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Can you please provide a long list of Sahabi names?

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Below is a list of Sahabi names (names of companions of the Prophet), starting with the most popular ones. If you have questions about any of these names feel free to ask.

Arqam bin Abi al-Arqam (snake)
Baraa bin Malik (innocent)
Hasan bin Ali (handsome)
Hussain bin Ali (handsome)
Zubair bin Awaam (wise, firm, resolved)
Tufail bin Amr ad-Doosi (child, soft, night)
Abbas bin Abdul Mutallib (lion)
al-Miqdad bin al-Aswad (splitter, one who cuts things in half)
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (father of Ayyub, Ayyub's meaning is not known with certainty, it is the name of a prophet in the Quran)
Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (young)
Abu Dharr al-Ghaffari (ant, or hermit, ascetic)
Abu Saeed al-Khudri (happy)
Abu Ubaida bin al-Jarraah (worshiper of Allah)
Abu Moosa al-Ash'ari (father of Moosa, who is an ancient prophet, the meaning of his name is not clear)
Abu Huraira (father of cats)
Usama bin Zayd bin Haritha (lion)
Asaad bin Zarara (happy)
Anas bin Malik (friend)
Bilal bin Rabaah (water)
Thabit bin ad-Duhdaah (steafast, stable, firm)
Jaafar bin Abi Talib (river)
Huzaifa bin al-Yamaan (free from faults)
Hassaan bin Thabit (handsome)
Hamzah bin Abd al-Mutallib (lion)
Khalid ibn al-Waleed (eternal, immortal)
Zayd bin Thabit (increase, prosperity)
Zayd bin Haritha
Saad bin Abi Waqqaas (happy)
Saad bin Ubadah
Saad bin Muaaz
Saeed bin Zayd (happy)
Salman al-Farsi (free from fault, safe)
Suhail bin Amr (ease)
Suhaib ar-Roomi (one whose hair color tends toward red or brown)
Talha bin Ubaidullah (shade tree, any tree that provides shade)
Ubad bin Bashr (worshiper of Allah)
Ubadah bin as-Saamit (worshiper of Allah)
Abdurrahmaan bin Awf (servant of Allah)
Abdullah bin az-Zubayr (servant of Allah)
Abdullah bin Rawaaha
Abdullah bin Abbas
Abdullah bin Umar bin al-Khattab
Abdullah bin Masud
Uthman bin Affan (snake)
Uthman bin Madoon
Ali bin Abi Talib (high, exalted)
Ammaar bin Yaasir (one who brings life to a place, who enlivens, who has a long life)
Umar bin al-Khattaab (living, having a long life)
Amr bin Al-Jamooh (same as Umar)
Amr bin al-Aas
Kaab bin Malik (glory, exaltedness)
Muhammad bin Muslima (praiseworthy)
Musaab bin Umair (difficulty, or one who can withstand hardship)
Muaaz bin Jabal (protected by Allah)
Abu Jandal bin Suhail (rock, massive rock)
Abdullah bin Suhail (servant of Allah)
Ahmar bin Sawaa bin Uday (red)
Uzaina bin Salama bin al-Harith (listener, obedient)
Azhar bin Abd Awf (blossoming)
Asad bin Khuzaima (lion)
Asad bin Khuwailid
As'ad bin Abdullah bin Malik (happy)
Aws bin Thabit (wolf)
Ibrahim bin Jabir (ancient prophet's name)
Ibrahim bin Qays
Ishaak al-Ghanawi (ancient prophet's name)
Ismaeel bin Saeed (ancient prophet's name)
Thaalaba bin Abdurrahman (fox)
Jabir bin Abdullah (overcomer, dominant)
Jubair bin Mutim (overcomer, dominant)
Jundub bin Zuhair (beetle)
Haabis bin Daghna (hermit)
Habeeb bin Rabeea (beloved)
Hanzalah bin Abi Aamir (a type of plant)
Khabaab bin al-Art (one who walks quickly)
Khubaib bin Uday (same as above)
Raafi bin Khadeej (high)
Zuhair bin Saleem (blossoming)
Saalim, freed slave of Abi Huzaifa (safe, without flaw)
Sakhr bin Wadi'ah (rock)
Safwaan bin Umayyah (rock)
Taariq bin Shahaab (star)
Uqail bin Abi Talib (comprehending, intelligent)
Ukasha bin Mihsin (spider)
Urwah bin Iyadh (lion)
Ikrimah bin Abi Jahl (dove)
Faatik bin Zayd (courageous, warrior)
Furaat bin Hayyan (pure water)
Labeed al-Aamiri (resident)
Mudrik bin al-Haarith (intelligent, perceptive)
Mahmood bin Muslimah (praiseworthy)
Haashim bin Utbah (breaker)
Waael bin Hajar (one who takes refuge in something)
Waathila bin al-Asqaa (wealthy)
Waasi bin Habbaan (generous, powerful)
Waasila bin Habbab (one who is kind to his relatives)
Waaqid bin al-Haarith (kindler of fire)
Ward bin Khalid (flower)
Wardaan bin al-Junayy (flower)
Waraqa bin Haabis (leaf)
Waraqa bin Nawfal
Wahb bin al-Aswad (gift, gift from Allah)
Wahbaan bin Saifi (same as above)
Hahnis bin Wibra (brave)
Yahyaa bin Asaad (alive)
Yahyaa bin Hakeem
Yazeed al-Uqaili (increase, prosperous)
Yazeed Abu Abdurrahman
Yazeed Abu Amr
Yazeed Abu Hane'
Yasaar bin al-Atwal
Yusr bin al-Harith (ease)
Yaseer bin Amr (easy)
Yaaqoob bin Aws (name of a prophet in the Quran)
Yaalaa al-Aamiri (high, sublime)
Yaamur as-Saadi (long-lived)
Yaeesh bin al-Jahni (alive)
Yusuf al-Fihri (name of a prophet in the Quran)

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