Gender | Unisex |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Hebrew, Arabic |
Meaning | hope |
Region of origin | International |
The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal
Hebrew bible, 1 Chronicles 7:35
Amal (English: /əˈmɑːl/ ; Arabic : أمل, lit. 'hope'; Hebrew : עמל, lit. 'toil' or 'labor') is a unisex given name of Hebrew and Arabic origin. It is mentioned in the Books of Chronicles of Hebrew bible. [1] Notable people with the name include:
Atiyyah, which generally implies "something received as a gift" or also means "present, gift, benefit, boon, favor, granting, giving".
Haddad is an Arabic surname meaning blacksmith, commonly used in the Levant and Algeria.
Nasir al-Din, was originally a honorific title and is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin. There are many variant spellings in English due to transliteration including Nasruddin, and Nasiruddin. Notable people with the title or name include:
Rami or Ramy may refer to:
Jamaal is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "beauty", and a surname. It is used in the Middle East, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and predominantly Muslim countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is also used amongst African American peoples.
Akram, is a given name and surname, derived from the Arabic root word Karam (كرم), meaning generosity. In the Arabic language, Akram is a comparative adjective and means "kinder." In Turkey and Eastern Europe, the name is also rendered as Ekrem/Eqrem. Notable people with the name include:
Nabīl or Nabeel, rendered in some languages as Nebil, is a male given name of Arabic origin, meaning "noble". The feminine version is Nabila, Nabeela, Nabilah, Nabeela or Nabeelah.
Yusuf is a male name meaning "God increases". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name Joseph. It is widely used in many parts of the world by Arabs of all Abrahamic religions, including Middle Eastern Jews, Arab Christians, and Muslims.
Tariq is an Arabic word and given name.
Waleed or al-Waleed (الولید), also spelled al-Walid, Walid, Oualid, or Velid, is an Arabic-language masculine given name meaning newborn child.
Abdul Wahhab is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Wahhāb, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the all-giver".
Zakariya is a masculine given name, the Arabic form of Zechariah which is of Hebrew origin, meaning "God/YHWH has remembered".
Hassan or Hasan is an Arabic, Irish, Scottish, or Jewish surname.
Tawfik, or Tewfik, is an Arabic masculine given name. The name is derived from the Arabic root: waaw-faa-qaaf (و-ف-ق), which means to agree or to reconcile. Tawfik translates to, "the ability or opportunity to achieve success". A spelling of Tewfik or Toufic is used more among French speakers. Tawfik can be used as a given name or surname. Since it is considered a "neutral" name in the Arabic language, many Arabic-speaking Christians as well as Muslims are named Tawfik. The Turkish equivalent is Tevfik, the Azerbaijani equivalent is Tofig or Tofiq, the Albanian equivalent is Tefik, the Bosnian equivalent is Teufik. Taoufik and Toufic are common in North Africa. Thoufeeque, Thoufeeq and Thoufeek are common in India. A phonetically similar Jewish name is Tovik or Tuvik (תוביק), actually a Yiddish diminutive of the Biblical Hebrew name Toviyah, which led to the Greek equivalent Tobias (Τοβίας).
Khalil or Khaleel means friend and is a common male first name in the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia and among Muslims in South Asia and as such is also a common surname. It is also used amongst Turkic peoples of Russia and African Americans. Abraham is given the title Khalīl-ullah in Islam. The female counterpart of this name is Khalila or Khaleela.
Omar/Umar/Omer is a masculine given name that has different origins in Arabic, Hebrew and German.
Salah is a Biblical and an Arabic given name and family name. Its meaning in the Bible is 'mission', or 'sending', whereas the Arabic meaning is 'righteousness', 'goodness', or 'peace'.
Suad and the variants Souad, Soad, stems from the Arabic verb sa‘ada which the name means "good luck, good fortune, happiness, auspicious, prosperous, favorable". Suad is another variant from the Arabic given name Saad.
Adil is an Arabic masculine given name and surname. Adil is a variation of the name Adel, an Arabic male name that comes from the word Adl, meaning "fairness" and "justice". It is a common name in the Muslim world.