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

Names beginning with H 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.

743 names found

Habaq

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Habaq is an Arabic name for boys and girls that refers to a group of plants known as Ocimum in English, the best known plant among which is basil.

Hadeed

Arabic

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It's an Arabic name for boys that means iron, sharp, penetrating. It is derived from the H6-D-D root which is used in a number of places in the Quran.It is also the name of chapter 57 of the Quran. Scholars recommend if you use the name Hadeed, use it for its meaning, don't use it as a reference to a chapter of Quran

Hadees

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Hadees, which is an easier pronunciation of Hadeeth, is a direct Quranic name for boys and girls that means speech, dialog, new, modern. Hadeeth is used commonly to refer to the sayings of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah upon him. Allah refers to the Quran as Ahsan al-Hadeeth (the Most Excellent Speech).

Hajib

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Doorman, janitor, bailiff, eyebrow, edge, covering, Ibn Hajib was the name of the director of the Bureau of the Sawad under Muizz Al-Dawlah

Hajid

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Hajid is a Arabic name for boys that means one who sleeps. It also means one who prays during the night, one who prays the tahajjud prayer, which refers to a lengthy voluntary prayer that can be performed during the night before dawn.

Halil

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Halil is an Arabic name for boys that means clear, prominent. It also means happy. It also means pouring rain, a rain that falls heavily and continuously.

Hallaj

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Cotton ginner, Al-Husayn ibn Mansur had this name, he was a famous martyr brought up at al-Wasit and grew up as an ascetic and extreme mystic.

Hamamah

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This was the name of a female slave who suffered much punishment for the sake of Allah but Sayyidina Abu Bakr (R.A) bought her and emancipated her.

Hameda

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Thankful. Hameda is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means thankful, woman who praises Allah often. It is derived from the H6-M-D root which is very common in the Quran and is the root for other names like Muhammad and Ahmad. BLANKENTER This name is not to be confused with Hameeda.

Hammadah

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Hammadah is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means one who praises often, especially one who praises God often. It can also be a pet form of names like Muhammad, Mahmud and others.

Hammadi

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Hammadi is an Arabic name for boys that means praiseworthy, being a pet form of Muhammad, Mahmud and other names. It can also be considered the attributive form of Hammadah, meaning one who praises, one who praises God.

Hamnah

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Name of a Sahabiyyah, who is known as Hamnah bint Jahsh and she was a sister of Hazrat Zainab (RA), The daughter of Jahsh al-Asdiyah was so named she narrated Hadith..

Hanifaa

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Hanifaa is an Arabic name for girls that means monotheist, a person who believes in the oneness of God and is a devoted believer. It a phonetic variant of Hanifah.

Hannufah

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Hannufah is an Arabic name for girls that means monotheist, a person who belongs in the oneness of God. It also means one who belongs to the Hanafi School of Jurisprudence, which is one of the four major schools of Sunni Islam.

Hanwa

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Hanwa is an Arabic name for girls that refers to a group of plants with purplish flowers in the sunflower family known as Xeranthemum in scientific literature.

Haritha

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It's an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that means cultivator, farmer (literally one who plows), it also means lion. Haritha is an ancient Arabic name for boys and is a stronger form of Harith, and it is the name of many Sahaba(companions of the Prophet(PBUH), such as Haritha ibn ar-Rabee, Haritha bin Badr,

Haroona

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It's an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls. It is a non-standard modification of the Quranic name Harun, common mostly in Africa (for boys) and South Asia (for girls).Since Harun is not an Arabic word, the meaning is not perfectly known. Some sources say it means mountain.

Hashaam

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Hashaam is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means breaker, brave destroyer of evil. It is a stronger form of the name Hashim. It is derived from the H26-SH-M root which is used in Surat al-Kahf in the Quran:

Hattab

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Hattab is an Arabic name for boys that means lumberjack, woodcutter, wood gatherer, timberman, timber merchant, a person whose work involves wood and timber one way or another. This name should not be confused with Khattab, which in Turkish is spelled and pronounced as Hattab.

Hawraa

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Hawraa is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means white, fair, and when used to describe the eyes it means eyes whose black part is intense black and whose white part is intense and pure white. It is derived from the H6-W-R root which is used in many places in the Quran to describe the companions of Paradise.

Hazeem

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Hazeem is an Arabic name for boys, and less commonly for girls, that means thunder. It also means the sound of hooves, the sound that horses make when they walk. It also means continuous, unending rain.

Hijra

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Hijra is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means to leave, to avoid, and it refers to leaving or avoiding something for the sake of Allah. It commonly refers to the historical event in which the Muslims left their homes in Makkah to go to the city of al-Madinah. Hijra is derived from the H26-J-R Quranic root.

Hillah

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Hillah is an Arabic name for girls that means shower of rain, a single downpour, an instance of rain. It also means beginning of the (lunar) month.

Homa

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Homa is a Persian name for girls that means blessed, fortunate. It is also the name of a mythical bird that flew higher than all birds.

Hujaymah

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Attack, This was the name of Huyama al-Awsabiyah al-Danishqiyah, she was a jurist of great rank and a very pious woman, however, another greater woman, wife of Abu Darda, was known as Umm Darda, she had this name and she was a narrator of Hadith.

Hunaifah

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Hunaifah is an Arabic name for girls that means monotheist, a person who believes in the oneness of God. It also means devoted believer, virtuous.

Hunain

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Hunain is the name of a battle mentioned in the Quran, which was won by the Muslims. Hunain is the name of a valley between at-Taif and Mecca in which the battle took place. The literal meaning of the word is not known, it is derived from the H6-N-N root which has meanings of longing, yearning, nostalgia.

Hunoon

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Hunoon is an indirect Quranic name for girls. It is the plural of Haneen, which is another name for Jamaad al-Ula, the 5th month of the Islamic calendar. BLANKENTER Hunoon might also be a misspelling or mispronunciation of Hanoon, which is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means compassionate and loving.

Huraira

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Huraira is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means little cat, kitten. It is used by Muslims after Abu Huraira who is a sahabi (i.e. a companion of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah upon him and his companions). Linguistically, huraira is the diminutive form of hirr (cat).