Girls Names – Meanings & Origins

رِسْلِيَّة

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

رَزِين

Dignity, heavy and precious thing, souvenir.

رِزْقة

Rizqah is an Arabic name for girls that means provision, gift, blessing.

رَهِينة

Rohina is a Persian name for girls that means bejeweled steel, an item, such as a sword, thats made of steel and is adorned with jewels.

ربى

Spring, springtime, garden, Princess, Queen fem. of Rabi.

رَفَّاء

Rufaa is an Arabic name for girls that means kind, affectionate. It is a pet form of Rauf, Raafat and other names.

رُفَيْدَة

Support, Name of a Sahabiyyah who gave treatment to the injured in a hut of the mosque..

رُفَيدِيَّة

Rufaidiyyah is an Arabic name for girls that means helper, supporter, giver.

رَهْن

Ruhan is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means spiritual (i.e. related to the spirit), kindhearted, compassionate. It is derived from the R-W-H6 (spirit, happiness) root which is used in many places in the Quran.Ruhan is a Persian name.

رُوَحنَّا

Ruhana is an Arabic name for girls that means spirit, soul.

رَحِم

She was the daughter of al-Aswad and a narrator of Hadith.

رومان

Pl. of Rummana, pomegranate.

رَوْنَق

Runak is a Kurdish name for girls that means radiant, brilliant.

رُشْد

Right guidance, Maturity, Wisdom, Sensible Conduct.

رَسُول

prophets, messengers in Arabic.

رَوِيّة

Dream, vision ,Seeing, viewing, looking.

سَابِعة

Saabih is an Arabic name for boys that means clear, beautiful.

سَابِق

The first in a race, Name of a Sahabi (RA) who was the servant of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him).

صَابِه

Saaebah is an Arabic name for girls that means sensible, rational, intelligent.

صَافِح

Saafah is an Arabic name for girls that means frond, large and usually divided leaves in plants like palm trees and ferns.

سَاحَّة

Saaiha is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means flowing water, traveler for the sake of Allah, one who fasts often. It is derived from the S-Y-H6 root which is used in a number of places in teh Quran.

صَايِرَة

Name of a Sahabiyyah (RA).

سَالِكَة

Following, proceeding.

سَايح

Saayah is an Arabic name for girls that means effort, struggle.

سِبْت

Firmness, stability, certainty, endurance, boldness, truth.

سُبَيِّل

Way, path, road, route. It is one of the most common words in the Quran, mentioned over 160 times.

سُبَيْلَا

Sabeela is an indirect Quranic name for girls that has the same meaning as Sabeel. It means path, road, way. It is derived from the S-B-L root which is used often in the Quran.

سُبَيْت

Well established, certain, sure, fem. of Sabit.

صَدَاقَة

Sadaaqah is an Arabic name for girls that means friendship, affection, closeness.

سَادَات

Happiness, bliss, felicity, success.

صُدَيْقَة

Friend, companion, fem. of Sadiq.

صَدَى

fortunate, lucky in Arabic.

سَادّيَّة

Lucky, Pious, Blessed, Prosperous, Feminine form of SADI

صَادِق

Honest, truthful, sincere, trustworthy.

صفاء

Clarity, purity, serenity, name of a hill in Makkah

صَفْوَت

Safwaat is an Arabic name for girls that means the best, prime, the finest, top. It is the plural of Safwah.

سَفَّاح

Killer, blood shedder.

صُفَّة

Good habit, plus point, speciality.

صَفْوَة

Moon, a spring which flows constantly.

سَفُوح

The best, the chosen

صَفْوَان

A Shining Star, Rock

صُحْبَة

Sahabah is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means companions. It is the plural of Sahabi and in Islamic literature it is used with the meaning of companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings of God upon him), which refers to Muslims who met the Prophet.

سَهَر

Time before day break, bewitch

سَاحِرَة

Moon, a spring which flows constantly.

سُهَرَة

Sahrah is an Arabic name for girls that means an act of staying up at night, vigil, especially to stay up late at night to take care of a child or sick person.

صَايِبَة

Straight, pertinent.

صائمة

Keeps fasts, Fasting woman, , fem. of Saim.

صَلَاة

Salaat is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means prayer, litany , a type of prayer that has prescribed times and methods of doing.