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Names that mean Life

Names gathered under one feeling — Life. Each with its meaning and the root it grows from.

16 names

Boy · Arabic
عُمَر
Omar
/ oh-mar /
Long-lived and flourishing — a life well built.
Root ع · م · ر
Girl · Arabic
عائِشة
Aisha
/ aa-i-sha /
Full of life — living richly, every day a little fuller.
Root ع · ي · ش
Boy · Arabic
خالِد
Khalid
/ khaa-lid /
Eternal — the one whose name outlasts him, like the general's did.
Root خ · ل · د
Arabic
رَيّان
Rayan
/ ray-yan /
Watered, never thirsty — lush and full of life.
Root ر · و · ي
Boy · Arabic
زَيْد
Zaid
/ zayd /
Growth and increase — more of everything good.
Root ز · ي · د
Boy · Arabic
رَيّان
Rayyan
/ ray-yaan /
Quenched and verdant — and the name of a gate of paradise for the fasting.
Root ر · و · ي
Girl · Arabic
أَمَل
Amal
/ a-mal /
Hope — the small light you keep for tomorrow.
Root أ · م · ل
Boy · Arabic
عَمّار
Ammar
/ am-maar /
A builder of long life — one who fills the world, not empties it.
Root ع · م · ر
Boy · Arabic
زِياد
Ziyad
/ zi-yaad /
Abundance — always a little more than enough.
Root ز · ي · د
Boy · Arabic
يَحْيى
Yahya
/ yah-ya /
He lives — the long-awaited son, born to a prayer.
Origin · Arabic
Girl · Arabic
دُنيا
Dunya
/ dun-ya /
The whole world, brought near — life in all its closeness.
Root د · ن · و
Boy · Arabic
وَليد
Waleed
/ wa-leed /
The newborn — fresh into the world, a beginning.
Root و · ل · د
Girl · Arabic
حَياة
Hayat
/ ha-yaat /
Life itself — the whole of it, breath and beat and all.
Root ح · ي · ي
Boy · Arabic
غَسّان
Ghassan
/ ghas-saan /
The vigour of youth — the bloom of being young and strong.
Origin · Arabic
Boy · Arabic
كيان
Kian
/ kee-yaan /
A whole being — an existence with its own weight and shape.
Root ك · و · ن
Girl · Arabic
وَتين
Watin
/ wa-teen /
The artery of the heart — the vital cord life runs through.
Root و · ت · ن
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