Muslim names starting with U
All names starting with U, for girls and boys, with a one-line meaning.
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- Uzairعُزَيْر Name of a man of the Children of Israel mentioned once in the Quran, identified with Ezra
- Umarعُمَر “Life, long life”, from the root ʿ-m-r; the name of the second caliph of Islam
- Uthmanعُثْمَان An old Arabic name: the young of the bustard, or of the snake according to other lexicographers
- Usaydأُسَيْد “Lion cub”, diminutive of asad, “the lion”
- Usamaأُسَامَة “The lion”: one of the proper names of the lion in classical Arabic
- Umairعُمَيْر Diminutive of ʿAmr or ʿUmar: “little life”, a wish for long life
- Umamaأُمَامَة An old Arabic name; according to the lexicographers, a herd of three hundred camels
- Ubadahعُبَادَة An ancient Arabic name from the root ʿ-b-d, that of worship (ʿibada)
- Ubayyأُبَيّ Diminutive form of ab, “father”; an ancient Arabic name
- Umm Haniأُمّ هَانِئ “The mother of Haniʾ”: the kunya of a cousin of the Prophet ﷺ, turned into a name in Turkey
- Umm Kulthumأُمّ كُلْثُوم “Mother of Kulthum”; kulthum, “with a full, round face”
- Umranعُمْرَان “Prosperity, the life of an inhabited, cultivated land”
- Uqbaعُقْبَة “The turn, the relay”; from the root of what follows and the outcome
- Urwaعُرْوَة “The handle, the loop”; figuratively, what one holds on to
- Uwaysأُوَيْس Diminutive of aws, “gift” or “wolf”