Layla
Aliyah
Lyla
Laila
Amara
Leila
Arabic-Catalan names for girls
Ada
Aida
Aisha
Alina
Alma
Amalia
Amelia
Amina
Amira
Ariana
Aya
Daria
Dina
Dunia
Fatima
Halima
Jana
Leila
Lina
Nadia
Nina
Nora
Norah
Nura
Sabina
Sabrina
Sana
Sara
Sofia
Sonia
Tamara
Zaida
Zaira
Additional Arabic-Catalan results
Feminine Arabic names that may also be Catalan words
The following names often appeared in Catalan language web pages. That means that they are either Catalan words, or names which are very familiar to Catalan speakers.
Feminine Catalan names that may also be Arabic words
These names often appeared in Arabic language web pages.
Arabic word ending matches
Feminine Arabic names often end with -ah. Below are Catalan names ending with the same word ending.
Catalan word ending matches
Feminine Catalan names often end with -ia or -na. Below are Arabic names with one of those word endings.
Fuzzy matches
These are names that would have been the same between the languages, if it hadn't been for a single character difference. Each entry shows an approximate match with the Arabic name on the left, and the Catalan name on the right.
Arabic-Catalan names popular in both
Names from this page that appear in the official baby name statistics of both a Arabic-speaking and a Catalan-speaking country.
| Name | Arabic | Catalan |
|---|---|---|
| Sara | #12 girls Jordan 2020 | #15 girls Spain (Balearic Islands) 2023 |
| Jana | #27 girls Jordan 2020 | #13 girls Spain (Catalonia) 2025 |
Featured in baby name books
Ada
Ada is most often traced to German with the meaning “noble,” and can also be a short form of Adelaide. Other traditions give Ada the Hebrew meaning “adornment,” an African meaning “first daughter,” and an English meaning “joyous.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Aida
Aida is an Arabic name usually meaning “reward” or “present,” though one source gives “visitor.” Aida is the title heroine of Verdi’s opera, an Ethiopian princess enslaved in Egypt, and the name is chosen both to honor African roots and to pay tribute to Verdi.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Aisha
Aisha is an Arabic name, also used in Africa, meaning “life,” “alive and well,” or “woman,” with spellings like Ayesha and Aishah. Aisha was the best-loved wife of the prophet Muhammad, and the name is extremely popular across the Arab world and increasingly used by American Muslim and African American families.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Book, Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Alina
Alina is a Slavic and Russian name related to Helen, meaning “light,” “bright,” or “beautiful,” with “nobility” also given. Alina is popular across the Slavic world, its Old English cousin Aline was used in the Middle Ages, and Alena can also serve as a short form of Magdalena.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Alma
Alma means “soul” in Latin, Italian, and Spanish and “nurturing” or “kind” in Latin, while in Arabic it means “learned.” Alma is a grown-up alternative to Emma and Anna, recalls the nurturing alma mater, and was borne by Alma Mahler, the Viennese composer who charmed Mahler, Klimt, and Gropius.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Amalia
Amalia is a name meaning “industrious” or “hardworking,” related to Emilia, Emily, and Amelia.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), The Best Baby Names for Girls, Numerology for Baby Names
Amelia
Amelia means “industrious” or “hardworking” and is related to Emily and Amalia, with Amélie as the French form. Amelia has an early-American sound, was very popular in the 1800s, faded in the mid-1900s, and is now back in style.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Amina
Amina is an Arabic name meaning “honest,” “trustworthy,” or “truthful,” the feminine form of Amin, with variants like Ameena and Aminah. A powerful namesake is Amina of Zaria, the 16th-century Hausa warrior queen who rapidly expanded her kingdom across northern Nigeria.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Badass Baby Names
Amira
Amira is the Arabic feminine of Amir, meaning “princess,” “leader,” or “highborn,” with a Yiddish meaning, “ear of grain,” also given.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Ariana
Ariana is given a Welsh meaning, “silver,” with spellings such as Arianna and Aryana. Ariana is also derived from the Greek Ariadne, meaning “most holy”; in myth Ariadne helped Theseus escape the labyrinth with a thread.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Aya
Aya means “bird” in Hebrew, while in Japanese it refers to patterned cloth or damask.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, Numerology for Baby Names
Daria
Daria is the feminine form of Darius and comes from Greek, meaning “wealthy” or “luxurious.” Daria is also read as “king” in Persian or “queenly.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Baby Names Made Easy, Numerology for Baby Names
Dina
Dina is a Hebrew name meaning “judged.” Dina is also a Spanish short form of names ending in -dina.
