Madina (first name)

Madina ( Kazakh : Мәдина, Chechen : Мадина) is a feminine given name .

Origin and meaning

The name comes from the name of the city Medina ( Arabic المدينة, al-Madinah), which means (the) city . The Saudi Arabian city ​​is considered a holy place in Islam because the Prophet Mohammed lived there for a while.

An Azerbaijani variant is Mədinə .

Well-known namesake

• Madina Duisenowa (* 1983), Kazakh chess player
• Madina Ulfatowna Biktagirowa (* 1964), Russian long-distance runner
• Madina Abylqassymowa (* 1978), Kazakh politician

See also

• Madina

Individual evidence

1. ^ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Madina. Retrieved May 13, 2019 .