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Meanings of girls names

· 23 Jumada I 1437 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Please could you give me the meanings of the following girls names with the correct spelling and if they are permissible to keep

Lamia

Lamiah

Zaria

Alaya

Tasneem

Zayanah

Answer

Lamia - shining (with `ayn) / take everything (with hamzah)

Lamiah

Zaria - to blow away (with zaal) / to rebuke - rear portion of the lower jaw (with zaa)

Alaya - loftiness

Tasneem - a spring in Jannah

Zayanah - Beautiful

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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