Belly Dance Names O-S
O
Odella/Odele (g) - melody, song
Ofra /OH-frah/ (f-Mandinka) - moon, (h) - kid, young goat
Ohelah (h) - tent
Orah, Ora (h) - light
Oralee (h) - my light
Oriana, Oria (Jewish/Latin) - “oriens” Orient or the East
Orial (old French/Latin) - gold
Orli (h) - “light is mine”
Ornah (h) - pine
P
Parijan /par-ee-jahn/ (p) - fair soul
Parikhan /par-ee-khan/ (p) - fairy queen
Parvaneh, Parvane /par-van-EH/ (p) - butterfly, (t) - night moth (butterfly is Kelebek)
Parvin /par-veen/ (p) - cluster of stars, Pleiades
Pazia, Paz (h) – golden
Pele (hi) – Goddess of Fire
Penda /PEHN-dah/ (f-Swahili) - beloved, (Kiswahili) - to love
Peninah (h) - coral or pearl
Perizad, Perizada /per-ee-ZAHD, per-ee-ZAHD-ah/ (P) born of the fairies
Phedre (g) - the shining one
Phemia (g) - voice, speech
Phila (g) - love
Philana (g) - lover of mankind
Pinar (t) - fountain, spring
Pisliskurja (r-Bosnian gypsy) - darling
Q
Qamar /kah-mahr/, Qamarah (m) - the moon
Qubilah - Concord
R
Ra’ana /RAH-uh-nah/ (m) - lovely, beautiful, graceful, delicate
Rabab - White cloud
Rabi’ah, Rabiyah (m) - garden, springtime
Rabie (t) - goddess
Ra’eesah /rah-EE-sah/ (m) - leader, princess, wealthy lady
Radeyah, Radhiya (m) - content, satisfied
Radwa, Radhwa - a mountain in Medina
Rafa’ - happiness, prosperity
Rafiqa (m) - sweetheart
Rafiyyah (m) - high, lifting up
Raghd - pleasant
Rahibe (t) - nun
Rahimah, Raheema (m) - merciful, compassionate
Ra’idah - leader
Raihanah - /Ra-ee -HAH-nah/ (m) - bouquet of flowers, sweet smelling flower
Raisa, Raizel, Rayzel (Yiddish) - Rose
Raja’ (m) - hopeful
Rajeeyah (m) - hoping, full of love
Rakhshanda (m) - shining, brilliant
Ramah (h) - high
Ramla /rahm-lah/ (f-Swahili) - fortuneteller, prophet
Rana /rah-nah/ (m) - to gaze, look
Rananah (h) - fresh
Rand - tree of good scent
Rani (h) - my joy
Raniyah - gazing
Rasha - young gazelle
Rashida, Rasheeda (m) - wise, mature
Rashieka /ruh-SHIH-kah/ (a) - descended from Royalty
Raushanah, Roshannah (m) - skylight, bright
Rawdah, Rawdha - garden
Rawiyah (m) - narrator, storyteller
Rawnie - (r-gypsy) - fine lady, i.e. non-gypsy
Rayah, Raya (h) - friend
Rayya - sated with drink
Rayyah (m) - aroma, fragrance
Razi (a) - my secret
Raziya /rah-ZEE-yah/ (f-Swahili) - sweet, agreeable
Rehena /Reh-HAY-nah/ (f-Swahili) - compassion, (Kiswahili) - mercy
Renana (h) - joy, song
Reshmaan (m) - silky, of silk
Rida - favored by God
Riesa (h) - form of Theresa
Rihana - sweet basil
Rim, Reem - gazelle
Rima, Reema - white antelope
Rimonah, Rominah (h) - pomegranate
Rina (h) - song, joy
Rishona (h) - first
Roni (h) - my joy
Rukan - steady, confident
Rukshana /rook-SHAH-nah/ - Russian variant of Roxanne, Sulieman’s wife.
Ruqayyah, Ruqaya - gentle, daughter of the prophet
Ruwaydah - walking gently
Rya (t) - dream
S
Sahirah /sah-HEER-ah/ (m) - earth, moon, spring which flows constantly
Sar’rah /sahr-RAH/ (m) - lady who’s charming manner brings joy
Sabba (m) - eastern wind, zephyr
Sabihah /sah-BEE-hah/ (m) - beautiful/handsome, lady with fair complexion
Sabina, Savina (Latin) - of the Sabines, an ancient tribe
Sabirah (m) - patient
Sabreen (m) - patient
Sadiqah (m) - truthful, sincere
Sadira (p) - lotus tree
Sa’diyya, Sadiya (a) - lucky, good fortune
Safa - clarity, purity, serene
Safi (m) - clean, pure
Safira (h) - sapphire
Safiyyah - untroubled, serene, pure, best friend
Sahar - Dawn
Sahlah - smooth, soft, fluent, flowing
Saidah - happy, fortunate
Saihah - good, useful
Sakina, Sakeena (m) - God-inspired, tranquility, peace of mind
Salihah (m) - correct, agreeable, virtuous
Salimah, Saleemah /sah-LEE-mah/ (m) - peace, flawless, faultless, safe, healthy
Salma - peaceful
Salwa - Solace; quail
Samah (m) - generosity
Samar - evening conversation
Samara (Lation) - seed of the elm
Sameh - forgiver
Samia /sah-MEE-ah/ (m) - noble, lofty
Samihah, Sameeha - generous
Samina /sah-MEEN-ah/ (m) - healthy girl; fertile land without rocks; plump
Samira, Sameera /sah-MEER-ah/ (m) - entertaining female companion, storyteller
Samiyah (m) - elevated, exhalted, lofty
Sana’ - resplendence, brilliance; to gaze or look
Sanobar (m) - pine tree
Sarafina (h) - ardent, like the angel who protects God’s throne
Sarai, Sara, Sarina, Saree (h) - princess, noble
Sauda (m) - black
Sawsan - Lily of the Valley
Sefa (t) - pleasure
Segulah (h) - pleasure
Seher (t) - dawn
Selena /seh-LEH-nah/ (g) moon; like Selene the moon goddess
Selima /seh-LEE-mah/ (m,h) - peace
Selvi (t) - cypress
Serap (t) - mirage
Sevda (t) - love, passion
Sevgi (t) - love
Sevgili (t) - darling
Sevinc (t) - joy, delight
Seyyal (t) - traveler
Sezen (t) - feeling, suspicion
Shabanna (m) - 1. Belonging to night, 2. Young lady
Shabibah (m) - youthful
Shabnam (m) - dew
Shadha - aromatic
Shadiyah (m) - singer
Shaheena (m) - falconess
Shahrazad - teller of “Tales of 1,001 Nights”
Shaia (r-Basque gypsy) - sister
Shaina /SHAY-nah/ (Yiddish) - beautiful
Shakarnaz /shah-kar-nah/ (p) - sugar
Shakeelah /shah-KEE-lah/ (m) - comely, beautiful, well shaped
Shakira /shah-KEER-ah/ (m) - grateful, contented
Shakufa /sha-KOO-fah/ (p) - opening bud
Shala /shah-LAH/ (m) - having grey eyes w/ shade of red; species of Narcissis flower
Shahla (Afghani) - beautiful eyes
Shamahmah /shah-mah-mah/ (m) - scent of perfume
Shamilah, Shameela (m) - quality, character, a bud
Shamina /shah-MEE-nah/ (m) - fragrant, sweet smelling, sweet breeze
Shamoodah /sha-moo-dah/ (m) - diamond
Shamsa /SHAM-sah/ (p) - sun, Shamsha (i) - sun
Shani /SHAH-nee/ (Swahili) - marvelous, (Kiswahili) - unusual thing, adventure
Shara, Sharna (h) - form of Sharon
Sharifah, Shareefa /shah-REE-fah/ (m) - noble
Shariykah (m) - companion, partner
Shazadi /shah-ZAH-dee/ (p) - princess
Shirin /sheer-IN/ (p) - sweet, legendary beauty
Shula, Shu’la (a) - flaming, bright
Siddiqah (m) - one who keeps her word
