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Names meaning moon, stars, and night
Before there were street lamps, families learned a child's face by moonlight. Arabic carries a whole cluster of names that point upward — to the moon at every stage, to the star that knocks at dawn, to the night itself as a place of quiet and conversation. Some of these names are old enough to have shaped the way poets sang about beauty for a thousand years. Layla means night. Qamar is the moon. Each one carries a sky inside it.
25 names
- Laylaلَيْلَى
Night, dark beauty
Arabic · PersianIn the Qur’an - Leilaلَيْلَى
Night
Persian · ArabicIn the Qur’an - Leylaلَيْلَى
Night
Turkish · ArabicIn the Qur’an - Mahnoorماهنُور
Moonlight
Urdu · Persian · Arabic - Halaهَالَة
Halo, ring around the moon
Arabic - Tarikطَارِق
Morning star (Bosnian usage)
Arabic - Samirسَمِير
Companion of evening conversation
Arabic - Esraإِسْرَاء
Night journey
Turkish · ArabicIn the Qur’an - Samiraسَمِيرَة
Companion of evening conversation
Arabic - Tariqطَارِق
Morning star; one who knocks
Arabic · BerberIn the Qur’an - Lejlaلَيْلَا
Night (Bosnian form of Layla)
Arabic - Sorayaثُرَيَّا
The Pleiades star cluster
Arabic · Persian - Mahsaمَهسَا
Like the moon
Persian - Qamarقَمَر
Moon
Arabic - Samerسَامِر
Companion of the night, storyteller
Arabic - Selinسِلين
Moonlight; flood
Turkish - Tarekطَارِق
Morning star
ArabicIn the Qur’an - Tarıkطَارِق
Morning star (Turkish spelling)
Turkish · Arabic - Ayselأَيسِل
Moonlight; flowing moon
Turkish - Hilalهِلَال
Crescent moon
Turkish · Arabic - Saqibثَاقِب
Piercing, bright (of a star)
Arabic · Urdu - Shahabشِهَاب
Shooting star, meteor
Arabic · Persian - Thurayaثُرَيَّا
The Pleiades star cluster
Arabic - Mahnazمَهنَاز
Moon-graceful
Persian - Zuhuraزُهُرَة
Venus; brilliance
Swahili · Arabic
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