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Numerology for Baby Names
Fatima
Fatima is an Arabic name honoring the prophet Muhammad’s favorite daughter, the only one of his children to continue his line. Its meaning is given as “to abstain” or “to wean,” and also as “chaste,” “the perfect woman,” or “nurse.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls
Halima
Halima is Arabic for “gentle,” with Halimah as a variant.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Jana
Jana is a Hebrew name meaning “the Lord is gracious.” Jana is given as Hebrew for “the supplanter.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Numerology for Baby Names
Leila
Leila is an Arabic (or Persian) name meaning “night,” “dark as night,” or “dark beauty,” with many spellings like Layla and Lila.
Sources: Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls
Lina
Lina is an Arabic name meaning “palm tree.” Lina is also a Greek-rooted form tied to Helen, meaning “light,” “a torch,” or “sunbeam.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Nadia
Nadia comes from Russian and means “hope.” Nadia is the French form of Nadya, which spread in France after the Ballets Russes; in Arabic-speaking countries it means “tender.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Nina
Nina is Spanish for “girl.” Nina began as a short form of Antonina or a nickname for Ann, and some give it the Hebrew meaning “grace of God.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Nora
Nora is a form of Eleanor or Leonora, meaning “light.” Nora also derives from Onóra, the Irish version of Honora, meaning “honor,” and it is a very Irish name.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, Irish Names for Children, Baby Names Made Easy, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Norah
Norah is a name meaning “light” or “ray of light.” Norah has been climbing the charts since singer Norah Jones rose to fame in 2003.
Sources: Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Numerology for Baby Names
Sabina
Sabina is Latin for a Sabine woman, from a tribe of central Italy in Roman times, with variants such as Sabine and Savina. An Arabic reading gives Sabina the meaning “born in the morning.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Sabrina
Sabrina is the old name of the River Severn in western Britain. Legend tells of a princess drowned in the Severn who became its nymph, which is why some books gloss Sabrina as “princess.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, Unusual Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Numerology for Baby Names
Sana
Sana is an Arabic name meaning “shining” or “radiant.”
Sara
Sara is a form of Sarah, Hebrew for “princess” or “of royal status,” with relatives like Sadie, Zara, and Sarita.
Sonia
Sonia is a Slavic version of Sophia, from the Greek for “wisdom,” with spellings Sonja and Sonya. Sonia became a name in its own right in the early 1900s, boosted by skater Sonja Henie and designer Sonia Rykiel, and is a quiet alternative to Sophia.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Tamara
Tamara is a Hebrew name, from the biblical Tamar, meaning “palm tree” or “date palm.” Tamara is widely used in Russia and the Balkans, and the name recalls Georgia’s canonized twelfth-century Queen Tamar; Tammy and Mara are common nicknames.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names Book, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Zaida
Zaida is an Arabic name meaning “fortunate,” “prosperous,” or “good fortune.” Zaida is also listed as a Yiddish word for “grandfather” or “old man.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy
Zaira
Zaira is an Arabic name meaning “blossom” or “like a rose.” Zaira is also listed as an Italian name meaning “princess.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With
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All of the suggested Arabic-Catalan names on this page are matched solely on their written form — pronunciation may differ.