Names by root

Most Arabic names grow from a three-letter root — a shared seed of meaning. Ahmad, Hamza, and Mahmoud all come from ح م د, the root of praise. Pick a root below to see everyone who shares it.

55 root families on file.

hamza-alif, mīm, nūn 14 names

ʿayn, lām, mīm 9 names

ʿayn, bā, dāl 8 names

ʿayn, lām, wāw 6 names

ʿayn, yā, nūn 5 names

hamza-alif, ḥā, dāl 4 names

ʿayn, dāl, wāw 4 names

hamza-alif, bā, yā 3 names

hamza-alif, lām, fā 3 names

hamza-alif, lām, hā 3 names

hamza-alif, mīm, rā 3 names

hamza-alif, mīm, mīm 3 names

hamza-alif, nūn, sīn 3 names

hamza-alif, nūn, mīm 3 names

hamza-alif, nūn, yā 3 names

khā, yā, rā 3 names

dāl, lām, wāw 3 names

ʿayn, mīm, dāl 3 names

ʿayn, wāw, dāl 3 names

kāf, bā, rā 3 names

nūn, sīn, yā 3 names

nūn, ṣād, rā 3 names

hamza-alif, bā, dāl 2 names

hamza-alif, bā, lām 2 names

hamza-alif, bā, wāw 2 names

hamza-alif, jīm, lām 2 names

hamza-alif, lām, mīm 2 names

hamza-alif, yā, yā 2 names

bā, dāl, lām 2 names

bā, rā, rā 2 names

bā, yā, ḍād 2 names

jīm, wāw, bā 2 names

ḥā, sīn, nūn 2 names

ḥā, mīm, dāl 2 names

dāl, nūn, wāw 2 names

ẓā, nūn, nūn 2 names

ʿayn, dāl, dāl 2 names

ʿayn, dāl, lām 2 names

ʿayn, ẓā, mīm 2 names

ʿayn, fā, wāw 2 names

ʿayn, qāf, bā 2 names

ʿayn, qāf, dāl 2 names

ʿayn, mīm, rā 2 names

ʿayn, mīm, lām 2 names

ʿayn, mīm, yā 2 names

fā, ṣād, ḥā 2 names

fā, wāw, qāf 2 names

qāf, wāw, mīm 2 names

kāf, mīm, lām 2 names

kāf, wāw, nūn 2 names

mīm, nūn, yā 2 names

nūn, shīn, hamza-alif 2 names

nūn, ṣād, ḥā 2 names

nūn, ʿayn, mīm 2 names

wāw, fā, yā 2 names