Name elements

Name elements are the parts that usually open or complete another name and rarely stand alone, such as Nur, Siti, Muhammad, Abdul and Ah. Bernama (26 March 2025) reported Muhammad, Abdul, Nur and Siti among the names most registered at JPN, and such names are usually followed by a second name. Abdul means “servant” and is followed by one of the names of Allah. Mohd abbreviates Muhammad and is not allowed for a child’s name. Choose an element to see the compound names that use it. See the guide to choosing an Islamic name.

• Nurul

  Nurul is a girl's name element from Arabic meaning 'light of', usually followed by another name element.

  142 compound names

• Mohd

  Mohd is an abbreviation of Muhammad, an Arabic name meaning 'praised', usually the first element of a boy's name.

  442 compound names

• Siti

  Siti is a girl's name from Arabic sayyidati meaning 'lady', often used as the first element of a longer name.

  150 compound names

• Wan

  Wan is a Malay name element meaning 'a Malay noble title', commonly placed before the personal name of boys and girls.

• Sri

  Sri is a girl's name from Sanskrit meaning 'radiance, beauty and prosperity'.

• Shah

  Shah is a boy's name from Persian meaning 'king'.

  2 compound names

• Khairul

  Khairul is a male name from Arabic khayr, meaning 'goodness' or 'the best', commonly used as the first element of a name.

  1 compound names

• Abidin

  Abidin is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'worshippers'.

• Saiful

  Saiful is a male name element from Arabic sayf al-, meaning 'sword of the', commonly placed before another name element.

  2 compound names

• Shamsul

  Shamsul is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'the sun'.

• Din

  Din is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'religion' or 'faith'.

  1 compound names

• Zul

  Zul is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'possessor of', usually the first element of names such as Zulkifli.

• Ah

  Ah is a common Chinese name prefix, written 亞, 亚 or 阿, and carries no meaning of its own in a name.

  16 compound names

• Zainol

  Zainol is a boy's name from Arabic zayn al-, meaning 'beauty (of)'.

  1 compound names

• Fakhrul

  Fakhrul is a boy's name from Arabic fakhr meaning 'pride' or 'glory', commonly used as a name element.

  1 compound names

• Tajul

  Tajul is a boy's name element from Arabic tāj meaning 'crown'.

  1 compound names

• Abdel

  Abdel is a boy's name from Arabic ʿabd, meaning 'servant', equivalent to Abdul.

• Abul

  Abul is a boy's name element from Arabic abū meaning 'father of'.

• Ainul

  Ainul is a girl's name element from Arabic meaning 'eye' or 'spring'.

• Fathul

  Fathul is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'opening' or 'victory', usually the first part of a compound name.

• Husnul

  Husnul is a male name from Arabic, derived from husn, meaning goodness and beauty.

• Lailatul

  Lailatul is a girl's name element from Arabic meaning 'night'.

• Ullah

  Ullah is a boy's name element from Arabic Allāh, common at the end of compound names.

• Wardatul

  Wardatul is a girl's name from Arabic, from wardah meaning 'rose'.

• Abdur

  Abdur is a male name element from Arabic meaning 'servant of', followed by another name.

• Abdus

  Abdus is a male name element from Arabic meaning 'servant of', followed by another name.

• Ahsanul

  Ahsanul is a male name element from Arabic aḥsan, meaning 'best'.

• Ainal

  Ainal is a female name element from Arabic ʿayn, meaning 'eye' or 'spring'.

• Al

  Al is a short male name; Wiktionary records the name Al-Yasa, the name of a prophet in Islam.

• Arifatul

  Arifatul is a girl's name element from Arabic, derived from Arifah, 'learned'.

• Bahrul

  Bahrul is a boy's name element from Arabic baḥr, meaning 'sea'.

• Bustanul

  Bustanul is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'garden of the'.

• Dhul

  Dhul is a male name element from Arabic meaning 'possessor of', used in names such as Dhul-Kifl.

• Fahrur

  Fahrur is a boy's name related to the Arabic word fakhr, meaning 'pride' or 'glory'.

• Halimatus

  Halimatus is a girls' name element from Arabic Halimah, meaning 'patient' or 'forbearing'.

• Hasanul

  Hasanul is a boy's name element from Arabic ḥasan, meaning 'the good'.

• Hayatul

  Hayatul is a name element from Arabic hayat, meaning 'life'.

• Hidayatul

  Hidayatul is a name element from Arabic derived from hidayah, meaning 'guidance'.

• Ikhwanul

  Ikhwanul is a boy's name element from Arabic ikhwān, meaning 'brothers'.

• Miftaqul

  Miftaqul is a name element from Arabic miftāḥ, 'key'.

• Mulk

  Mulk is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'dominion' or 'sovereignty'.

• Nailul

  Nailul is a name element from Arabic, normally used at the start of a longer name.

• Nuzulul

  Nuzulul is a girl's name from Arabic, linked to nuzul, 'descent'.

• Rabiatul

  Rabiatul is a girl's name element from the Arabic name Rābiʿa, meaning 'fourth'.

• Raudatul

  Raudatul is a girl's name element from Arabic meaning 'garden of', usually followed by another word.

• Robiatul

  Robiatul is a girl's name element from Arabic Rābiʿa, meaning 'fourth'.

• Ummu

  Ummu is a girl's name element from Arabic meaning 'mother'.

• Ummul

  Ummul is a girl's name element from Arabic meaning 'mother of', followed by another element.

• Uswatun

  Uswatun is a girl's name from Arabic meaning 'example' or 'model', common in Uswatun Hasanah.