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. He should give them one which is good.”[1]
Here are six names for children along with their meanings and associations.
Three Names for Boys
|
Name |
For general usage |
Meaning |
Association |
|
Muhammad |
Mājid |
|
A
descriptive name of the Prophet |
|
Muhammad |
Ḥashmat Razā |
Ḥashmat means glory and magnificence. |
The name of a famous scholar of the Ahl al-Sunna, Mawlana Ḥashmat ʿAlī Khān رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه. |
|
Muhammad |
Masʿūd Razā |
Masʿūd means fortunate. |
The name of a saint; Farīd al-Dīn Ganj Shakar رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه. |
Three Names for Girls
|
For general usage |
Meaning |
Association |
|
Rumaytha |
Fertile land |
The name of a female Companion رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا. |
|
Muṭīʿa |
Obedient woman |
The name of a female Companion رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا. |
|
Zīnat |
Beauty; adornment |
The name of a female narrator of hadith, Zīnat b. Abī Ṭulayq رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْہا. |
(Parents who are blessed with a son or daughter may choose one name from these suggested six names.)
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