ʿAdnān
عَدْنان
Say it ad-NAAN
Settled, abiding
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ʿ-d-n
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Adnan, Adnaan
Meaning & source
Settled, abiding: Lisān says the name ʿAdnān comes from ʿadn, camels keeping to a place, growing attached to it and not leaving it. ʿAdnān son of Udd is the father of Maʿadd.
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وَاسْمُ عَدْنان مُشْتَقٌّ مِنَ العَدْنِ، وَهُوَ أَن تَلْزَمَ الإِبلُ المكانَ فتأْلَفَه وَلَا تَبْرَحَه
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.