9 Islamic articles on: Baby Names Meaning “Lion”

Table of contents for the topic Baby Names Meaning “Lion”
  1. Azbat (Name)
  2. Awf (Name)
  3. Ashhab (Name)
  4. Asad (Name)
  5. Anbasa (Name)
  6. Anbas (Name)
  7. Aghlab (Name)
  8. Abbas (Name)
  9. Abis (Name)

Azbat (Name)

Azbat or Adbat (transliteration: Aḍbaṭ, Arabic: أضبط) is an Arabic name for boys that means “lion”.1 It also means “ambidextrous”, a person who works with both hands (as opposed to a right-handed or left-handed person).23 It also means “one who has a firm hold (on something)”.45 In modern Arabic it is used with the meaning of “free from flaw”, “well-regulated”, as when describing someone’s handwriting.6

  • al-Azbat bin Yahya الأضبط بن يحيى
  • al-Azbat al-Sulami الأضبط السلمي

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Awf (Name)

Awf (transliteration: ʿAwf, Arabic: عوف) is an Arabic name for boys that means “lion”1, “guest”2, and it also refers to a type of plant3.

Awf is also written as Auf.

There are 25 Companions of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH named Awf:

  • Awf bin Uthathah عوف بن أثاثة
  • Awf bin Hajiz al-Azdi عوف بن حاجز الأزدي
  • Awf bin al-Harith عوف بن الحارث
  • Awf bin al-Harith 2 عوف بن الحارث آخر
  • Awf bin Hudhairah عوف بن حظيرة
  • Awf bin al-Husain عوف بن الحصين
  • Awf bin Abi Hayyah al-Bajali عوف بن أبي حية البجلي
  • Awf bin Dalham عوف بن دلهم
  • Awf bin Rabee` bin Harithah عوف بن ربيع بن حارثة
  • Awf bin Suraqah al-Dhumari عوف بن سراقة الضمري
  • Awf bin Salamah bin Salaamah عوف بن سلمة بن سلامة
  • Awf al-Sulami عوف السلمي
  • Awf bin Abdullah al-Asadi عوف بن عبد الله الأسدي
  • Awf bin Abdullah bin al-Ahmar al-Azdi عوف بن عبد الله بن الأحمر الأزدي
  • Awf bin Abd al-Harith bin Awf عوف بن عبد الحارث بن عوف
  • Awf bin Afraa’ عوف بن عفراء
  • Awf bin al-Alaa’ bin Khalid al-Jashmi عوف بن العلاء بن خالد الجشمي
  • Awf bin al-Qa`qaa` عوف بن القعقاع
  • Awf bin Malik al-Ashja`i al-Ghatfani عوف بن مالك الأشجعي الغطفاني
  • Awf bin Malik al-Jashmi عوف بن مالك الجشمي
  • Awf bin Malik al-Nasri عوف بن مالك النصري
  • Awf bin Murarah al-Sakuni عوف بن مرارة السكوني
  • Awf bin Najwah عوف بن نجوة
  • Awf bin al-Nu`man al-Shaibani عوف بن النعمان الشيباني
  • Awf al-Warkani عوف الوركاني

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Ashhab (Name)

Ashhab (transliteration: Ashhab, Arabic: أشهب) (pronounced Ash-hab) is an Arabic name for boys that means “light gray”12, used especially to describe the color of a horse. When used to describe a day it means “cold and windy”.3 Ashhab also means “lion”.4

There are three Companions of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH named Ashhab:

  • al-Ashhab bin al-Harith الأشهب بن الحارث
  • al-Ashhab bin Rumailah الأشهب بن رميلة
  • al-Ashhab bin Ward الأشهب بن ورد

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Asad (Name)

Asad (transliteration: Asad, Arabic: أسد) (not to be confused with Asaad) is an Arabic name for boys that means “lion”.12

Asad is spelled as Esed in Turkish.

