Jewish Names in the World of Medieval Islam: Women's Names
Compiled by Yehoshua ben Haim haYerushalmi
(MKA Zachary Kessin)
Women's Names from the Geniza
From, Smith, Julia,``Jewish Women's Names in an Arab Context:
Names from the Geniza of Cairo'' Proceedings of the KWHS,
(2001). Used by permission.
The - after a letter represents an over bar and the . under a letter
represents an accent.
- 'Abla
- 'Afaf
- Akramiyya (elder)
- 'Alam (flag, banner)
- Ama'im (turbans = men, may be short for Sitt al-Ama'im)
- Amat al-'Aziz (servant of the Omnipotent)
- Amat al-Qadir (servant of the Almighty)
- Amat al-Wahid (servant of the Unique)
- 'Atika
- 'Aziza (dear)
- Bagdad (may be short for Sitt Bagdad)
- Bahiyya (radiant)
- Banat
- Banuqa
- Baqa (long life)
- Baqiyya
- Baraka (blessings)
- Barra
- Berakha
- Bushr (good tidings)
- Cassia
- Dalal (coquetry)
- Dhahab (gold)
- Dhukhr (treasure)
- Diya (light, brightness)
- Esther (foreign)
- Fahda (cheetah)
- Fadla
- Fa'iza (favorite)
- Fakhr (glory)
- Faraj (relief)
- Farajiyya
- Faras
- Furayja
- Geveret 'Alanot (queen of the girls, Hebrew rendering of Sitt al-Banat)
- Ghaliya (dear, precious)
- Ghunya (gain)
- Haritha
- Hasab (noble)
- Hasna (belle)
- Haya (bashful)
- Hayfa' (slender wisp)
- Haziyya (favorite)
- Hiba (gift)
- Hilala (new moon)
- Husn (beauty)
- Jamila (beautiful)
- Jawhara
- Jayyida (first rate)
- Karima (sister)
- Kassah (upper class, may be Sitt al-Kassah)
- Khafar (basful)
- Khalifa (substitute)
- Khazariyya (the Turkish woman)
- Khiba' (hidden treasure)
- Khulla (friendship)
- Kifa' (reward)
- Kufu
- Labwa (lioness)
- Layla
- Ma'ani
- Mahfuza (guarded, perhaps by God)
- Malika (queen)
- Mawadda (love)
- Mawlat (lady/mistress)
- Maymuna (good auspice)
- Milah (fair)
- Miriam
- Mu'ammala (hoped for)
- Mu'azzaza (highly esteemed)
- Mubaraka (blessed one)
- Mudallila (coquette, bold)
- Muffadat (one for whom one is prepared to give one's life)
- Muluk (king, may be short for Sitt al-Muluk)
- Muna (wish fulfilled)
- Mu'nisa (intimate friend)
- Na'ama
- Naba' (excellence, supremacy)
- Nabila (noble)
- Nafisa (precious)
- Najiya (saved)
- Nasab (nobility)
- Nasiya
- Nasr (victory)
- Nazar (control, competence)
- Nisaba (noble)
- Qurra (delight of the eyes)
- Rafi'a (sublime)
- Ramle
- Rashida
- Rayyisa
- Rebekah
- Rivka
- Sa'ada (happiness)
- Sabah (morning)
- Sadah (lords, may be Sitt al-Sadah)
- Salama (well being)
- Samra (dark brown)
- Sara
- Sarwa (cypress)
- Sayyida (lady)
- Sitt A'daha (mistress of her enemies)
- Sitt al-Agran (mistress of her peers)
- Sitt al-Ahl (mistress of the family)
- Sitt al-'Ashir (mistress of the clan)
- Sitt al-Banat (Mistress of the girls)
- Sitt al-Bayt (mistress of the house)
- Sitt al-Dalal (mistress of the bold)
- Sitt al-Dar (mistress of the house)
- Sitt al-Fadl (mistress of the nobles)
- Sitt al-Fakhr (mistress of glory)
- Sitt al-Furs (mistress of the Persians)
- Sitt al-Ghalb (lady of overcoming)
- Sitt al-Gharb (mistress of the West)
- Sitt al-Husn (mistress of beauty)
- Sitt al-Iraq (mistress of Iraq)
- Sitt al-'Izz (mistress of fame)
- Sitt al-Jami' (mistress of everyone)
- Sitt al-Khassa (mistress of the elite)
- Sitt al-Khawat (mistress of the sisters)
- Sitt al-Kull (mistress over all)
- Sitt al-Kuttab (mistress of the scribes)
- Sitt al-Ma'ali (lady of excellence)
- Sitt al-Milah (mistress of the fair)
- Sitt al-Nas (mistress of mankind)
- Sitt al-Nasab (mistress of the nobles)
- Sitt al-Nazzar (lady of control)
- Sitt al-Qa'ida (lady of the general)
- Sitt al-Ri'asa (lady of leadership)
- Sitt al-Sada (mistress of the lords)
- Sitt al-Sirr (lady of the secret)
- Sitt al-Sirr
- Sitt al-Su'ada (mistress of the happy ones)
- Sitt al-Thana' (mistress of praise)
- Sitt al-Tujjar (mistress of the merchants)
- Sitt al-Turaf (mistress of the gifts)
- Sitt al-Yumm (mistress of good luck)
- Sitt al-Zaman (mistress of her kind)
- Sitt Bagdad (mistress of Bagdad)
- Sitt Ghalb (mistress overcoming)
- Sitt Ghazal (lady gazelle)
- Sitt Hidhq (mistress of efficiency)
- Sitt Ikhtiyar (lady of preference)
- Sitt Naba' (lady excellence)
- Sitt Salaf
- Sittan (lady)
- Sitthum (their mistress)
- Sittuna (mistress)
- Sumr (dark brown)
- Surura (happy)
- Sutayt (little lady)
- Talba
- Tawfiq (success)
- Thamira (fertile)
- Tujjar
- Turayk (little Turk)
- Turfa (precious gift)
- Turkiyya (the Turk)
- Umm al-Khayr (mother of goodness)
- Umm Bayda' (mother of the fair girl)
- Umm Farjun
- Umm Halila
- Umm Hasan
- Umm Musharrafa
- Umm Sa'id (mother of propitiousness)
- Umm Sitt al-Nass (mother of the mistress of mankind)
- Umm Thana (mother of praise)
- Wa'd
- Wazira (Vizier)
- Wuhsha
- Yaman
- Yumm (good luck)
- Zafira (victorious)
- Zayn (beauty)
Bynames used in place of given Names
- Al-Tifrat
- Al-Mua'llima (the schoolmistress)
- Al-Wuhsha (object of yearning)
- Al-Jawziyya (nougat)
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