- Meaning
- Inspiration
- Arabic
- إلهام
- Say it
- il-HAAM
- Gender
- Boy or girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
A girl's name in the Arab world, a boy's name in Turkey and Indonesia.
Other spellings
Ilhame, İlham
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Questions about Ilham
What does Ilham mean?
Ilham means: Inspiration. A girl's name in the Arab world, a boy's name in Turkey and Indonesia.
Is Ilham in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Ilham a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ilham is used for boys and for girls.
How do you write Ilham in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Ilham is written إلهام.