Names of the Prophet’s Companions (A-Z) with Meanings Related to Animals| Name Your Child With Some Rare Names of The Sahabah, List 2.

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(Prepared and selected from the website companions.hawramani.com)

A

  • Male Names:
    • Aabis [Lion, Grim-faced] (4 companions)
    • Aqrab [Scorpion] (1 male companion: Aqrab bin Abi Aqrab)
    • Arbad [Puff adder (type of snake)] (4 companions)
    • Asad [Lion] (16 companions)
    • Asbagh [White-tailed horse] (4 companions)
  • Female Names:
    • Aqrab [Scorpion] (2 female companions: Aqrab bint Salamah, Aqrab bint Mu`adh)
    • Arwaa [Agile. Beautiful. Ibex.] (5 companions)
    • Azzah [Female gazelle] (4 companions)

B

  • Male Names:
    • Bahdal [Striped hyena. A type of bird with green feathers] (1 companion)
    • Bakr [Young camel] (44 companions)

D

  • Male Names:
    • Dijajah [Chicken] (2 companions)

F

  • Male Names:
    • Fahd [Cheetah] (1 companion)
    • Farqad [Calf] (2 companions)
    • Firas [Lion. Insightful and perspicacious] (6 companions)

G

  • Male Names:
    • Ghazaal [Gazelle] (1 companion)

H

  • Male Names:
    • Haamah [Head (of a human or animal), Chief, Owl] (2 companions)
    • Hadeel [The cooing of a pigeon dove or similar bird] (3 companions)
    • Hafs [Lion cub] (5 companions)
    • Haitham [The young (chick) of a vulture or eagle] (10 companions)
    • Hamal [Lamb] (4 companions)
    • Hawzah [A Pigeon or dove] (10 companions)
    • Haydah [A knot (or maybe loop) in the horn of a mountain goat] (3 companions)
    • Hubairah [Hyena. A male frog.] (6 companions)
    • Husail [Baby lizard] (4 companions)
    • Huthaifah [A type of duck] (42 companions)
  • Female Names:
    • Hafsah [Female lion cub. A type of bird.] (2 companions)
    • Hamamah [Dove. Pigeon.] (1 companion)
    • Hayyah [Snake. Serpens (the name of a constellation of stars)] (1 companion)
    • Humainah [Female baby monkey] (1 companion)

I

  • Male Names:
    • Ikrimah [A female pigeon. A female turtle dove.] (6 companions)

J

  • Male Names:
    • Ja`far [River. A she-camel that produces large amounts of milk.] (8 companions)
    • Jahsh [Foal, young donkey] (6 companions)
    • Jarad [Locust (a type of insect)] (5 companions)
    • Jaththamah [Nightmare. A type of bird that is slow] (1 male companion: Jaththamah bin Qays)
    • Jawn [A very black camel or horse] (2 companions)
  • Female Names:
    • Jaththamah [Nightmare. A type of bird that is slow] (1 female companion: Jaththamah bint al-Muttalib)

K

  • Male Names:
    • Kahmas [Lion] (1 companion)
    • Khirash [A rectangular patch of color on an animal’s skin/fur] (8 companions)
    • Kilab [Dogs, plural of Kalb (“dog”)] (3 companions)
    • Kulaib [Little dog] (15 companions)
    • Kumait [A horse whose color is between black and red] (2 companions)
  • Female Names:
    • Kabshah [A two year old or four year old sheep] (12 companions)
    • Khansaa’ [Oryx (a type of animal). A snub-nosed woman.] (2 companions)

L

  • Male Names:
    • Laith [Lion. Brave. Strength.] (2 companions)

M

  • Male Names:
    • Maa`iz [Goat] (5 companions)
    • Maimun [Blessed and fortunate. In modern usage it means “monkey”] (4 companions)
    • Muawiyah [A young dog or fox that howls (or yelps)] (37 companions)
    • Mulail [A rook or crow (types of bird)] (3 companions)

N

  • Male Names:
    • Na`amah [Ostrich] (1 companion)
  • Female Names:
    • Na`aamah [Ostrich] (1 companion)
    • Naseekah [An animal ready for sacrifice at Mina during the Haj proceedings] (1 companion)
    • Nutailah [An ostrich egg filled with water] (1 companion)
    • Nuwailah [Beak] (1 companion)

Q

  • Male Names:
    • Qirdaam [A large ape, especially a gorilla] (1 companion)
  • Female Names:
    • Qailah [A she-camel milked during midday] (3 companions)

R

  • Female Names:
    • Rabdaa’ [A female ostrich, A black goat or sheep with some red patches] (1 companion)

S

  • Male Names:
    • Saqr [Falcon] (3 companions)
    • Shabramah [Female cat] (1 companion)
    • Shibl [Lion cub] (5 companions)
  • Female Names:
    • Sadeesah [A six-year-old camel. A five-year-old cow, sheep or horse.] (1 companion)

T

  • Male Names:
    • Talq [Gazelle] (8 companions)
    • Tha`labah [Female fox (she-fox, vixen)] (32 companions)

U

  • Male Names:
    • Udaim [Tanned leather. It can also be another name for horse.] (1 companion)
    • Ujail [Calf (baby cow)] (1 companion)
    • Ukab [Eagle] (1 companion)
    • Ukashah [Spider] (5 companions)
    • Usamah [Lion] (21 companions)
    • Usaid [Little lion, diminutive form of Asad] (22 companions)
    • Usaifi` [A bird belonging to the Paridae family. Oryx, a type of antelope (gazelle)] (1 companion)

W

  • Male Names:
    • Wa`lah [A female mountain goat] (1 companion)
    • Wabarah [A rock hyrax (a type of animal)] (3 companions)

Y

  • Male Names:
    • Ya`foor [A fawn (a young deer)] (2 companions)
    • Ya`mur [A fast and tall gazelle] (2 companions)
    • Yarboo` [A type of animal, a desert rodent known as jerboa] (2 companions)
    • Yareem [A pure white gazelle] (2 companions)

Z

  • Male Names:
    • Zam`ah [Dewclaw (a vestigial digit on the foot of many animals and birds)] (2 companions)
    • Zuaib [Little wolf] (9 companions)
  • Female Names:
    • Zabiah [Gazelle] (2 companions)
    • Zajjaa’ [A female ostrich] (1 companion)