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Arabic-Italian names
Abra
Ada
Aida
Alina
Alma
Amalia
Amelia
Anna
Dani
Daria
Dina
Isa
Lina
Luna
Mona
Nadia
Nina
Nora
Norah
Roma
Romana
Rubina
Sabina
Sabrina
Sara
Sofia
Sonia
Sophia
Tamara
Zaira
Additional Arabic-Italian results
Arabic names that may also be Italian words
The following names often appeared in Italian language web pages. That means that they are either Italian words, or names which are very familiar to Italian speakers.
Italian names that may also be Arabic words
These names often appeared in Arabic language web pages.
Arabic word ending matches
Arabic names often end with -ah. Below are Italian names ending with the same word ending.
Italian word ending matches
Italian 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 Italian name on the right.
Arabic-Italian names popular in both
Names from this page that appear in the official baby name statistics of both a Arabic-speaking and a Italian-speaking country.
| Name | Arabic | Italian |
|---|---|---|
| Sara | #12 girls Jordan 2020 | #24 girls Italy 2024 |
Featured in baby name books
Abra
Abra is a feminine form of Abraham, meaning “mother of nations” or “mother of many.” Other meanings offered include “earth mother” in Hebrew, “clouds” in Sanskrit, and “lesson” or “example” in Arabic.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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
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
Anna
Anna is a form of Hannah and Ann, meaning “grace” or a woman favored by God. In the Gospel of Luke, Anna is an elderly widow and prophetess at the Jerusalem temple who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Numerology for Baby Names, The Everything Baby Names Book, Classic Biblical Baby Names, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With
Dani
Dani is a Hebrew short form of Danielle, also spelled Danni or Dannie.
Sources: The Everything Baby Names Book
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
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
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
Mona
Mona is an Irish Gaelic name meaning “noble” or “aristocratic.” Mona is the name of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous subject, properly Monna Lisa, and is sometimes a diminutive of Monica; Saint Muadhnait was an early Irish bearer.
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, Irish Names for Children, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time
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
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
Romana
Romana is a feminine form of Roman, meaning “from Rome” or “citizen of Rome,” with forms like Roma and Romy.
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With
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
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
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
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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