3 Islamic articles on: Baby Names Meaning “Pure Water”

Table of contents for the topic Baby Names Meaning “Pure Water”
  1. Bilal (Name)
  2. Azba (Name)
  3. Areeb (Name)

Bilal (Name)

Bilal (transliteration: Bilāl, Arabic: بلال) is an Arabic name for boys that means “that which quenches thirst”, meaning a wholesome and pure water, cold milk or other drink.123

Bilal is also spelled Bilaal.

There are 11 Companions of !PM named Bilal, including his famous Companion Bilal ibn Rabah:

  • Bilal bin Uhaihah بلال بن أحيحة
  • Bilal al-Ansari بلال الأنصاري
  • Bilal bin Bulail bin Uhaihah بلال بن بليل بن أحيحة
  • Bilal bin al-Harith بلال بن الحارث
  • Bilal bin al-Harith bin Bujair بلال بن الحارث بن بجير
  • Bilal bin Hamamah بلال بن حمامة
  • Bilal bin Rabah بِلال بن رباح
  • Bilal bin Sa`d بلال بن سعد
  • Bilal bin Malik al-Muzani بِلال بن مالك المزني
  • Bilal al-Fazari بلال الفزاري
  • Bilal bin Yahya بلال بن يحيى

Below is the name Bilal written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name BIlal written in Arabic kufi script:

Azba (Name)

Azba (transliteration: ʿAdhba, Arabic: عذبة) is an Arabic name for girls that means “pure and wholesome” (when describing water), “charming”, “agreeable”, “sweet”, “delightful”.12 Azba may also refer to a type of tree that is poisonous to camels and a type of medicine.3

There is one Sahabiyyah (female Companion of !PM) named Azba:

  • Azba bint Saad عذبة بنت سعد

Below is the name Azba written in Arabic naskh script:

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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 (peace be upon him) 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: