Appendix:Kuwaiti names
This is a list of the 10 most common names for boys and girls in Kuwait, as published by The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI),[1] a governmental agency, along with their transliteration in Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic and Standard Arabic. The list is undated, but is probably from 2018, as the rest of the reports on the website.
Male names
edit| Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic | Modern Standard Arabic |
|---|---|
| مْحَمَّد (mḥammad) | مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) |
| عَبْدَ الله (ʕabd-aɫɫa) | عَبْدُالله (ʕabdu-l-lāh) |
| عَبْدِ الرَّحْمٰن (ʕabd-ir-raḥmām) | عَبْدُ الرَّحْمٰن (ʕabdu r-raḥmān) |
| خَالِد (ḵālid) | |
| عَلي (ʕali) | عَلِي (ʕalī) |
| عَبْدِ العَزيز (ʕabd-il-ʕazīz) | عَبْدُ العَزِيز (ʕabdu l-ʕazīz) |
| فَهَد (fahad) | فَهْد (fahd) |
| يوسِف (yūsif) | يُوسُف (yūsuf) |
| أَحْمَد (ʔaḥmad) | |
| نَاصِر (nāṣir) | |
Female names
edit| Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic | Modern Standard Arabic |
|---|---|
| فاطْمة (fāṭma) | فَاطِمَة (fāṭima) |
| مَرْيَم (maryam) | |
| سَارَة (sāra) | |
| نُورَة (nūra) | |
| مْنيرة (mnīra) | مُنِيرَة (munīra) |
| شيخة (šēḵa) | شَيْخَة (šayḵa) |
| دَلَال (dalāl) | |
| عايْشة (ʕāʔyša) | عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša) |
| رِيم (rīm) | |
| دَانَة (dāna) | |
References
edit- ^ Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) (unknown) “نظام الخدمات الإحصائية (“statistical services system”)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI), retrieved 30 July 2019