Boys Names – Meanings & Origins

سَوْرَان

Soran is a Kurdish name for boys. It is the name of a region of northern Iraq and one of the main Kurdish dialetcs (Sorani) is attributed to it.

سُوَيْدان

Suaidan is an Arabic name for boys that means happy, joyful.

صُوفِي

A mystic, someone believing in Sufi mysticism.

سفيان

Ship builder. Abu Sufian: name of a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.

صُلْح

Sulh is an Arabic name for boys that means peace, ceasefire, end of conflict and trouble.

سَرَق

Thieves, name of a distinguished Sahabi RA.

سُوَيْف

Suwaif is an Arabic name for boys that means patient, enduring.

طَاحّ

Name of a Surah in the Holy Quraan.

تَبْصِير

Tabseer is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means enlightenment, education, to give insight.

تَدْبِير

Tadbir is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means to organize, to procure, to arrange, to contrive, to devise, to work out.

تَدْرِيس

Tadris is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means to study, to research, to look into.

تَيَهَان

Taihan is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means so vast that you can get lost in it. Taihan is derived from the T-Y-H26 root which is used in verse 5:26 of the Quran.

تَكْليف

Takleef is an Arabic name for boys that means to give someone an assignment/burden/task/duty.

طَلَّال

Being pleasant, nice, admirable, agreeable, joy, a beautiful.. form or appearance

طَالِب

Student, Seeker (of truth), pursuer.

تَنَعُّم

Wave of the Sea, Rythem

تَرِيم

Tareem is an Arabic name for boys that means one who humbles himself in supplication in front of God.

طُرَيِّف

Rare, uncommon, strange, curious.

طَرِب

Lively, gleeful, merry.

تَسْكِين

Taskeen is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means serenity, tranquility.

تَسْطِير

Tasteer is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means to write, to author, to draw.

تَصْوِير

Tasweer is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means to picture, to describe. It also means to paint.

تَوَدُّد

Endearment, showing love or affection to, gaining the love of another.

طَوّاف

Tawaf is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means circumambulation, the circular walking around the Kaaba during the Haj proceedings. It is derived from the T16-W-F root which is used in many places in the Quran.

تَوكُّل

Tawakkul is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means to trust in God, to rely on God. It is derived from the W-K-L root which is used in many places in the Quran.

طَوِيل

Taweel is an Arabic name for boys that means tall, long.

طَوْل

Tawl is an Arabic name for boys that means might, power, strength, respite.

طَايِل

Tayil is an Arabic name for boys that means great, high of rank and status, powerful, generous.

ثَمِين

Thameen, also simplified as Sameen, is an Arabic name for boys that means precious, valuable.

ثَامِر

Fruitful, productive

طُوَيْلِب

Tuwailib is an Arabic name for boys that means seeker of knowledge, student. It is a diminutive form of Talib.

عُبَيْدة

Servant of Allah, worshiper of Allah

عَدِيّ

Warrior. Udai is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means small group of warriors attacking the enemy. Udai is the diminutive form of the Arabic boy name Adiand is derived from the Quranic AIN-D-A root.

عُفَيْر

Brave, Strong and Courageous

أَمَد

Hope, expectation, trust

عُتَيِّق

Utaiq is an Arabic name for boys that means generosity, goodness, virtue. It is the diminutive form of Itq .

عُتْبَة

Threshold, Between valley, Bin Ghazwan was a narrator of Hadith who had this name.

عَوَّام

Name of a Sahabi who took part in the battle of Badr.

وَاحِد

Single, Exclusively, Unequalled, One, without partner, unique, an attribute applied to Allah Almighty.

وَائِل

One Who Returns (For Shelter)

وَدِيد

Arabic for loving, affectionate

وَدُود

Lover, warm-hearted, affectionate, friend, beloved. Al-Wadood, the All-loving: one of the names of Allah.

وَافّ

Waf is an Arabic name for boys that means faithful, loyal. It also means whole, complete, perfect.

وفاء

Faithfulness , The faithful, loyal

وَهَّاب

Gift, name of a Sahaabi(RA).

وَهْب

Grantor, Giver, One of the names of Allah

وَهْبَان

Name of a Sahabi (RA).

وُهَيْب

Waheeb is an Arabic name for boys that means gift, bestowal.