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Arabic Names This section is about how Arabs, and many non Arab Muslims, call themselves and what their names are like.
First Names Muhammad is the commonest first name amongst Arabs, and is also the commonest first name worldwide. مُحَمَّدٌ muhammad(un) Root: ح م د: thank, praise Structure: emphatic passive participle مُفَعَّلٌ Meaning: much thanked, much praised
The name Muhammad can also appear in compound first names, like: مُحَمَّد عَلِيّ muhammad-"aliyy
Or like my own name: مُحَمَّد هَاْنِيْ muhammad-haanee
Such compound names are recent, so it is not usual to noonate them (because there is no noonation in modern dialects in general). For religious reasons, Muslims also prefer names that are derived from the same root as Muhammad. So those names are also common. Examples (all male):
Other common Arabic names are compound names that have the name of God in them. The most common will be names that start with this word: عَبْدُ "abdu The slave or servant of ... Examples (all male):
God has about 99 names, and many of those are used in this same manner to create first names. Some Christian Arabs also use this method for naming. Example:
Other common names are Biblical names that were mentioned in the Koran for Muslims, or in the Bible for Christians and Jews. Examples, Koranic names:
Christians use some of these names in addition to other names from the Bible. They also use names of saints etc. Examples on Christian names that are not used by Muslims:
Other common names are names of Muhammad's companions. Those are many names, some of the prominent of which are (all male):
*The و is silent. Names of the wives and daughters of prophet Muhammad and of prominent female figures in Islamic history are also commonly used. Although in some Arab countries those names have become unfashionable nowadays. Examples:
There are also common names after prominent Arabs from pre-Islamic Arabia. Or names that were common in Arabia in general. Examples:
In Islamic culture, it was common to use compound names that have the word "religion" in them. Examples (all male):
As for modern Arabic first names in general, there are some generalities that can be made about them; like that they often have a clear meaning that is a good one. Many names take emphatic structures, like fa"eel فَعِيْلٌ :
Many names take active participle structures, like faa"il فَاْعِلٌ .
*Those names are not having the proper nominative declension (-in) here.
Many names take passive participle structures:
Also many names are structured on infinitive or verbal noun structures, especially female names.
Many names of non Arabic origin are also used by Arabs today. Especially Persian, Turkish, and Kurdish origins. Example, names of Persian origin:
Names of Turkish origin (though they are of ultimate Arabic etymology):
Christians, especially Levantine, are noted for using a lot of European names, especially French.
Paternal Cognomens Arabs have a universal way of nicknaming themselves that has been going around for thousands of years. An Arab man who has an eldest son named e.g. Muhammad will be called "the father of Muhammad." This is extremely common especially in the Asian Arab countries. It is called in Arabic كُنْيَةٌ = "a cognomen." Examples:
This is related to manhood in traditional Arabic culture. Every boy will have such a name when he reaches maturity, even before he has kids. Often the boy will choose a name for his future son and will call himself the father of that son, or he will be called father of his own father, especially if he was the eldest son, because the Arab tradition is that men name their sons after the grandfather of the son. People who don't have male sons may be called fathers of their daughters (like "father of Sarah"), but this is not very common. Women are also called mothers of their sons. Examples:
Calling a woman this way is not as important, and girls are not called like that before they have a real son, and maybe even more than one son. To call a man by this paternal cognomen instead of his first name is a sign of respect and amity in Arabic culture. When you get to know a man you will find out how is he called and start calling him like that instead of using his first name, or his last name; last names are not used to address a man in traditional Arabic culture. Paternal cognomens of some Arab leaders:
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