Muslim girl names starting with A
Girl names, from the Mothers of the Believers to Quranic virtues, with a one-line meaning.
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- Aaliyahعَالِيَة “High, elevated, sublime”
- Abrarأَبْرَار “The righteous”, the pious who do good
- Adnعَدْن “Everlasting abode”: the gardens of ʿAdn in Paradise
- Afraعَفْرَاء “White tinged with the colour of sand”; said of the gazelle
- Aishaعَائِشَة “She who lives”, alive and prosperous; name of a wife of the Prophet ﷺ
- Alaaآلَاء “The blessings” of Allah
- Aleynaأَلَيْنَا Modern Turkish name of uncertain origin; the meanings “exalted” or “divine light” are unfounded
- Alifأَلِف Name of the first letter of the Arabic alphabet; in Turkish, an image of uprightness and slenderness
- Alyaعَلْيَاء “Height, a lofty place”; figuratively, nobility
- Amalأَمَل “Hope”, the confident expectation of good
- Aminaآمِنَة “She who is safe, serene”
- Amiraأَمِيرَة “Princess”, she who holds authority
- Anoudالعَنُود “She who goes her own way”: the she-camel grazing apart
- Arwaأَرْوَى Female ibexes, the wild goats of the mountains; an old Arabic name
- Aseelأَصِيل “Of noble origin, authentic”; for girls, Asil, “smooth-cheeked”
- Asiyaآسِيَة Name of Pharaoh’s believing wife; in Arabic, asiya means a pillar, a solid structure
- Aslamأَسْلَم “The soundest, the safest”, from the root of peace; in Turkey, understood as “one who submits to Allah”
- Asmaأَسْمَاء “The beautiful one” or “the names”: a meaning debated since the early grammarians
- Atheerأَثِير “The preferred, the favourite”; in modern Arabic, also “ether”
- Atikaعَاتِكَة “Steeped in perfume”; also “pure, noble” according to the lexicographers
- Ayahآيَة “Sign, wonder” and “verse of the Quran”
- Azraعَذْرَاء “Virgin, pure”; al-ʿAdhraʾ, one of the epithets of Maryam