Girls Names

Q: Can you please tell me whether the name "Noorah" is a good Muslim name for a girl? Also if you know of any pious predecessors who were named Noorah.

Q: Should my name be mar-deah? What is the meaning and correct spelling?

Q: Keeping a baby' name "Alisha" or "alesha " meaning protected by Allah Ta'ala. Is the name recomended?

Q: May I please ask the correct meaning of Huda? Is it a girls name? Does it originate from the holy Quran and were there any sahabiyaats (Radiyallahu Anhunna) called Huda? Also the meaning of Hannah and where it originates from and of there is was anyone pious or a sahabiyaat (Radiyallahu Anhunna) named Hannah?

Q: I need origin and pronounciation for these names Aiza, Zaina, Simrah, Laiba? I am very confused. I want to keep Aiza and Zaina, but don't have proper pronounciation for this name. For Laiba some say it is not a good name to keep as it has different meaning in Arabic, now for Simrah some say the name doesn't exist? Please need details about these four names?

Q: Is the name haalah a sahabiya name? What is the meaning?

Q: My wife is about to give birth. We were thinking of naming the child Asmara. Could you advise if this name is suitable and acceptable?

Q: Please tell me what's the meaning of Juwayriyah?

Q: I was wondering if the following names are acceptable:

- Taariq as in, Taariq bin Ziyaad.

- Shurahbil who was involved in the Conquest of Syria - is he a Sahabi?

- Shurayh

- Jurayj as in the one mentioned in a hadeeth.

Girls'

- Humaydah

- Rumaysaa (Umm Sulaym bint Milhaan?)

- Humayraa (Aa'isha (Radiyallahu Anhas) nickname?)

Please provide Arabic and meanings.