Muslim Names Dataset

A curated sample of 150 Muslim names from the verified database of moustaqim.com — Arabic script, French and English transliterations, meanings in French, English and Arabic, gender, origin, and Quranic-origin flags.

This repository is a quality sample. The full verified database of 2,400+ names (with extended pages: variants, cultural notes, scholars bearing each name, related names) lives at moustaqim.com/prenom-musulman, available in 32 languages alongside the rest of the platform: Quran, prayer times, hadith encyclopedia, Islamic dictionary.

Data

Each entry follows this schema:

{
  "arabic": "محمد",
  "latin": "Mohamed",
  "latin_en": "Muhammad",
  "gender": "M",
  "origin": "coranique",
  "category": "prophete",
  "meaning_fr": "Digne de louanges, loué",
  "meaning_en": "Praiseworthy, commendable",
  "meaning_ar": "حميد، ممدوح",
  "phonetic": null,
  "quranic": true
}

Field	Description
arabic	Name in Arabic script
latin	French transliteration (most common French form)
latin_en	English transliteration
gender	M (male) or F (female)
origin	arabe, coranique, persan, turc, ourdou, africain
category	prophete, compagnon, ... (nullable)
meaning_fr	Meaning in French
meaning_en	Meaning in English
meaning_ar	Meaning in Arabic
phonetic	Phonetic spelling (nullable)
quranic	true if the name refers to a Quranic figure or is of Quranic origin

Stats

• 150 names, balanced: 75 male / 75 female
• 20 with Quranic origin (prophets, Quranic figures)
• 6 origins: Arabic, Quranic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, African

Usage

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/moustaqim/muslim-names-dataset.git

# Use in JavaScript
const data = require('./names.json');
const maleNames = data.names.filter(n => n.gender === 'M');
const quranicNames = data.names.filter(n => n.quranic);

# Use in Python
import json
with open('names.json', encoding='utf-8') as f:
    data = json.load(f)
for name in data['names']:
    print(f"{name['arabic']} ({name['latin']}): {name['meaning_en']}")

Regeneration

build_names.py regenerates names.json from the curated source database. It is provided for transparency; you normally only need names.json.

Sources

Names are curated from classical Arabic onomastics, Quranic references, and historical Islamic sources, verified name by name. Browse every name with its full page at moustaqim.com/prenom-musulman.

Contributing

Contributions welcome. Please verify the Arabic script and meaning against a reliable source before submitting.

License

CC BY-NC 4.0 — free for personal, educational and non-commercial use with attribution. Commercial use requires permission: contact@moustaqim.com. For a commercial-grade names dataset, contact us at moustaqim.com.

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