Faisal

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Decisive, a judge, Mappila Muslim name”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Mohammed — Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name
• Ayshath — Living, prosperous, Mappila variant
• Hassan — Handsome, good, Mappila Muslim Kerala name
• Ibrahim — Father of many nations, Mappila name
• Musthafa — The chosen one, a name of the Prophet, Mappila
• Habeeb — Beloved, dearest friend, Mappila name

More boys' names of Malayalam origin

• Ayyappan — Lord Ayyappa, divine son of Shiva and Vishnu
• Mathew — Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name
• Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
• Joseph — God increases, prominent Kerala Christian name
• Sreejith — Victorious
• Manikandan — Lord Ayyappa

Where this comes from

Faisal has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.