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Marjan

مرجانIn Arabic

Meaning
Coral; small pearls (Qur'an 55:22)
About the name
Marjan is named twice in Surat al-Rahman: coming out of the two seas with the pearl (55:22) and as a likeness for the maidens of Paradise, 'rubies and coral' (55:58). The word reached Arabic through Syriac and Greek, from an Iranian borrowing (Wiktionary).
For
A girl
Origin
Arabic, Persian
Other spellings
Marjana, Marjane, Merjan

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible
  • In the Qur’an

Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.

Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources

Confidence: high

Sources

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