Sidona (h) - enticing
Sidra (m) - religious “lote-tree at the farthest border of paradise”
Sigliah (h) - violet
Siham - arrows
Sivia, Sivya (h) - a deer
Souad, Su’ad (m) - good fortune
Souzan (p) - burning, fire
Songl (t) - last rose
Soraya /Soh-rai-yah/ (p) star, Pleiades constellation; princess
Suha - name of a star
Suhailah, Suhaylah /soo-HAY-lah/ (m) - canopy, marquee; soft
Suhaymah - small arrow
Suhayr, Suhair - proper name
Sumayyah, Sumaiya - proper name
Odella/Odele (g) - melody, song
Ofra /OH-frah/ (f-Mandinka) - moon, (h) - kid, young goat
Ohelah (h) - tent
Orah, Ora (h) - light
Oralee (h) - my light
Oriana, Oria (Jewish/Latin) - “oriens” Orient or the East
Orial (old French/Latin) - gold
Orli (h) - “light is mine”
Ornah (h) - pine
P
Parijan /par-ee-jahn/ (p) - fair soul
Parikhan /par-ee-khan/ (p) - fairy queen
Parvaneh, Parvane /par-van-EH/ (p) - butterfly, (t) - night moth (butterfly is Kelebek)
Parvin /par-veen/ (p) - cluster of stars, Pleiades
Pazia, Paz (h) – golden
Pele (hi) – Goddess of Fire
Penda /PEHN-dah/ (f-Swahili) - beloved, (Kiswahili) - to love
Peninah (h) - coral or pearl
Perizad, Perizada /per-ee-ZAHD, per-ee-ZAHD-ah/ (P) born of the fairies
Phedre (g) - the shining one
Phemia (g) - voice, speech
Phila (g) - love
Philana (g) - lover of mankind
Pinar (t) - fountain, spring
Pisliskurja (r-Bosnian gypsy) - darling
Q
Qamar /kah-mahr/, Qamarah (m) - the moon
Qubilah - Concord
R
Ra’ana /RAH-uh-nah/ (m) - lovely, beautiful, graceful, delicate
Rabab - White cloud
Rabi’ah, Rabiyah (m) - garden, springtime
Rabie (t) - goddess
Ra’eesah /rah-EE-sah/ (m) - leader, princess, wealthy lady
Radeyah, Radhiya (m) - content, satisfied
Radwa, Radhwa - a mountain in Medina
Rafa’ - happiness, prosperity
Rafiqa (m) - sweetheart
Rafiyyah (m) - high, lifting up
Raghd - pleasant
Rahibe (t) - nun
Rahimah, Raheema (m) - merciful, compassionate
Ra’idah - leader
Raihanah - /Ra-ee -HAH-nah/ (m) - bouquet of flowers, sweet smelling flower
Raisa, Raizel, Rayzel (Yiddish) - Rose
Raja’ (m) - hopeful
Rajeeyah (m) - hoping, full of love
Rakhshanda (m) - shining, brilliant
Ramah (h) - high
Ramla /rahm-lah/ (f-Swahili) - fortuneteller, prophet
Rana /rah-nah/ (m) - to gaze, look
Rananah (h) - fresh
Rand - tree of good scent
Rani (h) - my joy
Raniyah - gazing
Rasha - young gazelle
Rashida, Rasheeda (m) - wise, mature
Rashieka /ruh-SHIH-kah/ (a) - descended from Royalty
Raushanah, Roshannah (m) - skylight, bright
Rawdah, Rawdha - garden
Rawiyah (m) - narrator, storyteller
Rawnie - (r-gypsy) - fine lady, i.e. non-gypsy
Rayah, Raya (h) - friend
Rayya - sated with drink
Rayyah (m) - aroma, fragrance
Razi (a) - my secret
Raziya /rah-ZEE-yah/ (f-Swahili) - sweet, agreeable
Rehena /Reh-HAY-nah/ (f-Swahili) - compassion, (Kiswahili) - mercy
Renana (h) - joy, song
Reshmaan (m) - silky, of silk
Rida - favored by God
Riesa (h) - form of Theresa
Rihana - sweet basil
Rim, Reem - gazelle
Rima, Reema - white antelope
Rimonah, Rominah (h) - pomegranate
Rina (h) - song, joy
Rishona (h) - first
Roni (h) - my joy
Rukan - steady, confident
Rukshana /rook-SHAH-nah/ - Russian variant of Roxanne, Sulieman’s wife.
