Areeb (Name)

Areeb (transliteration: ʿArīb, Arabic: عريب) is an Arabic name for boys that is a synonym of muʿrib¹, which means “Arabian” (as in “Arabian horse”)² and “one who speaks Arabic fluently and eloquently”³ Areeb also means “pure water”.⁴

Areeb is also spelled as Arib.

There are four Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Areeb:

• Areeb bin Zayd al-Nahdi عريب بن زيد النهدي
• Areeb bin Abd Kalal عريب بن عبد كلال
• Areeb al-Mulaiki عريب المليكي
• Areeb bin Mu`awiyah al-Du’ali عريب بن معاوية الدئلي

Below is the name Areeb written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Areeb written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Taaj al-Aroos by Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1790 CE), entry for عرب.
2. Taj al-Lughah wa Sihaah al-Arabiyyah by al-Jawhari (d. 1003 CE), entry for عرب.
3. Taaj al-Aroos by Murtada al-Zabidi (d. 1790 CE), entry for عرب.
4. Sultan Qaboos Encyclopedia of Arab Names, entry for عَرِيب.