Aabid-----Abida, Arif------Arifa, Hameed----Hameeda, Hanif-----Hanifa...There are tons more...became-a-loner said:here is a simple rule for your future reference ........... add "a" or "ia" to most male names and they become female names examples ...... :-\ yes ........ shumail ........ add an "a" Shumaila ........... Tahir ........add an "a" Tahira .............. Shamas .........add the magical "ia" Shamsia .......... and so on ............. although Shamas means sun and sun is a male word but some women shine better than so called male sun ............... I hope I did not offend Shamsia