Esna

A Quranic Name for Girls

Meaning: Light and Radiance

Esna is variant of Asna and has the exact same meaning and pronunciation (see below for full meaning). You can use either Esna or Asna, both are correct and acceptable. If you like this variant more and you'd like to pronounce it the way it is spelled (different than the original name), this is perfectly acceptable. For more details please see the main entry at: Asna.

Full Meaning of Esna

Esna is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means “she glowed”, “she was dazzlingly brilliant.” It is derived from the S-N-A root which is used in the Quran in 24:43:

Do you not see that Allah drives clouds? Then He brings them together, then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightening almost takes away the eyesight.