Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah

Is Diyya boy’s name or girl’s name?

· 26 Rabiʻ II 1433 AH1 min readFatwa 19880English

Question

i named my daughter diyya. but my friends are telling me it is a boys name. is it true? should i change the name? thank you.

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu `alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The name Diyya is appropriate.

Diyya means “an earthen lamp” [i]

And Allah knows best.

Mawlana Saeed Ahmed Golaub

Westmoreland, Jamaica, West Indies

Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

daruliftaa.net

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[i] Urdu Dictionary pg. 375. – Ferozsons (Pvt) LTD.

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