Girls Names – Meanings & Origins

خُلَيْفَة

Khaleefa is a direct Quranic name for boys and girls. It means heir, successor, agent, deputy, trustee, and the Quran uses it to refer to all humanity, since humans are Gods agents, successors and representatives on Earth as is mentioned in the Quran.

خَلْصَت

Khalsat is an Arabic name for girls that means purity, safety.

خِمْرَة

Khamrah is an Arabic name for girls that means good scent.

خِصْبة

Khasabah is an Arabic name for girls that means blessed, filled with blessings.

خُطَيْبَة

Orator, speaker, fiance.

خُزَيْنة

Arsenal, treasure, house.

خَيْزُرَان

Khazran is an Arabic name for boys that means green-colored. It also means soft grass.

خُبْرَة

Khibrah is an Arabic name for girls that means expertise, deep knowledge.

خَلْفَة

Khilfah is an Arabic name for girls that means successor, that which replaces something else.

خِلْفَت

Khilfat is an Arabic name for girls that means successor, that which replaces something else.

خَمَّار

Khimar is an Arabic name for girls that means veil, scarf, cover, covering.

خَتَّام

Khitam is an Arabic name for boys that means seal. It also means ending, final, finale.

خَوْلَة

Name of a Sahabiyyah(RA).

خورشيد

Khorshid is a Persian name for girls, it is the Persian word for the sun.

خَلَد

Paradise, heaven, eternal.

خَلُود

Immortality, eternity, infinity

خُرَيْمة

Name of ibn Jazi RA, A companion of the Prophet PBUH also bin Sabit a noted companion who was martyred at Badr.

كِفَايَة

Kifayah is an Arabic name for girls that means contentment, satisfaction, adequacy.

قَيِّمة

Kimia is a Persian name for girls that means elixir, a mythical material that was believed to turn copper and silver into gold.

كِنْدَة

Kindah is an Arabic name for girls that means part of a mountain.

كَيْرَان

Ray or beam of light, Gold or silver tossels

كُحْل

Kohl is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means kohl, which is a substance that women use to beautify their eyes.

كُلْفَت

Kulfat is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means charge, burden, something entrusted to your care. It also means tan color, a color between black and red.

لَلَى

Gold, Ruby, Pearl and Coral. Lalee means pearls, it is the plural for Luluah (pearl). Pearl is mentioned six times in the Quran, such as in Surat al-Insan 76:19.

لَمِيس

Lamees is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means soft to the touch, smooth. It also means the sun.

لاريسا

Larisaa is a Persian name for girls that means precious, valuable. Its literal meaning is like silver coin, from Lari (a type of silver coin used in ancient Persia) and sa (Persian likeness suffix).

لَسْنَا

Lasnaa is an Arabic name for girls that means eloquent, fluent.

لُطَيْف

Latayif is an Arabic name for girls that means gentle, kind.

لويزا

The girl who was born to Eve with Abel.

لَوِيَّة

Laweeh is an Arabic name for girls that means apparent, visible, manifest.

لَيْلِيَّة

Layliyyah is an Arabic name for girls that means nightly, belonging to the night, like the night. It is the feminine form of Laily.

لِينَة

Layyanah is an Arabic name for girls that means affable, friendly, mild, gentle.

لَازِمَة

Lazimah is an Arabic name for girls that means wished for, sought after, in demand, desired.

ليليا

Lilia is a Persian name derived from the Arabic word Lail that means night.

لِوَاء

Liwaa is an Arabic name for girls that means flag, ensign, banner, standard. It also means general, major general. It also means brigade, a large division of an army. This name is different from the name of the famous Liwa Oasis in the United Arab Emirates.

لُبَابَة

The innermost essence

لَبَن

Pine tree , denotes long neck

لُطَيْفَة

Lutaifah is an Arabic name for girls that means gentle, kind.

لُطْفَة

Lutfah is an Arabic name for girls that means gentleness, kindness.

مَاوِيَّة

A young dog or fox (First Umayyad Khalifah)

مِدْحَت

Praise, lauding, eulogy..

مَهَا

Beautiful”, Radiant, literally meaning “moon-like”.

مَحَاسِن

Beautiful and Radiant

مَهِيرة

Skilled, Proficient, Adept, Expert.

مُحْكَمَة

Mahkamah is a Persian name for girls that means beautiful.

مَحْنُور

Light, Radiance, Glow of the moon, Moonlight

مُهِمَّة

Variant transcription of MUHAMMAD ( ) Means "praiseworthy".

مُحْرِز

One who has a face like moon.