A name is a trust

The Prophet ﷺ taught that names matter. He is reported in Sahih Muslim to have said that the most beloved names to Allah are Abdullah and Abd al-Rahman — and when he met companions carrying harsh or boastful names, he changed them to gentler, truer ones.

The Qur'an itself records a naming: Allah announces to Zakariya a son, "whose name shall be Yahya" — a name no one had carried before (Qur'an 19:7). A name can be a gift, an intention, and a small daily prayer, spoken every time someone is called. Think of Aisha (alive/full of life): very call of the name is a life-wish. A quiet du'a repeated for a lifetime.

MyMuslimName is an effort to curate noble names from the Qur'an and hadith, with historical context that carries you beyond the meaning. Nothing invented, nothing unsourced. Where scholars differ, we say so; where we are uncertain, we hold the name back until we are not.

Whether you are naming a newborn, curious about your own name or a family member's, or new to Islam and choosing a name for yourself, this site offers names you can trust. The Prophet ﷺ took great care over the naming of children, and the tradition asks the same care of us: choose slowly and well, for a person grows into their name. And if you carry one of these names yourself — how well are you living up to what its great bearers made of it?

MyMuslimName is a curation, not a directory. There are excellent directories that gather Muslim names comprehensively, across cultures and languages; this collection holds only what can be traced and shown. It is a work in progress — it grows slowly and carefully, the way a name should be chosen.