Form of Elijah used in several languages. This is also the form used in the Greek New Testament, as well as some English translations.
Evren
Gender:Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Turkish
Pronounced:ehv-REHN
Means "cosmos, the universe" in Turkish. In Turkic mythology the Evren is a gigantic snake-like dragon.
Hadi
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Indonesian
Other Scripts:هادي(Arabic)هادی(Persian)
Pronounced:HA-dee(Arabic, Indonesian)
Means "leader, guide" in Arabic, from the root هدى (hadā) meaning "to lead the right way, to guide".
Hafsa
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Turkish
Other Scripts:حفصة(Arabic)حفصہ(Urdu)
Pronounced:HAF-sa(Arabic)
Means "gathering" in Arabic. This was the name of the daughter of Umar, the second caliph, and a wife of Muhammad. It was also borne by the influential mother of Süleyman the Magnificent.
Hala
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts:هالة(Arabic)
Pronounced:HA-la
Means "halo around the moon" in Arabic. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
Nadia 2
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts:ناديّة(Arabic)نادیہ(Urdu)নাদিয়া(Bengali)
Pronounced:na-DEE-ya(Arabic)
Alternate transcription of Arabic ناديّة (see Nadiyya), as well as the usual form in several other languages.
Persian form of Thurayya. It became popular in some parts of Europe because of the fame of Princess Soraya (1932-2001), wife of the last Shah of Iran, who became a European socialite.
Thamina
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts:ثمينة(Arabic)
Pronounced:tha-MEE-na
Means "valuable, precious, priceless" in Arabic.
Zayn
Gender:Masculine
Usage: Arabic
Other Scripts:زين(Arabic)
Pronounced:ZIEN
Means "beauty, grace" in Arabic. This was the name of a son of Husayn ibn Ali. Shia Muslims consider him to be the fourth imam.
This name is borne by the British singer Zayn Malik (1993-), formerly a member of the band One Direction. It gained popularity in America and parts of Europe after One Direction became well-known in 2011.