Muhib means loving. See it in Arabic, how to say it, where it is in the Quran and names like it.
Boy name · Arabic
مُحِبّ
Muhib
Loving
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Meaning
Muhib (مُحِبّ) is an Arabic name for boys. It means loving.
In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Muhib comes from the root ح ب ب, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.
"If you should love (tuhibbun) Allah, then follow me" (3:31) uses the same root.
قُلْ إِن كُنتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ ٱللَّهَ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى يُحْبِبْكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ
Qul in kuntum tuhibboonal laaha fattabi' oonee yuhbibkumul laahu wa yaghfir lakum zunoobakum; wallaahu Ghafoorur Raheem
Say, [O Muhammad], "If you should love Allah, then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."
Quran 3:31. Arabic: Uthmani text (Tanzil). English: Sahih International.
Say it mu-HIBB. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Mohib and Muhibb. In Arabic it is written with 3 letters, from right to left: م mim + ح ḥa + ب ba.
Muhib is a name with a good meaning, which is what the Sunnah asks for. The Prophet ﷺ said: "The most beloved of your names to Allah are Abdullah and Abdur-Rahman",3 and after these, any name with a good meaning is a sound choice. With the father's name it becomes Muhib bin (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.
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Questions
Muhib (مُحِبّ) means loving. It is an Arabic name for boys.
"If you should love (tuhibbun) Allah, then follow me" (3:31) uses the same root.
Muhib is used as a boy's name.
Muhib is written مُحِبّ in Arabic, said mu-HIBB.
Both are English spellings of the same Arabic name, مُحِبّ. Choose the one that is easiest to say where you live, and keep it the same on all documents.