Muslim Baby Names in French

A name is a prayer for your child 🤍
"Prénom musulman" is a Muslim baby names app in French: 6,800+ Muslim and Arabic names for boys and girls, each with its meaning in French, and 6,000+ with their Arabic script. Made for families in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Quebec, North Africa and West Africa. It works offline.

The app and the meanings are in French. Search finds both the French and the English spelling: Youssef or Yusuf, Aïcha or Aisha.

Muslim names with meaning, in French
• 3,400+ boy names, 2,400+ girl names and 900+ names for both
• Each meaning is compared across Muslim name dictionaries, in French and in English. Never a personality trait or a horoscope passed off as a meaning
• Mohamed « digne de louanges » (worthy of praise), Imane « foi » (faith), Nour « lumière » (light)
• Who the name belonged to on a second line: a prophet, the Prophet's ﷺ family, a Companion

Names as they are spelt in France
99 of the 100 Muslim names most given in France, in their French spelling: Adam, Mohamed, Inès, Rayan, Yanis, Ibrahim, Kaïs, Aya, Ismaël, Lina, Sofia.

Every spelling finds the name
• Mohamed, Mohammed, Muhammad
• Youssef, Youcef, Yusuf · Yacine, Yassine, Yasin
• Aïcha, Aisha, Ayesha · Zineb, Zainab
• Othmane, Ousmane, Uthman · Abou Bakr, Abu Bakr
• Compound names: Fatima-Zahra, Mohamed-Amine, Chems-Eddine
• No accents or hyphens needed: "ines" finds Inès

North African, Amazigh and West African names
• North Africa: Abdelkader, Abderrahmane, Mehdi, Nassim, Redouane
• 200+ Amazigh (Berber, Kabyle) names: Kahina, Massinissa, Lounès, Idir, Aksel, Tiziri
• West Africa: Mamadou, Ibrahima, Abdoulaye, Fatoumata, Aminata, Mariama

Names from the Quran, with the verse
430+ names come with the surah and verse of the Quran where the name appears:
• Youssef 12:4, Yahya 19:12, Luqman 31:13, Maryam 57:27
• Kawtar 108:1, Salsabil 76:18, Tasnim 83:27, Firdaws 18:107
• Sakina 48:4, Imane 8:2, Rahma 10:57, Marwa 2:158

The prophets
All 25 prophets named in the Quran, peace be upon them, with their French spelling: Ibrahim, Moussa (Musa), Issa (Isa), Nouh (Nuh), Daoud (Dawud), Souleymane (Sulaiman), Younes (Yunus), Ayoub (Ayyub), Haroun (Harun), Ilyes (Ilyas) and Mohamed ﷺ, among others.

The Prophet's family, the caliphs and the Companions
• His wives Khadija, Aïcha, Hafsa · his daughters Fatima, Zineb, Roukaya
• His grandsons Hasan and Hussein · the caliphs Abou Bakr, Omar, Othmane, Ali
• Nearly 90 Companions: Bilal, Anas, Saad, Khalid, Salman, Soumaya, Khawla, Arwa

Arabic script
6,000+ names in Arabic, 3,500+ with vowel marks. Search in Arabic too: type محمد or مريم.

Easy to use
• A to Z index; one tap shows only girls or only boys
• Swipe from one name to the next; the dice 🎲 picks a random name
• Save names to Favorites and share them on WhatsApp or Telegram

Can't find a name?
No dictionary has every name. With "Demander un prénom" (request a name), write the name you couldn't find and vote on others' requests. We add the most-requested names first.

Works offline 📴
Every name is inside the app. No account, no sign-up.

Muslim baby names, Islamic names, Arabic names with meaning, Quran names, Berber and Kabyle names, or just the meaning of your own name in French: Prénom musulman helps you choose.

May Allah bless your little one 🤍