| Lujain | Nabiha | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Silver | Intelligent, perceptive, eminent |
| Origin | arabic | arabic |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | loo-JAYN | nah-BEE-hah |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2017 (41) | 2015 (37) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Rising | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Lujain | Nabiha |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 195 | 80 |
| 2010s | 271 | 270 |
| 2000s | 60 | 203 |
| 1990s | 14 | 91 |
| 1980s | 0 | 7 |
Lujain (لجين, lujayn) is a literary Arabic word meaning 'silver'. It is a modern favourite and also carries a contemporary association with courage through the activist Loujain al-Hathloul. Also spelled Lujayn or Loujain.
Nabiha (نبيهة, nabiha) comes from the Arabic root n-b-h and means 'intelligent, alert, perceptive', with an extended sense of 'noble, eminent, distinguished'. The masculine form is Nabih.
Lujain and Nabiha are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Lujain means Silver (arabic origin), while Nabiha means Intelligent, perceptive, eminent (arabic origin).
In US records, Lujain first appears in 0 and Nabiha in 0, so Lujain has the longer recorded history.