Arabic
unisex names.
4 unisex names of Arabic origin, sorted by U.S. popularity.
Arabic naming draws on a triliteral root system — names like Rahim, Karim, and Rahman all branch from R-H-M (mercy). Most carry a meaning the bearer's family knows precisely.
Within the Arabic unisex side specifically, Ali, Sami, and Iman are the most-used in the U.S. record — a useful three-point sense of the register, since the rest of the list mostly varies between rarer literary, religious, and modern coinages.
This page shows 4 Arabic unisex names sorted by U.S. SSA totals — so the most-given names sit at the top and the rarer entries toward the bottom.
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