3 Islamic articles on: Baby Names Meaning “Pious”

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  1. Affan (Name)
  2. Afif (Name)
  3. Abbad (Name)

Affan (Name)

Affan (transliteration: ʿAffān, Arabic: عفّان) is an Arabic name for boys that means “virtuous”, “chaste”, “one who avoids sin”.1. It is a more emphatic form of the name Afif.

Affan may also be spelled as Affaan, Afaan and Afan.

The name Affan is best known as the name of the father of the third Rashidun Caliph Uthman ibn Affan (his father’s full name was Affan bin Abil Aas bin Umayyah).

There are five Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) named Affan:

  • Affan bin al-Hujair al-Sulami عفان بن الهجير السلمي
  • Affan bi Bujair عفان بن بجير
  • Affan bin Habeeb عفان بن حبيب
  • Affan bin Abi Ufair al-Ansari عفان بن أبي عفير الأنصاري
  • Affan bin Nabeeh bin al-Hajjaj عفان بن نبيه بن الحجاج

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Afif (Name)

Afif (transliteration: ʿAfīf, Arabic: عفيف) is an Arabic name for boys that means “one who avoids sinful and unpious behaviors”, therefore meaning “chaste”, “virtuous”, “modest”.12 The name is derived from the Arabic verb ʿaffa, which literal means “to stay away from (something sinful)”.3

Afif is also spelled as Afeef.

There are seven Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) named Afif:

  • Afeef bin al-Harith al-Yamani عفيف بن الحارث اليماني
  • Afeef bin Sa`d bin Dhi Yazn al-Humairi عفيف بن سعد بن ذي يزن الحميري
  • Afeef bin Abdullah bin Ka`b عفيف بن عبد الله بن كعب
  • Afeef al-Kindi عفيف الكندي
  • Afeef bin Ma`di al-Kindi عفيف بن معدي الكندي
  • Afeef bin al-Mundhir al-Tameemi عفيف بن المنذر التميمي
  • Afeef father of Ghutaif عفيف والد غطيف

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Abbad (Name)

Abbad (transliteration: ʿAbbād) is an Arabic name for boys that means “devoted worshiper (of God)”,1, from the verb ʿabada (“he worshiped”).2

Abbad is also spelled as Abad, Abaad and Abbaad.

There are 39 Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) who share this name:

  • Abbad bin Ahmar al-Mazini عباد بن أحمر المازني
  • Abbad bin Akhdhar عباد بن أخضر
  • Abbad bin Bishr bin Qaidhi al-Ansari al-Awsi عباد بن بشر بن قيظي الأنصاري الأوسي
  • Abbad bin Bishr bin Waqsh عباد بن بشر بن وقش
  • Abbad bin Tameem bin Ghaziah al-Ansari al-Khazraji عباد بن تميم بن غزية الأنصاري الخزرجي
  • Abbad bin Tha`labah عباد بن ثعلبة
  • Abbad bin Ja`far bin Rifa`ah عباد بن جعفر بن رفاعة
  • Abbad bin al-Harith عباد بن الحارث
  • Abbad bin Hunaif عباد بن حنيف
  • Abbad bin Khalid al-Ghaffari عباد بن خالد الغفاري
  • Abbad bin Rifa`ah al-Anzi عباد بن رفاعة العنزي
  • Abbad bin Zar`ah bin al-Nu`man al-Tha`labi عباد بن زرعة بن النعمان الثعلبي
  • Abbad bin Sabis عباد بن سابس
  • Abbad bin Suhaim al-Dhubi عباد بن سحيم الضبي
  • Abbad bin Sinan bin Salim عباد بن سنان بن سالم
  • Abbad bin Sahl عباد بن سهل
  • Abbad bin Sharhabeel عباد بن شرحبيل
  • Abbad bin Shaiban عباد بن شيبان
  • Abbad bin Shaiban al-Ansari al-Salami عباد بن شيبان الأنصاري السلمي
  • Abbad al-Shaibani عباد الشيباني
  • Abbad ibn Abd al-Uzzaa عباد بن عبد العزى
  • Abbad bin al-Abdi عباد بن العبدي
  • Abbad al-Adawi عباد العدوي
  • Abbad al-Asri عباد العصري
  • Abbad bin Abd Amr عباد بن عبد عمرو
  • Abbad bin Ubaid bin al-Taihan عباد بن عبيد بن التيهان
  • Abbad bin Amr al-Daili عباد بن عمرو الديلي
  • Abbad bin Amr al-Azdi عباد بن عمرو الأزدي
  • Abbad bin Amr عباد بن عمرو
  • Abbad bin Qais bin Absah عباد بن قيس بن عبسة
  • Abbad bin Qaidhi al-Ansari al-Harithi عباد بن قيظي الأنصاري الحارثي
  • Abbad bin Katheer al-Ansari al-Ashhali عباد بن كثير الأنصاري الأشهلي
  • Abbad bin Marrah al-Ansari عباد بن مرة الأنصاري
  • Abbad bin al-Mutallib عباد بن المطلب
  • Abbad bin Milhan al-Ansari al-Awsi عباد بن ملحان الأنصاري الأوسي
  • Abbad al-Naji عباد الناجي
  • Abbad bin Nuhaik al-Ansari al-Khatmi عباد بن نهيك الأنصاري الخطمي
  • Abbad bin Nawfal عباد بن نوفل
  • Abbad bin Wahb al-Ansari عباد بن وهب الأنصاري

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