Arabic Names that Start With A

As a form of the popular Arabic name, Hamid, Ahmad could be seen as a contraction for one of the 99 names for Allah, al-Ḥamīd, however, it might also be a variation of Muhammad as they share the same roots. Either way, the name has many variants of its own, the Urdu Ahmed, the Kazakh Akhmet, and West African Amadou.

Alzira found its highest degree of popularity in the mid-nineteenth century after Giuseppe Verdi created an opera of the name Alzira, after its romantic heroine. Despite Verdi using the name for a Peruvian princess, Alzira is an arabic name Verdi's opera, despite the name's arabic roots, the name was given to a Peruvian princess. Alzira is also the name of a Spanish city in Valencia.

Strongly identified with peace-accord-seeking Egyptian president Anwar el-Sadat.

Azzam might be open to some "shazam" teasing.

Introduced to the lexicon by the husband of Little House on the Prairie writer Laura Ingalls Wilder, most scholars agree that this unusual name comes from the Arabic El-Mansur.

Name of a great Indian Mogul king, a Matt Groening cartoon character, and many Indian restaurants.

Spelling variant Ameer is much less popular than the original. An Amir is a ruler in the Arab world.

The original spelling of a name often Anglicized as Anisa was chosen by singer Macy Gray for her daughter.

Simple plus unusual is a winning combination.

Also spelled Adel, this name of Arabic origin is also used in Urdu, Turkish, and Persian. It comes from the Arabic root adala meaning "to act justly", linking it to honesty and fairness — aspirational qualities for anyone to possess. It is popular in the Arabic speaking world, and is familiar in the UK and France.

A frequently used Arabic name.