Bint as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bint

What is the meaning of the name Bint ?

The baby name Bint is a Female name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /bɪnt/ (bint, rhymes with 'lint').

Bint is Arabic in Origin.

Bint is an Arabic word (بنت) meaning “daughter” or “girl,” from a Semitic root also seen in cognates like Hebrew bat. In Arabic naming it functions as a filiation marker - Fatima bint Muhammad means “Fatima, daughter of Muhammad.” Because of its clear, affectionate sense of lineage, the term has occasionally been adopted as a given name, though this remains uncommon.

The element spread widely with Islamic and Arabic influence, appearing in medieval biographical dictionaries and in modern civil records from the Maghreb to the Gulf. It is standard in Malay/Indonesian and Bruneian names as binti, and in South Asian Muslim usage as binte or bint-e; Ottoman Turkish likewise used binti. Compound forms such as Bint al-Shati (“daughter of the shore”) served as honorifics or pen names. Variants and spellings include Bint, Binte, Binti; meaning consistently centers on female descent and familial respect.