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Browse Muslim and Quranic baby names beginning with the letter B.

Names beginning with B can include modern names, traditional Islamic names and Quranic-inspired choices. This A–Z page makes it easier to browse them all in one place.

630 names found

Baanah

Arabic

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Baanah is an Arabic name for girls that means tall, slender and attractive. Its literal meaning is moringa, a type of tree. Baan is the general name of the tree, while Baanah means one moringa tree.

Babak

Arabic

boy

Babak is a Persian name for boys that means father, mentor, and in ancient Persia was used as an endearing term for fathers (similar to daddy in English).

Babar

Arabic

boy

Origin: Hindi. Literal Meaning: Lion. Contextual meaning: King of Jungle, Lion hearted, brave, courageous and exemplary leadership qualities. Highly, powerful and influential, very charsimatic and bold with splendor and positive radiance.

Badawi

Arabic

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It's an Arabic name for boys that has the same meaning as the English word Bedouin, who are an Arab ethnic group known for living the desert in tribes and clans. The Bedouin are known for their bravery and loyalty. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), spent the first few years of his life with a Bedouin family.

Badawiya

Arabic

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Badawiya is an Arabic name for girls, feminine of Badawi, that has the same meaning as the English word Bedouin, an Arab ethnic group known for living the desert in tribes and clans. The Bedouin are known for their bravery and loyalty. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), spent the first few years of his life with a Bedouin family

Bahareh

Arabic

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Bahareh is a Persian name for girls that means related to the season of spring, something that appears during spring (such as a flower or plant).

Bakhtar

Arabic

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Bakhtar is a Persian name for boys that means west, north, and in older Persian it meant east. The root of this name is the source of the English word Bactria, which was the name of a region that corresponds to todays northern Afghanistan. In Pahlavi (ancient Persian), Bakhtar meant star.

Bakira

Arabic

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Bakira is an Arabic name for girls that means virgin. It is the feminine version of the boy name Bakir. Bakira is a new word and is not mentioned in classical Arabic dictionaries.

Bali

Arabic

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Bali is a Turkish-Persian name for girls that means made of honey, like honey. It is formed from the Turkish word Bal (honey) and the Persian attribution suffix i.

Bariyya

Arabic

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Bariyya is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means creation, all living things created by Allah. It is derived from Allahs name of al-Baree, the Creator.It is derived from the B-R-Hamz (to create, to be innocent) root which is used in many places in the Quran.

Barrah

Arabic

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She was the wunt of the Prophet SAW, daughter of Abdul Muttalib and mother of Abi Salamah RA also the name of the daughter of Abi Tijarah al-Abdariyah who narrated from the Prophet (SAW)( AN)

Bashu

Arabic

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Bashu is an Arabic name for boys that means optimistic, joyful, cheerful. It is a Maghribi (Moroccan) derivation from the B-Sh-Sh root.

Basmin

Arabic

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Basmin is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means joyful, happy, cheerful. Its literal meaning is ones who are smiling. It is the plural of Basem.

Basna

Arabic

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Basna is an Arabic name for girls that means beautiful, attractive, and literally means soft and delicate. The formal Arabic pronunciation of this name is Bathna , but for ease both Arabs and non-Arabs write and pronounce it as Basna.

Bawan

Arabic

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Bawan is a Kurdish name for boys and girls that means fathers beloved, fathers darling. In modern Kurdish it is also used to mean parents.

Baydaa

Arabic

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Baydaa is anArabic name for girls that means great desert. It is also the name of a place between the cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.

Bayzaa

Arabic

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White. Bayzaa is a direct Quranic name for girls that means white, pure, moonlit night. The word Bayzaa is used six times in the Quran. Weve seen at least one instance in which the word Bayzaa is used for a boy, but since linguistically it is a feminine word it is best not to use it for boys.The masculine is Abyaz.

Behdokht

Arabic

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Behdokht is a Persian name for girls that is made up of the word Beh (good, virtuous) and dokht (girl), creating the meaning of good/virtuous girl/woman.

Behsa

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Behsa is a Persian name for boys and girls that means good, kind, virtuous, honorable. It is formed from Beh (good) and -sa (like), thus the literal meaning is one who is similar to good and virtuous people.

Behy

Arabic

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Behy is a Persian name for girls that means goodness (i.e. the state of being good), kindness, virtuousness, health, luck, fortunate.

Bidar

Arabic

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Bidar is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means punctuality, being early and on time. Bidar can also be a Persian name meaning awake. In the Persian version the i is a long sound, as Beedar.

Billal

Arabic

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Satisfies thirst, billal was he name of a black slave who ecsepted islam later became the 1st Muezzin (one who calls for prayer) of islam

Bizhan

Arabic

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Bizhan is a Persian name for boys. It is the name of a Persian hero mentioned in the Shahnameh, son of Gheev and Banu Gushasb (daughter of Rustam).

Borzou

Arabic

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Borzou is a Persian name for boys that means high in status, it is the name of the son of Sohrab, son of Rustam e Zal in Persian mythology. The origin of the name is the Avestan language.

Bozorgmehr

Arabic

boy

Bozorgmehr is a Persian name for boys. It was the name of an adviser to the Persian emperor Anushiravan. The name itself is formed from Bozorg (great) and mehr (kindness, mercy).

Burdah

Arabic

girl

She was al-Suraymiyah, and a very dutiful worshipper. She wept often so she finally lost her eye sight. When every thing was quiet and motionless, she used to call out in a melancholy voice, O! Habib (O loved one!) A.N.

Burhanah

Arabic

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Burhanah is an Arabic name for girls that means clue, proof, demonstration. In the Quran this word is used with the meaning of proof of Gods greatness, especially as a reference to the greatness of the Quran itself (see verse 4:174).

Busr

Arabic

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Unripe dates, It was the name of a companion ibn-Sufyan who was sent to scout Makkah from Zu-al-Hulayfah when they had intended to perform Umrah

Bustan

Arabic

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Bustan is a Persian name for boys and girls that means orchard, garden, forest, it can refer to any form of greenery and is the opposite of desert.

Buzur

Arabic

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Buzur is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means seeds, anything placed in the ground for growing new plants. It is the plural of Bazr.