- Meaning
- Strong-willed, hard to tame
- Arabic
- مصعب
- Say it
- MUS-'ab
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
Originally said of a strong stallion camel that has never been ridden.
Famous people with this name
- Musab ibn Umayr, the first teacher the Prophet sent to Medina, who died at Uhud
Other spellings
Mosab, Mus'ab
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Questions about Musab
What does Musab mean?
Musab means: Strong-willed, hard to tame. Originally said of a strong stallion camel that has never been ridden.
Is Musab 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 Musab a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Musab is a boy’s name.
How do you write Musab in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Musab is written مصعب.