Favorite girl Arabic names? Do you like the name “Aya”

[Anonymous]

I love Zara, Sumeira, Farrah, Aisha (ok, thats very obvious). I love Muslim girl names, actually.

[Anonymous]

I like Aya.

Leila, Zara, Dalia, Lina and Maya are also favorites.

[Anonymous]

Aminah
Aminata

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't love Aya, it seems as though it's missing something. Also means governess in Spanish.
Lots of great Arabic names for girls though! I like Zahra, Leila, Noura, Farah - many others too.

it means governess in Urdu.. well really.. nursemaid.. as well so im thinking it means something similar in arabic. its important that the name have a lovely meaning as well as sound. Nora is a good suggestion.

The people I know who've named their daughters Aya are thinking of Ayat, like Quranic verse, not nursemaid, but I agree many of us desis will think nursemaid first.

[Anonymous]

Amira
Mariam

I too love girl Arabic names.

[Anonymous]

Arwa, Esha, Zara, Sahar

[Anonymous]

Aya is lovely, easy to pronounce and spell. I also love Lina, Nadia, Nora, and Mira (more than Amira).

[Anonymous]

I have a daughter, Nora. I never knew/considered it to be Arabic, but I did name her after an Egyptian student I once had. Since then several people have told me that it is Arabic and means something like light, or the first light after it Darkness (my HVAC provider was Moroccan and that's what he told me, as well as the lovely Qatari woman I met in Dubai)

[Anonymous]

I like Aaliyah, Myriam, Leila and Nora. I've met women from many backgrounds with all of these names.

I've only known Hispanic women named Lina, Colombian specifically. Had no clue it was an Arabic name! This isn't the only name that appears to be both Arabic/latina

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like Aaliyah, Myriam, Leila and Nora. I've met women from many backgrounds with all of these names.

I've only known Hispanic women named Lina, Colombian specifically. Had no clue it was an Arabic name! This isn't the only name that appears to be both Arabic/latina

Lina also used by christian arabs as a shortened version of Carolina.

[Anonymous]

I love the name Sadia. I had a student named Hidaya. I always thought that sounded strong and that she wouldn’t put up with any nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Aya is a nice name. It doesn’t scream Arabic except for Arabs who know. There is also variation Ayah or Ayat.

I also have been seeing names back home like
Sama
Masa
Jude
Raya
Yasma

Salma (Selma) is an older name but it’s also one that is Arabic and could be not Arabic at same time.

[Anonymous]

Ayla

[Anonymous]

Nisreen, Liana, Deanna, Susannah, Mona, Nora, Jenanne, Reem. These are all names of my Arab (Muslim) young relatives.

[Anonymous]

Love Aya! Also like Leila. Both those names don’t scream Arab.