Aqrab (Name)

Aqrab (transliteration: ʿAqrab, Arabic: عقرب) is an ancient Arabian name for boys and girls that means “scorpion”.¹²

There are three Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Aqrab. One of them is male, the other two are female:

• Aqrab bin Abi Aqrab عقرب بن أبي عقرب
• Aqrab bint Salamah عقرب بنت سلامة
• Aqrab bint Mu`adh عقرب بنت معاذ

Aqrab bin Abi Aqrab was a famous merchant from the city of Medina.³

Below is the name Aqrab written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Aqrab written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Lisaan al-Arab by Ibn Manzur (d. 1311 CE), entry for عقرب.
2. Taaj al-Aroos by Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1790 CE), entry for عقرب.
3. Lisaan al-Arab by Ibn Manzur (d. 1311 CE), entry for عقرب.