Belly Dance Names T-Z
T
Tahira, Tahirah /ta-HEER-ah/ (m) - pure, chaste, pious, clean
Tahiyya (m) - greeting, cheer
Tahmina /tah-MEE-nah/ (p) - Rustam’s wife in famous poem
Tajah (m) - crown
Takiyah - pious, righteous
Taleebah - seeker of knowledge
Talia (h) - dew
Taliah (h) - lamkin
Talor, Talora (h) - dew of the morning
Talya (t) - proper name
Tamar, Tamarah (h, p) - date tree
Tania (Russian) - the fairy queen
Tanaiya - proper name
Tarana /tuh-rah-nuh/ (p) - melody
Tarub, Taroob - merry
Taslimah (m) - salutation, peace
Tavi, Tavita (h) - fem. form of David, i.e. beloved
Tayyibah /tah-YEE-bah/ (m) - good, sweet, agreeable, pure, chaste; “halaal”
Temirah (h) - tall, erect, “like a palm”
Thalia (g) - to flourish, to bloom
Thana’ - thankfulness
Thara’ - wealth
Thurrayya (m) - star; the Pleiades
Tikvah (h) - hope
Timora (h) - tall (as the palm tree)
Tira (h) - encampment, enclosure
Tirza, Tirzha, Tirsa (h) - pleasant
Tomris (t) -
Tova, Tovah (h) - good
Tuhfah (m) - present, gift
Tzafrirah /zah-freer-ah/ (h) morning zephyr
U
Uhuru /oo-HOO-roo/ (f-Kiswahili) - freedom
Umayama - little mother
V
W
Wafa’ - faithfulness
Wafiqah - successful
Wafiyyah - loyal, faithful
Wahibah - giver, donor
Wajihah, Wajeeha - eminent, distinguished
Walidah- newborn
Warda, Wardah - rose
Widad - love, friendship
Wijdan - ecstacy, sentiment
Wisal- communion in love
X
Xela /SHAY-la/ (native american) - beautiful
Ximena (g) - from “Xenia”, hospitality to a stranger
Xenia (g) - hospitality to a stranger
Y
Yafia - high
Yakootah - emerald
Yalanda (g) - var. of Yolanda (violet flower)
Yamha - dove
Yaminah (m) - right and proper; right hand
Yasirah - lenient
Yasmine, Yasmin, Yasmina - Jasmine, friendliness
Yegane /yeh-gah-nee/ (p) - incomparable beauty
Yeira (h) - light
Yemina (h) - right hand
Yesim (t) - jade
Yildiz (t) - star
Yoninah (h) - little dove
Yosefa, Yosifa (a) - feminine of Joseph
Yumn - good fortune, success
Yusra - proper name
Z
Zabrina (h) - var. of Sabrina
Zafirah - victorious, successful
Zahavah (h) - golden
Zahirah /zah-hee-rah/(m) - shining, luminous; blooming flower, of bright and lovely color
Zahra’ - white
Zahrah (m) - flower, beauty, star
Zaib /zah-eeb/ (m) - beautiful fragrant tree, elder daughter of Rasoolulah
Zainab, Zaynab - daughter of the prophet
Zakiyyah /zah-KEE-yah/ (m) - pure, lady of keen perception and sharp mind
Zaleekhah /zoo-lee-kah/ (m) so beautiful that people gape in wonderment
Zalika /zah-LEE-kah/ (f-Swahili) - well born
Zambak (t) - Lily
Zaraa’ /zah-RAH/ (m) - beautiful, the lady of Jannah
Zareen (m) - golden, gold
Zarifah (m) - graceful (t) code for “gay” in Ottoman times
Zayn (m) - beautiful, graceful
Zaynah, Zaina - beautiful
Zeenat /zee-naht/ (m) - beauty, elegance, adornment
Zeinab /ZAY-nab/ (f-Somali) - good
Zel (t) - private, special
Zemirah (h) - song of joy; hospitable
Zemorah (h) - branch
Zena /ZAH-nah/ (f-Ethiopian) - fame, (p) - woman, (h) - stranger
Zia (h) - to tremble
Zina (g) - form of Zena, Xenia
Zikiya /zah-KEE-yah/ (f-Swahili) - smart, intelligent
Zimra, Zimora (h) - 1. Branch, 2. Song of praise
Ziva, Zivah (h) - bright, radiant
Ziynet (t) - ornament
Zlem (t) - longing, yearning
Zohar (h) - shining, brilliant
Zubaidah, Zubaydah (m) - excellent, best part, cream
Zuhairah (m) - blossom, radiant, shining
Zuhra, Zurah /zooh-rah/ (a) - Venus (heavenly body)
Zulaikha /zoo-lai-ee-kha/ (m) so beautiful that people gape in wonderment.
