Chechen, Avar & North Caucasian names
30 names from the Chechen, Avar & North Caucasian naming tradition, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and how it is seen around the world.
- AbdurakhmanBoyFrom Arabic Abd al-Rahman: "servant of the Merciful", one of the names Muslims give to God.
- AkhmadBoyFrom Arabic Ahmad: "most praised", built on the same root as Muhammad.
- AkhmedBoyRussified spelling of the Arabic Ahmad: "most praised".
- AslanbekBoyFrom Turkic aslan, "lion", and beg, a title for a war leader or local ruler.
- DukvakhaBoyFrom Chechen roots for "many" and "to live": a wish that the child live long.
- DzhabrailBoyChechen spelling of Jibril, the archangel English calls Gabriel.
- DzhamalBoyChechen spelling of Arabic Jamal: "beauty".
- DzhokharBoyFrom a Persian-Arabic word for a jewel or a precious essence.
- IbragimBoyThe Chechen rendering of Ibrahim, the Arabic name for the Biblical Abraham.
- IslambekBoyBuilt from Islam, the name of the religion, and bek, an old Turkic title for a chieftain.
- KhamzatBoyHow Chechens and Ingush say Hamza, an Arabic name usually read as "strong" or "steadfast".
- KhanpashaBoyJoins khan, a Turkic word for a ruler, with pasha, the senior Ottoman military and civil rank.
- KhasanBoyHow several North Caucasus languages say the Arabic name Hasan, "handsome" or "good".
- KhavaGirlThe Chechen and Ingush way of saying Hawwa, the Quranic name for Eve, the first woman.
- MagomedBoyA Cyrillic civil-registry spelling of the Arabic name Muhammad, "praiseworthy".
- MagomedkhanBoyA Russified spelling that joins Magomed, the Caucasus's civil-registry form of Muhammad, with the Turkic title khan…
- MayrbekBoyCombines the Nakh word mayra, "brave" or "husband", with bek, a Turkic title for a chieftain.
- MokhmadBoyThe Chechen form of Muhammad, from Arabic for "praised, praiseworthy".
- MuhamadBoyA simplified spelling of Muhammad, "praiseworthy", used by Muslim families across several unrelated traditions.
- MuhamadkhanBoyA compound name pairing Muhamad, an everyday spelling of the Prophet Muhammad's name, with the Turkic title khan…
- MukhmadBoyThe Ingush rendering of the Arabic name Muhammad, "praiseworthy".
- NurmagomedBoyA Russified spelling joining Arabic nur, "light", with Magomed, the Caucasus's civil-registry form of Muhammad.
- NurmuhamadBoyA compound of Arabic nur, "light", and Muhamad, together read as "light of Muhammad".
- RamzanBoyUsed as a Chechen and Urdu given name, taken from Ramadan, the Islamic calendar's month of fasting.
- SalambekBoyCombines the Arabic word for peace with the Turkic title "bek", a chieftain or lord.
- TamerlanBoyFrom Timur, the 14th-century conqueror known as Timur-e Lang, "Timur the Lame", combining a Turkic word for iron with…
- VakhaBoyFrom a native Chechen (Nakh) word meaning "to live".
- YusupBoyA regional spelling of Yusuf, the Arabic name of the biblical and Quranic Joseph, meaning roughly "he will add" or "God…
- ZaurbekBoyCombines an Arabic word for a pilgrim or visitor with the Turkic title "bek", a chieftain or lord.
- ZelimkhanBoyCombines the Arabic name Salim, "safe, unharmed", with the Turkic title khan, "ruler".