Khairunnisa

Khairunnisa or Khair-un-nissa
Pronunciation [xɑjˈrunˈiːsɑ]
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".

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