Arabic Names

General Name Discussion
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[name]Hi[/name] Berries
My partner is a Muslim & he has said that for any children we have he would want them to have an Arabic first name (he has a daughter already, [name]Ayisha[/name] (pron A-sha)). Problem is I have not found too many that I like, & I [name]LOVE[/name] names.

For girls I like:
[name]Inaya[/name] / [name]Anaya[/name] (tend more towards [name]Anaya[/name])
[name]Imani[/name]
[name]Aziza[/name]

For boys:
[name]Malik[/name]
[name]Hakeem[/name] (although I’m more fond of the [name]Hakim[/name] spelling but think this alters the pron. too much)
[name]Tariq[/name] (obviously couldn’t have [name]Malik[/name] & [name]Tariq[/name] together!)

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Taa

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Same problem here, here are some suggestions from me:

GIRL
[name]Randa[/name]
[name]Isra[/name]
Afnan
[name]Noura[/name]/[name]Noor[/name]
Gazala
Zafirah
Mishaal
Vanisha
Hawwa
[name]Jamila[/name]
Maisah
Tasneem/Tasnim
Rubiya
[name]Dima[/name]
Fawziya
Ghazala
[name]Daneen[/name]
Enisa
[name]Alma[/name]
[name]Farah[/name]
[name]Nahla[/name]
Humayra
Thurayya
[name]Fairuza[/name]
Alishaba
[name]Zahra[/name]

BOY
Ziad
[name]Amir[/name]
[name]Syed[/name]
Eshan
Farhan
Faris
Haider
[name]Harun[/name]
Haydar
[name]Idris[/name]
Jibrail/Jibran
Tanim
[name]Zayd[/name]
[name]Muhammad[/name] (of course :p)

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I love Supriya (Sup-ree-ah) and Shivane (Shiv-ah-nee) for girls.

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I once worked with a girl named Somaya, and I thought her name was really pretty. I also like [name]Aziza[/name], Zafirah, Tasneem, [name]Zahra[/name], [name]Amir[/name] and [name]Idris[/name].

Some names that are familiar in both Arabic and English:

[name]Sabina[/name]
[name]Sabrina[/name]
[name]Layla[/name]
[name]Dena[/name]
[name]Dalia[/name] (means [name]Dahlia[/name])
[name]Sofia[/name]
[name]Jasmin[/name]/[name]Yasmin[/name]
[name]Hana[/name]
[name]Nadia[/name]

The boys are harder!
[name]Adam[/name]/Adaam
[name]Basil[/name] (means “brave”, apparently)
Zakariya/[name]Zachariah[/name] (maybe you could just go with [name]Zak[/name]?)
[name]Taj[/name] (quite common where I live - its familiarity may vary)

Other suggestions:

[name]Cala[/name]
Nashida
[name]Rana[/name]
Yasira
[name]Zinah[/name]
[name]Samara[/name]
Maysun

[name]Omar[/name]
[name]Ilias[/name]
Sofian
[name]Malik[/name]
Mazin
Layth
Jaul
Alim

Disclaimer: I don’t speak Arabic, so I can’t confirm the legitimacy/spelling/meaning of these names! I’m sure your partner will be able to clarify though. : )

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I can’t help with boys names, but [name]Farrah[/name] and [name]Lela[/name] are pretty yet familiar Arabic girls names.

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Girls
[name]Farida[/name]
[name]Samira[/name]
[name]Yasmin[/name]
Nour / [name]Nur[/name]
[name]Laila[/name]
[name]Maryam[/name]
[name]Salima[/name]
[name]Rania[/name]
[name]Zahra[/name]
[name]Faiza[/name]
[name]Khadijah[/name]
Basma
[name]Naima[/name]

Boys
[name]Khalil[/name]
[name]Khalid[/name]
Tahir
[name]Sulaiman[/name]
[name]Farouk[/name]
[name]Hamza[/name]
[name]Jibril[/name]
Munir
[name]Faisal[/name]
Younis
Farid
[name]Ibrahim[/name]
[name]Latif[/name]
[name]Youssef[/name]

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Here are some that I think have great meanings and would be easy for english-speaking cultures to understand and pronounce…
Boys:
[name]Amir[/name]- king
Jalal- greatness
Jalil- great
[name]Kamal[/name]- perfection
[name]Karim[/name]- generous
[name]Rahim[/name], [name]Raheem[/name]- merciful
[name]Zakaria[/name]- zachary
Girls:
Asiya- healer
Celmira- brilliant one
Centola- light of knowledge
[name]Imani[/name]- faith, believer
[name]Jalila[/name] (see boys)
[name]Jamila[/name]- beautiful
[name]Kalila[/name]- beloved
[name]Lila[/name]- night
Nasrin- wild rose
[name]Salima[/name]- safe, healthy
Shahina- falcon
[name]Shakila[/name]- pretty

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I love [name]Leila[/name] and [name]Zahra[/name] (for a girl).

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For boys I really love [name]Amir[/name] and [name]Hamza[/name], I saw someone mentioned Layth (sp?), which I also really like for a boy! For girls I like [name]Zara[/name]
and [name]Salma[/name]. I also love love love [name]Noor[/name], which I have seen used for both genders so I’m not sure if it’s unisex or if it “belongs” to one
gender but, I think it’s a beautiful name regardless!

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My name is Nihad, and I’m a girl but it’s also used as a boys name. My favorite name is [name]Naima[/name] or [name]Neima[/name]. [name]Khalil[/name] is a good strong name for a boy that is fairly common in the US>

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My best friend is Arabic, her name is [name]Samia[/name] (pronounced [name]SAM[/name]-ee-a) her sister is Allia (pronounced [name]Ah[/name]-[name]LAY[/name]-a), her brothers are [name]Hamza[/name], [name]Mohammad[/name] nn Hamad, and [name]Amar[/name]. Her father’s name is Hisham and her cousin’s name is Arwa.

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Two Arabic girl names I love and haven’t seen mentioned yet are [name]Amira[/name] and [name]Kamilah[/name] (prn ka-MEE-luh).

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One name i like, although probably more common with Persian Muslims is [name]Sheherazade[/name], I think it is spelled Shahrazad in Arabic.

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I have students whose names have been:
Wail, boy
Jawad, boy
[name]Abdullah[/name], boy
Batool, boy
[name]Ibrahim[/name], boy
[name]Issa[/name], boy
Razaan, girl
Rawaan, girl
Hassani, girl
[name]Jamila[/name], girl
Khadeija, girl

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Thanks for the great suggestions everyone. [name]Will[/name] have a good look later & come up with a short list!

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I know a Arabic/English family with a [name]Yasmine[/name], [name]Layla[/name], and an [name]Adam[/name]. I really like them together - they’re traditional Arabic names, but also work in English too. These are a few more Arabic/English names of people I know:

[name]Noor[/name]
[name]Zahara[/name]
[name]Amani[/name]
[name]Lila[/name]
[name]Alina[/name]
[name]Maryam[/name]
[name]Rania[/name]
[name]Amira[/name]

I’ll post some boys later.