4 Islamic articles on: Baby Names Meaning “Beautiful”

Table of contents for the topic Baby Names Meaning “Beautiful”
  1. Buthaina (Name)
  2. Buhayya (Name)
  3. Bareea (Name)
  4. Azhar (Name)

Buthaina (Name)

Buthaina (transliteration: Buthayna, Arabic: بثينة) is an Arabic name for girls that means “beautiful”, “soft, fine sand”.12 It is the diminutive of bathna, which means “soft, fine sand.”34 Bathna also referred to a type of floor from the Levant.5

There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH named Buthaina:

  • Buthaina bint al-Dhahhak بثينة بنت الضحاك

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Buhayya (Name)

Buhayya (transliteration: Buhayya, Arabic: بُهيّة) is an Arabic name for girls that is likely the diminutive form of Bahiyya,1, meaning “pleasing to the eye”, “good-looking”, “beautiful”, “attractive”.234

Buhayya is also spelled Buhaiya, Buhayyah, Bohaya and Buhaya among others.

There are two female Companions of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH named Buhayya:

  • Buhayya bint Abdullah al-Bakriyyah بهية بنت عبد الله البكرية
  • Buhayya bint Busr بهية بنت بسر

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Bareea (Name)

Bareea (transliteration: Barīʿa, Arabic: بريعة) is an Arabic name for girls that means “beautiful”, “admirable”, “a woman who is extraordinary both in beauty and intelligence”.123

Bareea is also spelled Baria, Bareeya, Bari’a, Baree’ah, Baree’a, Bari’ah among others.

There is one female Companion of !PM named Bareea:

  • Bareea bint Abi Harithah بريعة بنت أبي حارثة

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Azhar (Name)

Azhar (transliteration: Azhar, Arabic: أزهر) (not to be confused with Azhaar) is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means “beautiful”, “bright”, “shining” (especially when describing a person’s face).12 It also means “the moon”.34 It also means “radiant” (anything that radiates light).56 It also means “a pure and radiant white color”.7

Azhar appears to have been a boy name in ancient times. Today it is also used for girls, especially in Southeast Asia.

Al-Azhar is the name of a famous Islamic teaching institution in Cairo, Egypt. There are nine Companions of !PM named Azhar:

  • Azhar bin Humaidhah أزهر بن حميضة
  • Azhar bin Subhan أزهر بن سبحان
  • Azhar bin Abd Awf أزهر بن عبد عوف
  • Azhar bin Qais أزهر بن قيس
  • Azhar bin Marwan أزهر بن مروان
  • Azhar bin Mukammal bin Awf bin Abd أزهر بن مكمل بن عوف بن عبد
  • Azhar bin Minqar أزهر بن منقر
  • Azhar (freed slave of Suhail bin Amr) أزهر مولى سهيل بن عمرو
  • Azhar bin Yazeed al-Muradi al-Homsi أزهر بن يزيد المرادي الحمصي

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