Names Categorized "Moroccan sultans"

Abd al-Aziz is a male Arabic given name and surname, built from the Arabic words ʿabd (عبد) meaning "servant" and al-ʿazīz (العزيز) meaning "the Almighty" or "the Powerful". As a theophoric name, it means "servant of the...

Abd al-Rahman is an alternate transcription of the Arabic name عبد الرحمٰن (see Abd ar-Rahman). The name is a theophoric formation, meaning "servant of the Merciful" — ʿabd meaning "servant" and ar-Raḥman meaning "the Me...

Etymology Abdullah is a common transliteration of the Arabic name ʻAbd Allāh (عبد الله), a theophoric name meaning "servant of Allah" or "servant of God." It is composed of the Arabic words ʿabd (عبد), meaning "servant"...

Abu Bakr (Arabic: أبو بكر) is a combination of Abu (meaning "father of") and Bakr (meaning "young camel"). This name is historically a kunya, an Arabic nickname formed with Abu, rather than a given name; the actual given...

Ahmad (Arabic: أحمد, romanized: ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name meaning "most commendable, most praiseworthy." It is a superlative form of Hamid, which derives from the Arabic root ḥ-m-d (ح م د), associated with pra...

Ali is a masculine given name widely used across the Muslim world, meaning "lofty, sublime" in Arabic. It derives from the Arabic root ʿalā (علا), meaning "to be high," which is also the root of the element ʿalā.Etymolog...

Hassan is a variant transcription of the Arabic name Hasan and can also represent a distinct related name. Most commonly, Hassan corresponds to the Arabic Ḥasan (حسن), derived from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N, meaning...

Ibrahim is an Arabic form of the name Abraham, widely used across the Muslim world and by Arab Christians. It appears in the Quran as the name of the prophet Abraham, who is revered in Islam as a patriarch and a model of...

Idris 1 is a masculine given name of Arabic origin, meaning "interpreter, teacher" or related to study. It derives from the Arabic root درس (darasa) meaning "to study, to learn." According to the Quran, Idris is the name...

Ismail is the Arabic form of Ishmael, widely used across the Muslim world and in several other languages, including Bengali, Indonesian, and Urdu. The name derives from the Hebrew Yishmaʿel, meaning "God will hear," from...

Mohammed is a variant transcription of the Arabic name Muhammad, directly associated with the Islamic prophet. It appears in Arabic as محمّد (Muhammad) and in Bengali as মুহাম্মদ (Mohammad), both meaning "praised" or "co...

Muhammad (Arabic: مُحَمَّد) is a masculine name of immense significance in the Islamic world, derived from the Arabic root ḥamida, meaning "to praise." The name thus carries the meaning "praised, commendable." It is most...