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Meanings and Permissibility of Girls Names: Lamia, Lamiah, Zaria, Alaya, Tasneem, Zayanah

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Q: 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

Bismillaah

A: 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)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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