girl name · Source-indexed record
Qanita
قانتا
Virtuous, Pious, God-Fearing and Devoted to God. Qanita means a woman who is truly devoted to God, constant in worshiping Him and praying. The Quran uses the word to describe Maryam/Mary mother of Prophet Isa/Jesus.
- Arabic spelling
- قانتا
- Pronunciation
- kah-NEE-tahAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- QuranicSource-stated
- Gender
- girl
- First letter
- Q
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Qanita
Qanita is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a female name. The source records its meaning as “Virtuous, Pious, God-Fearing and Devoted to God. Qanita means a woman who is truly devoted to God, constant in worshiping Him and praying. The Quran uses the word to describe Maryam/Mary mother of Prophet Isa/Jesus.”. Its origin label is stated directly in the source text. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.