Guides
Nigerian Muslim Names: Hausa & Yoruba Forms Explained — Why Nasir becomes Nasiru and Rashida becomes Rashidat: a guide to Hausa and Yoruba Muslim …Can Muslims Use Non-Arabic Names? What Islam Says — Is it allowed to give a Muslim baby a Persian, Turkish, English or Indian name? What the h…How to Combine Two Names for a Muslim Baby — Ideas for blending two parents' or grandparents' names into a meaningful Muslim baby name,…Somali Names Guide: Spelling, Meanings & Popular Names — Why Somali spells Muhammad as Maxamed: how the Somali alphabet writes Arabic names, plus p…The 25 Prophets Named in the Quran: Names, Arabic & Meanings — All 25 prophets named in the Quran, from Adam to Muhammad ﷺ, with Arabic spelling and mean…Afghan Muslim Names: Pashto & Dari Names with Meanings — Afghan Muslim names explained: native Pashto names like Spogmai, Zalmay and Breshna, Dari …Bosnian & Albanian Muslim Names: Meanings and Origins — Bosnian and Albanian Muslim names explained: how Arabic names became Emina, Senad and Safe…Central Asian Muslim Names: Uzbek, Kazakh, Tatar & Chechen — Uzbek, Kazakh, Tajik, Tatar and Chechen Muslim names explained: Ruslan, Alisher, Feruza, S…Hausa Muslim Names: Meanings & the Arabic Names Behind Them — Hausa Muslim names explained: why Nasiru, Kabiru and Maimunatu end in -u and -atu, how Ara…Is It a Muslim Name? 60 Popular Names Checked — Is Zoya, Ayaan, Aarav or Meher a Muslim name? How to judge any name by its meaning, with h…Malay & Indonesian Muslim Names: Nur, Siti, Muhammad — How Malay and Indonesian Muslim names work: Siti, Nur and Nurul compounds, Mohd, bin and b…Persian Muslim Names: Meanings & Origins (Iranian Names) — Persian names Muslim families use: Helia, Sogol, Parham, Kaveh, Shahnameh heroes, Arabic n…Somali Muslim Names: Meanings, Spelling (X, C, Q) & Customs — Somali Muslim names explained: native names like Warsame and Hodan, Arabic names in Somali…Turkish Muslim Names: Meanings, Turkic vs Arabic Names — Turkish Muslim names explained: how Arabic names became Mehmet, Ahmet, Ayşe and Fatma, nat…Yoruba Muslim Names: Idiat, Lateefat, Rashidat Meanings — Meanings of Yoruba Muslim names like Idiat, Lateefat, Rashidat and Habibat, why girls' nam…