Jannah means paradise, garden. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Girl name · Arabic (Quranic word)
جَنَّة
Jannah
Paradise, garden
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Meaning
Jannah (جَنَّة) is an Arabic name for girls, taken from a word in the Quran. It means paradise, garden.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Jannah comes from the root ج ن ن, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
Allah tells us to race to "a garden (jannah) as wide as the heavens and the earth" (3:133).
۞ وَسَارِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَغْفِرَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَجَنَّةٍ عَرْضُهَا ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ أُعِدَّتْ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
Wa saari'ooo ilaa maghfiratim mir Rabbikum wa Jannatin arduhassamaawaatu wal ardu u'iddat lilmuttaqeen
And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous
Quran 3:133. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it JAN-nah. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Jenna. In Arabic it is written with 3 letters, from right to left: ج jim + ن nun + ة ta marbuta.
Names taken from words in the Quran are a popular choice. Before choosing one, read the verse it comes from, as above, so you know the context the word is used in. With the father's name it becomes Jannah bint (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Jannah (جَنَّة) means paradise, garden. It is an Arabic name for girls, taken from a word in the Quran.
Allah tells us to race to "a garden (jannah) as wide as the heavens and the earth" (3:133).
Jannah is used as a girl's name.
Jannah is written جَنَّة in Arabic, said JAN-nah.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, جَنَّة. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.