Tahira, Tahirah /ta-HEER-ah/ (m) - pure, chaste, pious, clean
Tahiyya (m) - greeting, cheer
Tahmina /tah-MEE-nah/ (p) - Rustam’s wife in famous poem
Tajah (m) - crown
Takiyah - pious, righteous
Taleebah - seeker of knowledge
Talia (h) - dew
Taliah (h) - lamkin
Talor, Talora (h) - dew of the morning
Talya (t) - proper name
Tamar, Tamarah (h, p) - date tree
Tania (Russian) - the fairy queen
Tanaiya - proper name
Tarana /tuh-rah-nuh/ (p) - melody
Tarub, Taroob - merry
Taslimah (m) - salutation, peace
Tavi, Tavita (h) - fem. form of David, i.e. beloved
Tayyibah /tah-YEE-bah/ (m) - good, sweet, agreeable, pure, chaste; “halaal”
Temirah (h) - tall, erect, “like a palm”
Thalia (g) - to flourish, to bloom
Thana’ - thankfulness
Thara’ - wealth
Thurrayya (m) - star; the Pleiades
Tikvah (h) - hope
Timora (h) - tall (as the palm tree)
Tira (h) - encampment, enclosure
Tirza, Tirzha, Tirsa (h) - pleasant
Tomris (t) -
Tova, Tovah (h) - good
Tuhfah (m) - present, gift
Tzafrirah /zah-freer-ah/ (h) morning zephyr
U
Uhuru /oo-HOO-roo/ (f-Kiswahili) - freedom
Umayama - little mother
V
W
Wafa’ - faithfulness
Wafiqah - successful
Wafiyyah - loyal, faithful
Wahibah - giver, donor
Wajihah, Wajeeha - eminent, distinguished
Walidah- newborn
Warda, Wardah - rose
Widad - love, friendship
Wijdan - ecstacy, sentiment
Wisal- communion in love
X
Xela /SHAY-la/ (native american) - beautiful
Ximena (g) - from “Xenia”, hospitality to a stranger
Xenia (g) - hospitality to a stranger
Y
Yafia - high
Yakootah - emerald
Yalanda (g) - var. of Yolanda (violet flower)
Yamha - dove
Yaminah (m) - right and proper; right hand
Yasirah - lenient
Yasmine, Yasmin, Yasmina - Jasmine, friendliness
Yegane /yeh-gah-nee/ (p) - incomparable beauty
Yeira (h) - light
Yemina (h) - right hand
Yesim (t) - jade
Yildiz (t) - star
Yoninah (h) - little dove
Yosefa, Yosifa (a) - feminine of Joseph
Yumn - good fortune, success
Yusra - proper name
Z
Zabrina (h) - var. of Sabrina
Zafirah - victorious, successful
Zahavah (h) - golden
Zahirah /zah-hee-rah/(m) - shining, luminous; blooming flower, of bright and lovely color
Zahra’ - white
Zahrah (m) - flower, beauty, star
Zaib /zah-eeb/ (m) - beautiful fragrant tree, elder daughter of Rasoolulah
Zainab, Zaynab - daughter of the prophet
Zakiyyah /zah-KEE-yah/ (m) - pure, lady of keen perception and sharp mind
Zaleekhah /zoo-lee-kah/ (m) so beautiful that people gape in wonderment
Zalika /zah-LEE-kah/ (f-Swahili) - well born
Zambak (t) - Lily
Zaraa’ /zah-RAH/ (m) - beautiful, the lady of Jannah
Zareen (m) - golden, gold
Zarifah (m) - graceful (t) code for “gay” in Ottoman times
Zayn (m) - beautiful, graceful
Zaynah, Zaina - beautiful
Zeenat /zee-naht/ (m) - beauty, elegance, adornment
Zeinab /ZAY-nab/ (f-Somali) - good
Zel (t) - private, special
Zemirah (h) - song of joy; hospitable
Zemorah (h) - branch
Zena /ZAH-nah/ (f-Ethiopian) - fame, (p) - woman, (h) - stranger
Zia (h) - to tremble
Zina (g) - form of Zena, Xenia
Zikiya /zah-KEE-yah/ (f-Swahili) - smart, intelligent
Zimra, Zimora (h) - 1. Branch, 2. Song of praise
Ziva, Zivah (h) - bright, radiant
Ziynet (t) - ornament
Zlem (t) - longing, yearning
Zohar (h) - shining, brilliant
Zubaidah, Zubaydah (m) - excellent, best part, cream
Zuhairah (m) - blossom, radiant, shining
Zuhra, Zurah /zooh-rah/ (a) - Venus (heavenly body)
Zulaikha /zoo-lai-ee-kha/ (m) so beautiful that people gape in wonderment.
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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