How to say "name" in Arabic
CognateMeaningname
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
اِسْم
ismאסם
اسم
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
שם
shemشِم
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
س-م-وHebrew root
ש-מIsm is Hebrew shem (שם) with the regular sh → s shift — the same tiny primeval word behind 'Semitic' itself (from Noah's son Shem).
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
سْمِيَّة
smiyaסמיהDarija's 'name' is smiya: shnu smiytek? — 'what's your name?'
In a phrase
اِسْمِي دَاوُد
ismī dāwudאסמי דאודMy name is David.
Plural
أَسْمَاء
asmāʾאסמאאbroken plural aCCāʾ — like اسم→أسماء; compare Hebrew shemot (שמות).