There are 16 Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) named Asad:

  • Asad Abad أسد أباد
  • Asad bin Asyad أسد بن أسيد
  • Asad al-Turki أسد التركي
  • Asad bin Harithah al-Kalbi أسد بن حارثة الكلبي
  • Asad bin Khuzaimah أسد بن خزيمة
  • Asad bin Khuwailid (nephew of Khadijah) أسد بن خويلد نسيب خديجة
  • Asad bin Rabee`ah al-Ja`fari the Poet أسد بن ربيعة الجعفري الشاعر
  • Asad bin Zurarah أسد بن زرارة
  • Asad bin Sa`yah al-Quradhi أسد بن سعية القرظي
  • Asad bin Safwanأسد بن صفوان Asad bin Abdullahأسد بن عبد الله
  • Asad bin Ubaid al-Quradhi أسد بن عبيد القرظي
  • Asad bin Kurz bin Amir al-Qusri أسد بن كرز بن عامر القسري
  • Asad bin Ka`b al-Quradhi أسد بن كعب القرظي
  • Asad bin Ya`mar أسد بن يعمر
  • Asad (freed slave of the Prophet SAW) أسد مولى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

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Anbasa (Name)

Anbasa (transliteration: ʿAnbasah, Arabic: عنبسة) is an Arabic name for boys that means “lion”.12

Anbasa is also spelled Anbasah.

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

  • Anbasa bin Umayyah bin Khalf al-Jamhi عنبسة بن أمية بن خلف الجمحي
  • Anbasa bin Rabee`ah al-Juhani عنبسة بن ربيعة الجهني
  • Anbasa bin Abi Sufyan عنبسة بن أبي سفيان
  • Anbasa bin Adi عنبسة بن عدي
  • Anbasa bin Suhail عنبسة بن سهيل

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Anbas (Name)

Anbas (transliteration: ʿAnbas, Arabic: عنبس) is an Arabic name for boys that means “lion”.123

There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) named Anbas:

  • Anbas bin Tha`labah al-Balawi عنبس بن ثعلبة البلوي

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Aghlab (Name)

Aghlab (transliteration: Aghlab, Arabic: أغلب) is an ancient Arabian name for boys that means “lion”1, “short and stout”2, “one who has a thick neck”34. When referring to a garden as aghlab, it means the garden is thick with plants.5 In modern Arabic, the word aghlab has come to be used to mean “most”, “the majority of”.6 It, however, continues to be used as a name by Arabs.

Aghlab is also spelled as Aglab, Eghleb and Egleb.

There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) named Aghlab:

  • al-Aghlab bin Jusham الأغلب بن جشم

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Abbas (Name)

Abbas (transliteration: ʿAbbās) is an Arabic name for boys that means “lion”1 and “a lion that other lions run away from”2. Its literal meaning is “grim-faced”.34

There are 15 Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) with the name Abbas (see list below), the most of whom is Abbas bin Abdul Muttalib, uncle of the Prophet:

  • al-Abbas bin Anas bin Aamir al-Salamiالعباس بن أنس بن عامر السلمي
  • Abbas bin Jamhanعباس بن جهمانal-
  • Abbas al-Himyariالعباس الحميري
  • Abbas al-Ra`liعباس الرعلي
  • Abbas bin Ubadah bin Nadhlahعباس بن عبادة بن نضلة
  • Abbas bin Abbas bin Abd al-Mutallibعباس بن عباس بن عبد المطلب
  • al-Abbas bin Abd al-Mutallib العباس بن عبد المطالب
  • al-Abbas bin Utbah bin Abi Lahab al-Hashimiالعباس بن عتبة بن أبي لهب الهاشمي
  • al-Abbas al-Sulamiالعباس السلمي
  • Abbas bin Alqamahعباس بن علقمة
  • Abbas bin Qais al-Hajariعباس بن قيس الحجري
  • Abbas bin Qais bin Aamirعباس بن قيس بن عامر
  • al-Abbas bin Mirdas al-Salamiالعباس بن مرداس السلمي
  • al-Abbas bin Ma`di Karb al-Zubaidiالعباس بن معدي كرب الزبيدي
  • al-Abbas slave of Bani Hashimالعباس مولى بني هاشم

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Abis (Name)

Abis (transliteration: ʿĀbis) is an Arabic name for boys that means “lion”1, its literal meaning is “angry”2 and “fierce”3.

There are four Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) who have this name:

  • Abis bin Ja`dah al-Tamimi عابس بن جعدة التميمي
  • Abis bin Rabee`ahعابس بن ربيعة
  • Abis bin Aabis al-Ghaffariعابس بن عابس الغفاري
  • Abis slave of Huwaitib bin Abd al-Uzzaa عابس مولى حويطب بن عبد العزى

Abis was the name of a sword mentioned by the poet Farazdaq, belonging to someone called Abdulrahman bin Sulaim al-Kalbi.4

The name Abis may also be spelled as Aabis, Abes, Aabes, and ‘Abis.

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