The Names Behind the Pieces
Every Pellington piece carries a name, and almost every one of them is an Arabic word chosen for what it means. Some are qualities we admire. Some are things in the natural world. A few are simply the number of bands in the ring. None of them are decoration.
This is the full list, so you know what you are wearing and what you are giving.
Why we name our pieces
A piece of jewellery you wear every day stops being an object fairly quickly. It becomes a habit, then a small part of how you see yourself. Giving each design a word worth keeping felt like a better idea than giving it a product code. It also means a gift can be chosen for its meaning as much as its look, which is why people so often pick a name before they pick a style.
Names are given in Modern Standard Arabic and shown here in both scripts, with the meaning alongside.
The names
| Name | Arabic | Meaning | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahlam | أحلام | Dreams | Rings |
| Al-Amirah | الأميرة | The princess | Rings |
| Amara | أمارة | Everlasting | Bracelets |
| Anaqah | أناقة | Elegance | Bracelets |
| Arba'a | أربعة | Four, for its four joined bands | Rings |
| Aseela | أصيلة | Noble, of deep-rooted lineage | Necklaces |
| Asrar | أسرار | Secrets | Bracelets |
| Aswad | أسود | Black, for the stone at its heart | Rings |
| Dana | دانة | The precious pearl | Earrings |
| Dawlah | دولة | A royal presence | Necklaces |
| Diya | ضياء | Radiance, light itself | Rings |
| Emira | أميرة | Princess | Earrings |
| Farasha | فراشة | Butterfly | Necklaces |
| Haneen | حنين | A tender longing | Shop All |
| Hayyah | حياة | Life | Shop All |
| Hayyat | حياة | Life | Bracelets |
| Hilm | حلم | A dream | Bracelets |
| Ikhlas | إخلاص | Sincerity and purity | Necklaces |
| Izza | عزّة | Honour and dignity | Rings |
| Jadhbah | جاذبية | Allure, magnetism | Rings |
| Jumanah | جُمانة | The pearl | Bracelets |
| Kanz | كنز | Treasure | Bracelets |
| Kaveri | كافيري | Named for the Kaveri, one of the East's most sacred rivers | Bracelets |
| Khudra | خُضرة | Greenery | Necklaces |
| Leen | لين | Softness | Earrings |
| Leila | ليلى | Drawn from the night | Necklaces |
| Malakiyah | ملكية | Regal | Necklaces |
| Mawj | موج | Wave | Rings |
| Nabad | نبض | Pulse | Bracelets |
| Nafla | نافلة | A voluntary good deed, and the blessing it carries | Necklaces |
| Nar | نار | Fire | Earrings |
| Noore | نور | Light | Rings |
| Ramlah | رملة | Sand, for the fine rippled weave | Bracelets |
| Raya | ريّا | A ray of light | Earrings |
| Rimal | رمال | Sands | Earrings |
| Rubaaiyah | رباعية | The quatrain, a poem of four lines | Rings |
| Sahare | سهارى | Drawn from the dawn | Shop All |
| Shamsa | شمسة | Of the sun | Necklaces |
| Shuhur | شهور | Months, for a ring worn season after season | Rings |
| Thalatha | ثلاثة | Three, for its three stacked bands | Rings |
| Thurraya | ثريّا | The Pleiades, the star cluster | Bracelets |
| Uqda | عقدة | The knot | Bracelets |
| Yaqeen | يقين | Certainty | Rings |
| Yasmine | ياسمين | The jasmine flower | Bracelets |
| Zareen | زرين | Golden | Rings |
A note on the ones that are not Arabic
A handful of designs carry names from elsewhere. Kaveri takes its name from one of the East's most sacred rivers. Zareen means golden in Persian. Romana points to the Roman numerals cut into the band. Where a name has no meaning to explain, it is not listed above.
Choosing by meaning
If you are buying a gift and want the name to do some of the work, a few that people return to often: Nafla for a blessing, Yaqeen for certainty, Haneen for someone you miss, Hayyat for a new chapter, and Nour for light. Every order arrives in our signature packaging, so the name arrives with it.
Find the name that fits.