Arabic Names from al-Andalus: Masculine isms

by Juliana de Luna (Julia Smith)

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last updated 24Mar08

Masculine isms (given names) found in al-Andalus

`AbbādAsbāṭHāshimMuflitSuktān
`Abd al-`AẓīmAshhabHātimMuhallabSulaymān
`Abd al-`AzizAslamHaykalMuḥammadṬāhir
`Abd al-BāqīAṭradHishāmMujāhidṬalḥa
`Abd al-BaṣīrAyyūbHunaynMujāriqṬāriq
`Abd al-GafūrBahrām`ImrānMulahhabṬayṭal
`Abd al-GanīBakr`ĪsaMundhirṬayyib
`Abd al-ḤakīmBalj`IyāḍMuṣ'abTamīm
`Abd al-ḤamīdBaqīIbrāhīmMūsaTammām
`Abd al-ḤaqqBarakātIdrīsMuslimTawd
`Abd al-JabbārBashīrIsḥāqMuṭarrifThābit
`Abd al-JalīlBaṭṭālIsmā'īlNābit (or Thābit)Tuways
`Abd al-JāliqBulqāsimJa`farNaḍar (Naṣr)`Ubāda
`Abd al-KabīrḌimāmJābirNāfidh`Ubayd
`Abd al-KarīmDarrāsJaḥḥāfNafīs`Ubayd Allāh
`Abd AllāhDāwūd/DāūdJahwarNāṣir`Ubayda
`Abd al-MajīdDhu l-NūnJalafNaṣr`Ubaydūn
`Abd al-MalikDulafJalaf AllāhNizār`Ulaym
`Abd al-Mu`ṭīFaḍlJalhamaNudhayr`Umar
`Abd al-Mun'imFarajJālidNūh`Uqayl
`Abd al-NūrFarqadJalīlQar`ūs`Urayb
`Abd al-QādirFatḥJalṣaQāsim`Uthmān
`Abd al-QāhirFulayḥJāmi`QaṭanUmayya
`Abd al-QawīFulaysJarīrQaysWāḍiḥ
`Abd al-RaḥīmGālibJaṭṭābRāshidWahb
`Abd al-RaḥmānGānimJayrRazīnWalīd
`Abd al-Ra'ūfGarībJayrūnṢabāḥWasīm
`Abd al-SalāmGāzīJiḍrṢādiqWaslās
`Abd al-WadūdḤabībJubayrṢāfīWathīma
`Abd al-WaḥidḤafṣJūdāṢafwānWazīr
`Abd al-WahhābḤājibJumāhirṢajrYa`īsh
`Abd al-WārithḤajjājJuzayyṢāliḥYa`qūb
`AdīḤakamKathīrSa`dYabqà
`AffānḤamdaKaysānSa`dānYaḥyà
`Ā'idhḤamdīnKulaybSa`īdYajlaf
`AjannasḤamdīsMa`badSā'ib JātirYāqūt
`Alā'ḤamdūnMa`nSahlYāsin
`AlīḤāmidMaḥbūbSalamaYāsir
`AmirḤammādMaḥfūẓSālimYaskar
`ĀmirḤamzaMaḥmūdSallāmaYazīd
`AmrḤasanMajlūfSalmūnYujāmir
`AqīlḤassānMakkīSaqīYūnus
`ĀsimḤawayMālikSarūrYusr
`AṭāridḤayyānManṣūrShabībYūsuf
`AṭiyyaḤazmMarwānShabṭūnZabān
`AtiqḤiyāzMas`ūdShajaraẒāfir
`AyshūnḤizamMaslamaShīthẒahīra
`AyyāshḤubābMaymūnShu`aybZakariyyā'
`AzīzḤudaydaMirdāsShu`baZarb
AbānḤuraythMiṣbāḥShurayḥZayn
AflaḥḤusaynMu'awiyaShurayq (Sharīf)Ziyād
AfnānHāni`MubārakSindZuhayr
AḥmadHārithMudrikSirājZuhr
AṣbagHārūnMufarrijSufyānZurār
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Masculine isms with the article al-

al-`Abbāsal-Jayyānīal-Nu`mān
al-`Ajalal-Jidral-Qāsim
al-`Āqibal-Kāmilal-Qurashī
al-`Awrāยดal-Kirmānīal-Rammāḥ
al-Ash`atḥal-Laythal-Samḥ
al-Faḍlal-Mahdī al-Shabrānī
al-Farajal-Mufaḍḍal al-Ṭayyib
al-Fatḥal-Mugīraal-Tarrāsī
al-Gāzīal-Muḥsinal-Walīd
al-Ḥakamal-Mundhiral-Yasa`
al-Ḥārithal-Murbayṭarīal-Zanqī
al-Ḥasanal-Mustakfīal-Zibayr
al-Ḥusaynal-Muẓaffar al-Zubayr
al-Hakamal-Najīb

Masculine isms found only as names of slaves or freedmen

BahjaMuhjaSu`da
FātikRagadSulaym
FātinRadāh

Names found in other parts of the Islamic world (from the same sources)

`Abd al-ṢamadFuṭaysMu`ammar
`AbdūsGassānMuḍar
ĀdamḤarmalaMuṭṭalib
`AllānḤimāsNujayḥ
AnasḤubayshRūḥ
`AwnJaythamaSa`dūn
BaḥrLuqmānSaḥnūn
BaḥrānMakḥūlShujā`
BakkārMaṭarWakī`
BishrMawwāsYamūt
BukayrMiqdāmZayd
Furāt