Abjad Value of Names: Table of 70 Common Names

The abjad value of a name is found by writing it in Arabic letters and adding the fixed number each letter carries. Below are the abjad values of 70 common Islamic and Middle Eastern names, with the working shown. Each value is computed from the letters. If your name is not listed, use the abjad calculator. Abjad is a traditional counting system; it does not say anything about what will happen in a person's life.

How to Calculate the Abjad Value of a Name

In the abjad system each of the 28 Arabic letters has a fixed value from 1 to 1000. Write the name in Arabic, then add the values. Two examples:

Ali (علي): ع 70 + ل 30 + ي 10 = 110
Muhammad (محمد): م 40 + ح 8 + م 40 + د 4 = 92

Abjad Letter Values

Letter	Value	Letter	Value	Letter	Value
ا	1	ب	2	ج	3
د	4	ه	5	و	6
ز	7	ح	8	ط	9
ي	10	ك	20	ل	30
م	40	ن	50	س	60
ع	70	ف	80	ص	90
ق	100	ر	200	ش	300
ت	400	ث	500	خ	600
ذ	700	ض	800	ظ	900
غ	1000

Abjad Values of Common Names

Name	In Arabic	Abjad value
Abdullah	عبد الله	142
Abd al-Qadir	عبد القادر	412
Abd al-Karim	عبد الكريم	377
Abd al-Rahman	عبد الرحمن	405
Adam	آدم	45
Adnan	عدنان	175
Ahmad	احمد	53
Ali	علي	110
Asiya	آسية	76 (471 if ة counts as 400)
Aisha	عائشة	386 (781 if ة counts as 400)
Aziz	عزيز	94
Bakr	بكر	222
Batul	بتول	438
Bilal	بلال	63
Burhan	برهان	258
Busra	بشرى	512
Jamal	جمال	74
Jamil	جميل	83
Dawud	داود	15
Alif	الف	111
Amina	امينة	106 (501 if ة counts as 400)
Amir	امير	251
Anas	انس	111
Asma	اسماء	102
Isra	اسراء	262
Ayyub	ايوب	19
Faruq	فاروق	387
Fatih	فاتح	489
Fatima	فاطمة	135 (530 if ة counts as 400)
Khalil	خليل	670
Hamza	حمزة	60 (455 if ة counts as 400)
Harun	هارون	262
Hasan	حسن	118
Khadija	خديجة	622 (1017 if ة counts as 400)
Hawwa	حواء	15
Hilal	هلال	66
Husayn	حسين	128
Ibrahim	ابراهيم	259
Idris	ادريس	275
Isa	عيسى	150
Ismail	اسماعيل	212
Qadir	قادر	305
Kamal	كمال	91
Kawthar	كوثر	726
Layla	ليلى	80
Mahmud	محمود	98
Muhammad	محمد	92
Maryam	مريم	290
Marwa	مروة	251 (646 if ة counts as 400)
Murad	مراد	245
Musa	موسى	116
Mustafa	مصطفى	229
Nur	نور	256
Umar	عمر	310
Uthman	عثمان	661
Rabia	رابعة	278 (673 if ة counts as 400)
Rida	رضا	1001
Saliha	صالحة	134 (529 if ة counts as 400)
Salim	سليم	140
Sumayya	سمية	115 (510 if ة counts as 400)
Sulayman	سليمان	191
Taha	طه	14
Tariq	طارق	310
Yahya	يحيى	38
Yaqub	يعقوب	188
Yasin	ياسين	131
Yunus	يونس	126
Yusuf	يوسف	156
Zahra	زهراء	213
Zaynab	زينب	69

Why Some Names Have Two Values

Names ending in ة (ta marbuta), such as Fatima, Aisha and Khadija, are counted two ways. Some sources treat ة like ه and give it 5; others treat it like ت and give it 400. The second value is shown in brackets. There is no single rule, so follow the convention of the source you use.

Spelling matters too. English transliterations vary (Muhammad, Mohammed), and the abjad value comes from the Arabic spelling, not the Latin one. The table covers names whose Arabic spelling is well established.

Abjad vs Numerology

Abjad uses Arabic letters with values up to 1000. Pythagorean numerology gives Latin letters 1 to 9, reduces the sum to one digit and keeps 11, 22 and 33. So the same name gives different numbers in each system. To work out numbers from a name and birth date in the Latin alphabet, try the numerology calculator.

What Is Abjad Used For?

Abjad was widely used in Ottoman and Islamic culture. The best-known use is the chronogram, a phrase whose letters add up to a year, written to mark an event. Looking at the values of names is a matter of curiosity and tradition. A name's number is not evidence about the person who has that name. For more on how dreams are discussed in Islamic tradition, see the three types of dreams in Islam.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you calculate the abjad value of a name?

Write the name in Arabic letters and add the fixed value of each letter. Ali, for example, is ع (70) + ل (30) + ي (10) = 110. Diacritics and the shadda carry no value.

What is the abjad value of Muhammad?

Muhammad is written محمد: م (40) + ح (8) + م (40) + د (4) = 92.

Why do different websites give different abjad values for the same name?

There are two main reasons. One is spelling: a name may have more than one Arabic spelling. The other is ة (ta marbuta), which some traditions count as ه (5) and others as ت (400). Names such as Fatima therefore get two values.

Can the abjad value of a name tell you anything about a person?

No. Abjad is a traditional system of giving letters numerical values. It has been used for chronograms and name studies, but a name's number says nothing about the life of the person who carries it.

Is abjad the same as numerology?

No. Abjad assigns values from 1 to 1000 to Arabic letters. Pythagorean numerology assigns 1 to 9 to Latin letters and reduces the total to a single digit. The same name gives different numbers in the two systems.