Arabic Names and Their Biblical Equivalent
The Arabic names listed below are used in the Arab world, as well as some other Muslim regions, with correspondent Hebrew and English equivalents. They are not necessarily of Arabic origin, although some are. For more information, see also Iranian, Malay, Pakistani, and Turkish names.
| Arabic name | Hebrew name | English name |
|---|---|---|
| Alyasaa Alyasaʿ |
Elisha Elišaʿ |
Elisha |
| Andraos ʾAndrāwus |
- | Andrew |
| Ayoub Ayyūb |
Iyov / Iov Iyyov / Iyyôḇ |
Job |
| Benyamin Binyāmīn |
Benyamin | Benjamin |
| Dawoud / Davoud Dāwūd / Dāvūd |
David Davīd |
David |
| Efraim ʾIfrāym |
Efraim Efráyim |
Ephraim |
| Haroun Hārūn |
Aharon | Aaron |
| Hawaa Ḥawwāʾ |
Chava / Hava Ḥavvah |
Eve |
| Ibrahim ʾIbrāhīm |
Avraham | Abraham |
| Elias ʾIlyās |
Eliahu / Eliyahu Eliyahu |
Elijah |
| Eisa / Yasoua ʿĪsā / Yasūʿ |
Yeshua Yešuaʿ * |
Jesus |
| Ishak ʾIsḥāq |
Yitzhak / Yitzchak Yitsḥaq |
Isaac |
| Ismail ʾIsmāʿīl |
Yishmael Yišmaʿel / Yišmāʿêl |
Ishmael |
| Israail ʾIsrāʿīl |
Israel / Yisrael Yisraʾel / Yiśrāʾēl |
Israel |
| Jibril / Gebril Ǧibrīl / Jibrīl |
Gavriel Gavriʾel |
Gabriel |
| Jad / Gad Ǧād / Jād |
Gad | Gad |
| Maryam / Miriam Maryam / Mīryām |
Miriam / Miryam Miryam |
Mary |
| Matta Mattā |
Matatiahu / Matatyahu Matatyahu |
Matthew |
| Mikhail Miḫāʾīl / miḵāʼīl / Mikhāʼīl |
Michael / Mikhael Miḵaʾel |
Michael |
| Moussa Mūsā |
Moshe Mošé |
Moses |
| Nouh Nūḥ |
Noach / Noah Nóaḥ |
Noah |
| Sara Sārah |
Sara / Sarah Sarā |
Sarah / Sara |
| Suleiman Sulaymān / Silimān |
Shlomo Šlomo |
Solomon |
| Obaidullah ʿUbaydallāh |
Ovadia Ovádyah / Oḇáḏyah |
Obadiah |
| Yaakoub Yaʿqūb |
Yaakov Yaʿaqov |
Jacob, (James) |
| Yahia / Yehia / Youhanna Yaḥyā / Yiḥyā / Yūḥannā ** |
Yochanan / Yohanan Yôḥānnān |
John |
| Younos / Younes Yūnis / Yūnus |
Yona / Yonah Yônā |
Jonah |
| Youssof / Youssef Yūsuf / Yūsif |
Yosef | Joseph |
| Zakaria Zakariyyā / Zakarīyā |
Zecharia /Zekharia Zeḵaryah |
Zachary or Zechariah |
- The popular romanization of the Arabized and Hebrew names are written first, then the standardized romanization are written in oblique. Notice that Arabized names may have variants.
- * Yassou is the Arab Christian name of Jesus, while `Īsā is the Muslim version of the name, as used in the Qur'an. Yehoshua is also the origin of Joshua.
- ** Youhanna is the Arab Christian name of John, while Yahya is the Muslim version of the name, as used in the Qur'an.
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