Bayda (Name)

Bayda (transliteration: Bayḍāʾ, Arabic: بيضاء) is an Arabic name for girls that means “white”, “the sun”, “moonlit night”.¹² It is the feminine form of abyaḍ (“white”).

Bayda is also spelled Baydaa, Bayza, Bayzaa and Bayza’ among others.

The word Bayda is used in six places in the Quran, such as:

And press your hand to your side; it will come out white, without a blemish—another sign.³

45. They will be offered a cup of pure drink. 46. White; a delight to those who drink.⁴

There is one female Companion of the Prophet Muhammad named Bayda:

• al-Bayda Umm Suhail البيضاء أم سهيل

Below is the name Bayda written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Bayda written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo, al-Muʿjam al-Wasīṭ (1998), الْـبَيْضَاء.
2. Al-Fayyūmī, Al-Miṣbāḥ al-Munīr fī Gharīb al-Sharḥ al-Kabīr (d. 1368 CE),
   ب ي ض.
3. The Quran, verse 20:22.
4. The Quran, verses 37:45-46.