In the same spirit as our boys’ names guide, this article brings together a curated selection of Muslim girls’ names across three categories: Quranic, names of the righteous women, and classical Arabic beauties. Each entry includes the Arabic script and the meaning you’re asking the name to carry with your daughter.
Naming a daughter in Islam
The Prophet ﷺ said that on the Day of Resurrection we will be called by our names and our fathers’ names, so we should choose beautiful names. The seventh-day aqeeqah for a girl is one animal (traditionally one sheep), with the meat distributed to family, neighbours, and the poor. Many families in many countries arrange this through a halal farm or a charity that distributes overseas.
A beautiful Islamic tradition is to choose a name that is both a prayer for your daughter and a signal of her heritage — something like Maryam, honouring the most noble woman mentioned in the Qur’an; or Sakina, meaning tranquility.
50 Quranic girl names
- Aaliyah عَالِيَة — high, exalted
- Aisha عَائِشَة — living, prosperous — wife of the Prophet ﷺ
- Aminah آمِنَة — trustworthy — the Prophet’s mother
- Anisa أَنِيسَة — close, affectionate companion
- Arub عَرُوب — one who loves her husband — from Surah al-Waqi‘ah
- Asma أَسْمَاء — most beautiful, prestigious
- Ayah آيَة — sign, Quranic verse
- Balqis بِلْقِيس — Queen of Sheba mentioned in Surah an-Naml
- Basima بَاسِمَة — smiling
- Du'a دُعَاء — prayer, supplication
- Fajr فَجْر — dawn — name of a surah
- Fatimah فَاطِمَة — one who abstains — daughter of the Prophet ﷺ
- Firdaws فِرْدَوْس — the highest paradise
- Hafsa حَفْصَة — gatherer, wife of the Prophet ﷺ
- Hajar هَاجَر — wife of Prophet Ibrahim
- Halimah حَلِيمَة — gentle, patient — the Prophet’s wet-nurse
- Hawa حَوَّاء — the first woman, Eve
- Hibah هِبَة — gift
- Huda هُدَى — guidance
- Iman إِيمَان — faith
- Jannah جَنَّة — garden, paradise
- Khadijah خَدِيجَة — the Prophet’s first wife, first Muslim
- Layla لَيْلَى — night, born at night
- Mariam مَرْيَم — mother of Isa عليه السلام; noblest of all women
- Nabila نَبِيلَة — noble, highborn
- Nida نِدَاء — call, invocation
- Nur نُور — light
- Rahma رَحْمَة — mercy
- Rania رَانِيَة — a gazing one, queen
- Rayhana رَيْحَانَة — sweet basil, fragrant herb
- Ruqayyah رُقَيَّة — ascending — daughter of the Prophet ﷺ
- Safa صَفَا — purity
- Safiyyah صَفِيَّة — pure, serene — wife of the Prophet ﷺ
- Sakina سَكِينَة — tranquility, inner peace
- Salma سَلْمَى — peaceful
- Sawda سَوْدَة — wife of the Prophet ﷺ
- Shifa شِفَاء — healing
- Sumayyah سُمَيَّة — the first martyr of Islam
- Tuba طُوبَى — blessedness; name of a tree in Paradise
- Umm Kulthum أُمُّ كُلْثُوم — daughter of the Prophet ﷺ
- Zainab زَيْنَب — fragrant flower — daughter of the Prophet ﷺ
Classical & beautiful names
- Afra عَفْرَاء — dust-coloured, light
- Alina عَلِينَة — noble, kind
- Amal أَمَل — hope
- Amina أَمِينَة — trustworthy
- Asiya آسِيَة — one who tends — wife of Pharaoh who raised Musa
- Bushra بُشْرَى — glad tidings
- Dalia دَالِيَة — grapevine, laden tree branch
- Farah فَرَح — joy
- Habiba حَبِيبَة — beloved
- Hana هَنَاء — happiness, bliss
- Inaya عِنَايَة — care, solicitude
- Jameela جَمِيلَة — beautiful
- Karima كَرِيمَة — generous, noble
- Lamia لَمِيعَة — shining, gleaming
- Lubna لُبْنَى — a fragrant tree
- Mahira مَاهِرَة — skilful, proficient
- Malak مَلَك — angel
- Maysaa مَيْسَاء — walks with pride
- Nadia نَادِيَة — dewy, generous
- Nusayba نُسَيْبَة — a brave companion warrior
- Rasha رَشَا — young gazelle
- Sana سَنَاء — radiance, splendour
- Siham سِهَام — arrows of fate, share
- Tasnim تَسْنِيم — a spring in Paradise
- Thuraya ثُرَيَّا — the Pleiades constellation
- Warda وَرْدَة — rose
- Yasmin يَاسْمِين — jasmine flower
- Zahra زَهْرَاء — brilliant, radiant flower
- Zaynah زَيْنَة — adornment, beauty
Choosing with intention
Write three finalists. Say each out loud. Ask: does this name carry a meaning I want my daughter to grow into? Is it easy to spell when she applies for a job one day? Does it honour the family?
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