Ruqayyah, Ruqaya - gentle, daughter of the prophet
Ruwaydah - walking gently
Rya (t) - dream
S
Sahirah /sah-HEER-ah/ (m) - earth, moon, spring which flows constantly
Sar’rah /sahr-RAH/ (m) - lady who’s charming manner brings joy
Sabba (m) - eastern wind, zephyr
Sabihah /sah-BEE-hah/ (m) - beautiful/handsome, lady with fair complexion
Sabina, Savina (Latin) - of the Sabines, an ancient tribe
Sabirah (m) - patient
Sabreen (m) - patient
Sadiqah (m) - truthful, sincere
Sadira (p) - lotus tree
Sa’diyya, Sadiya (a) - lucky, good fortune
Safa - clarity, purity, serene
Safi (m) - clean, pure
Safira (h) - sapphire
Safiyyah - untroubled, serene, pure, best friend
Sahar - Dawn
Sahlah - smooth, soft, fluent, flowing
Saidah - happy, fortunate
Saihah - good, useful
Sakina, Sakeena (m) - God-inspired, tranquility, peace of mind
Salihah (m) - correct, agreeable, virtuous
Salimah, Saleemah /sah-LEE-mah/ (m) - peace, flawless, faultless, safe, healthy
Salma - peaceful
Salwa - Solace; quail
Samah (m) - generosity
Samar - evening conversation
Samara (Lation) - seed of the elm
Sameh - forgiver
Samia /sah-MEE-ah/ (m) - noble, lofty
Samihah, Sameeha - generous
Samina /sah-MEEN-ah/ (m) - healthy girl; fertile land without rocks; plump
Samira, Sameera /sah-MEER-ah/ (m) - entertaining female companion, storyteller
Samiyah (m) - elevated, exhalted, lofty
Sana’ - resplendence, brilliance; to gaze or look
Sanobar (m) - pine tree
Sarafina (h) - ardent, like the angel who protects God’s throne
Sarai, Sara, Sarina, Saree (h) - princess, noble
Sauda (m) - black
Sawsan - Lily of the Valley
Sefa (t) - pleasure
Segulah (h) - pleasure
Seher (t) - dawn
Selena /seh-LEH-nah/ (g) moon; like Selene the moon goddess
Selima /seh-LEE-mah/ (m,h) - peace
Selvi (t) - cypress
Serap (t) - mirage
Sevda (t) - love, passion
Sevgi (t) - love
Sevgili (t) - darling
Sevinc (t) - joy, delight
Seyyal (t) - traveler
Sezen (t) - feeling, suspicion
Shabanna (m) - 1. Belonging to night, 2. Young lady
Shabibah (m) - youthful
Shabnam (m) - dew
Shadha - aromatic
Shadiyah (m) - singer
Shaheena (m) - falconess
Shahrazad - teller of “Tales of 1,001 Nights”
Shaia (r-Basque gypsy) - sister
Shaina /SHAY-nah/ (Yiddish) - beautiful
Shakarnaz /shah-kar-nah/ (p) - sugar
Shakeelah /shah-KEE-lah/ (m) - comely, beautiful, well shaped
Shakira /shah-KEER-ah/ (m) - grateful, contented
Shakufa /sha-KOO-fah/ (p) - opening bud
Shala /shah-LAH/ (m) - having grey eyes w/ shade of red; species of Narcissis flower
Shahla (Afghani) - beautiful eyes
Shamahmah /shah-mah-mah/ (m) - scent of perfume
Shamilah, Shameela (m) - quality, character, a bud
Shamina /shah-MEE-nah/ (m) - fragrant, sweet smelling, sweet breeze
Shamoodah /sha-moo-dah/ (m) - diamond
Shamsa /SHAM-sah/ (p) - sun, Shamsha (i) - sun
Shani /SHAH-nee/ (Swahili) - marvelous, (Kiswahili) - unusual thing, adventure
Shara, Sharna (h) - form of Sharon
Sharifah, Shareefa /shah-REE-fah/ (m) - noble
Shariykah (m) - companion, partner
Shazadi /shah-ZAH-dee/ (p) - princess
Shirin /sheer-IN/ (p) - sweet, legendary beauty
Shula, Shu’la (a) - flaming, bright
Siddiqah (m) - one who keeps her word
Sidona (h) - enticing
Sidra (m) - religious “lote-tree at the farthest border of paradise”
Sigliah (h) - violet
Siham - arrows
Sivia, Sivya (h) - a deer
Souad, Su’ad (m) - good fortune
Souzan (p) - burning, fire
Songl (t) - last rose
Soraya /Soh-rai-yah/ (p) star, Pleiades constellation; princess
Suha - name of a star
Suhailah, Suhaylah /soo-HAY-lah/ (m) - canopy, marquee; soft
Suhaymah - small arrow
Suhayr, Suhair - proper name
Sumayyah, Sumaiya - proper name
a=Arabic, b=Biblical, e=Egyptian, f=African, g= Greek, h=Hebrew, Israeli, i=India, m= middle eastern,
na= Native American, p= Persian, r= romany, gypsy, t= Turkish, hi= Hawaii
na= Native American, p= Persian, r= romany, gypsy, t= Turkish, hi= Hawaii
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