Persian)

Pronounced: SA-har(Arabic) sa-HAR(Persian)

Personal remark: dawn:

Means "dawn" in Arabic.

Samira 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Persian

Other Scripts: سميرة(Arabic) سمیرا(Persian)

Pronounced: sa-MEE-ra(Arabic) sa-mee-RAW(Persian)

Personal remark: companion in evening talks:

Feminine form of Samir 1.

Suha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: سها(Arabic)

Pronounced: SOO-ha

Personal remark: forgotten, overlooked: sad, but nice

Means "forgotten, overlooked" in Arabic. Al-Suha (also called Alcor) is the name of a star in the constellation Ursa Major.

Zahrah

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: زهرة(Arabic)

Pronounced: ZAH-ra

Personal remark: blooming flower:

Alternate transcription of Arabic زهرة (see Zahra 2).

Zaynab

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic

Other Scripts: زينب(Arabic)

Pronounced: ZIE-nab

Personal remark: a fragrant flowering plant:

Meaning uncertain. It is possibly related to Arabic زين (zayn) meaning "beauty"; it could be from the name of a fragrant flowering tree; or it could be an Arabic form of Zenobia, a name borne by a pre-Islamic queen of Palmyra. Zaynab was the name of a daughter, a granddaughter, and two wives of the Prophet Muhammad.