Khairunnisa
Appearance
Pronunciation | [xɑjˈrunˈiːsɑ] |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Arab World |
Meaning | Woman with good deed |
Region of origin | Middle East |
Other names | |
Related names | Khayrat, Khayriyya |
Khairunnisa (Arabic: خير النساء) is an Arabic female given name. It can also be spelt as Kherunnisa or Khair-un-nisa. Khair means peace and nissa means lady, so the complete name means "lady of peace". The name is transliterated as Hayrünnisa in Turkey.
There are several other names with the suffix -un-nissa, such as Mehr-un-nissa and Zeb-un-nisa. The name "Nissa" can also be used independently and written as "Nissa", "Nisa", "Nysa", "Neesa" and "Nessa".