Six Names for Boys and Girls

Six Names for Boys and Girls

The final Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “The first gift a person gives to his child is their name, so he should give them a good one.”[1]

Here are six names for children along with their meanings and associations.

Three Names for Boys

Name

For general usage

Meaning

Association

Muhammad

ꜤAbd al-Ghafūr

Servant of He Who grants forgiveness

An attributive name of Allah Almighty prefixed with the word ꜤAbd

Muhammad

Abū Bakr

Foremost, i.e. superior

The name of the first Caliph of the Muslims, Sayyidunā Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq  رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ

Muhammad

Ṭalḥah

Empty stomach

The blessed name of a Companion رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ promised Paradise by the beloved Prophet   صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

Three Names for Girls

For general usage

Meaning

Association

                     Sārah

Honourable, dignified

The name of Sayyidunā Ibrāhīm’s wife رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا

Wajīhah

Beautiful

The name of Sayyidatuna Umm Salamah’s freed maidservant

RābiꜤah

Compassionate one

The name of the famous saintly woman Sayyidatuna RābiꜤah al-Baṣriyyah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْهَا


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