Layla
Aliyah
Lyla
Laila
Amara
Leila
Arabic-Filipino names for girls
Alisha
Alma
Amalia
Amber
Amelia
Ana
Daria
Dina
Farah
Farrah
Fatima
Hannah
Jasmin
Latifah
Lulu
Luna
May
Maya
Mina
Nadia
Nina
Nisha
Nora
Noreen
Qamra
Raina
Raisa
Raja
Rasha
Roma
Sabina
Sahara
Samiya
Sara
Sarah
Sarina
Selina
Shakila
Sheila
Sofia
Sonia
Sophia
Soraya
Tahira
Tahirah
Tamara
Tanisha
Tara
Tisha
Ula
Vega
Waseemah
Yasmin
Zara
Zarina
Additional Arabic-Filipino results
Feminine Filipino 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 Filipino names ending with the same word ending.
Filipino word ending matches
Feminine Filipino names often end with -na. Below are Arabic names ending with the same word ending.
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 Filipino name on the right.
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Alisha
Alisha is a Hindu name meaning “protected by God,” and it also works as a spelling of Alicia, with just one pronunciation. Alisha is also a variant of Alice, meaning “nobility,” and is linked to a Greek word for “truthful.”
Sources: 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), 10,000 Baby Names, 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
Amber
Amber comes from the name of the warm, honey-colored gem made of fossilized tree resin, with Amberly as a variant. Amber took off after the 1944 novel Forever Amber, peaked in the 1980s, and has since declined in the U.S., though it remains in the U.K. top fifty.
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
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
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
Farrah
Farrah is read as English for “pleasant” or “fair,” and as Arabic for “joy” or “beautiful.” Farrah is also a place name, used for a town in India as well as for both a town and a river in Afghanistan.
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
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
Hannah
Hannah is Hebrew for “grace” or “God has favored me,” and is also a palindrome. In the Bible Hannah prayed for a child at Shiloh and dedicated her son, the prophet Samuel, to God’s service.
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, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Lulu
Lulu is Arabic for “pearl.” Lulu is also a short form of Louise, “famous warrior,” or of Lucy, “light.”
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Unusual Baby Names, 10,000 Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Luna
Luna is Latin and Italian for “moon.” Luna was the Roman moon goddess.
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, Numerology for Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book
May
May is linked to Margaret, with the meaning “pearl,” and to Mary, with the meaning “bitter.” May is also the name of the spring month, and month names like May were very fashionable for girls in the 1920s.
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Numerology for Baby Names, 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book
Maya
Maya honors the month of May and the Roman goddess Maia; it entered U.S. use in 1970, quickly reached the top one hundred, and also recalls the Mayan civilization. Maya is a Hindu or Sanskrit name meaning “illusion” or “God’s power.”
Sources: 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
Mina
Mina is a German name meaning “love” or “tender affection,” and is a character in Dracula. Mina began as a short form of names like Wilhelmina, and it is so cute and current that many parents skip the long form.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Numerology for Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, The Everything Baby Names Book
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
Noreen
Noreen is a diminutive of Nora, carrying the meaning “light” or “honor.” Noreen is also glossed as Latin for “a rule, pattern, or precept.”
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Baby Names Made Easy, Numerology for Baby Names
Raina
Raina is a form of Regina, meaning “queen,” with spellings like Rayna, Reina and Raine. Raina nods to rain without sounding too New Agey, works as a nickname for Lorraine, and echoes Queen Rania of Jordan.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), The Best Baby Names for Girls, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
Roma
Roma is the Italian name of Rome, and it is also glossed as “eternal city.” Actress Roma Downey bears the name, and variants include Romana and Romola.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, 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
Sahara
Sahara is Arabic for “desert” or “wilderness,” with variants such as Saharah and Sahira.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Sarah
Sarah is a Hebrew name meaning “princess,” with nicknames such as Sally and Sadie. In Genesis, the beautiful Sarai was renamed Sarah and, late in life, bore Isaac to Abraham, earning the title “mother of nations.”
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, Classic Biblical Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
Sheila
Sheila is an Irish form of Cecilia, from a Roman family name meaning “blind.” The Irish form arrived with the Anglo-Normans, honoring the patron saint of music, and became so common it turned into Australian slang for a girl or young woman.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Irish Names for Children
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
Sophia
Sophia is a Greek name meaning “wisdom,” with forms like Sofia, Sophie, and Sonia. This antique gem has roared back to the top of the charts, helped by stars like Sophia Loren; the Hagia Sophia means “holy wisdom.”
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
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
Tara
Tara is an Irish Gaelic name meaning “hill” or “rocky hill,” with variants such as Tarah, Tarra, and Taryn. Tara also means “star” in Sanskrit and is linked to an astral goddess, which explains its appeal among Indian families.
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
Ula
Ula is an Irish or Celtic name meaning “sea gem” or “jewel from the ocean,” with Ulla as a variant. Ula also has a Scandinavian meaning, “rich.”
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
Zara
Zara is a Hebrew name meaning “dawn,” while Arabic readings give “flower” or “radiance.” Zara is also a twist on Sarah, meaning “princess” or “of royal status,” and on the Arabic Zahrah, “blossom.”
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Numerology for Baby Names
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All of the suggested Arabic-Filipino names on this page are matched solely on their written form — pronunciation may differ.