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A Quranic Name for Boys

Short meaning of NahyanWise, Wisdom and Decisiveness
See below for detailed meaning
How to pronounce Nahyan

NUmber + Hot + YArd + New

Each block is a syllable. Thick black border indicates stress/emphasis. Other pronunciations are acceptable.
Arabic Spelling (How to write Nahyan in Arabic)نَهْيَان
Quranic Nature
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Indirectly Mentioned
Alternate spellings of NahyanNahyaan Nahiyan Naheyan Nahian Nahiaan Nehyaan Nehian Nehiaan Nehyan Neheyan
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Quranic Root
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N-H26-Y
All Quranic baby names derived from N-H26-Y:

Meaning of Nahyan

Nahyan is an indirect Quranic name for boys that means “one who has reached the height of wisdom”,  “one who discourages or prevents others from doing bad things”. It is derived from the N-H26-Y root which is used in many places in the Quran.

Eat and pasture your cattle; most surely there are signs in this for those endowed with wisdom. (Quran 20:54)
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5 Comments

  1. Anonymous

    Not so bad, but I can’t understand what are it means. It’s truth.

  2. Anonymous

    Not so good and not so bad. But I liked it. Can I know MORE ABOUT THAT, PLEASE?

  3. Anonymous

    My daughter is called nahien
    The name suits her
    Well

  4. Anonymous

    I want to call my little son as “Ayman Al Nahyan”. Is this name right in respect of Islam?

  5. Anonymous

    That’s such a Mashallah name my friend has this name and it actually works with his personality

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