Its a boy!!
Our newest top name is Haytham, but since we’re in the US maybe we should spell it Hytham? [hi-thum]
My biggest issue is it doesnt have an easy nickname unless we name him Hytham Albert and call him either Hal or Al? Is that really confusing or am i overthinking it? His dad plans on only calling him Hytham if we go with that. Ive always liked Al and would be open to other names especially Arab starting with Al but seeing it typed out it Looks like ai. Albert Hytham? We really wanted an Arab first name to honor dad’s culture but i dont want to annoy the kid if I’ll end up calling him by his middle name.
Our other top names are Laith and Samir [Sammy]
Also open to other random Arabic names Americans could pronounce.
Thanks for any and all input!
I’m from america and intuitively say hay-thum. If that’s how it’s supposed to be pronounced then it’s very easy to say!
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As one in the US I read the first three letters as rhyming with day. Tham less intuitive I read as sounding close to than or with a heavier emphasis on the “th” like in the word think. So not sure if any of that helps you figure out spelling for the US.
I will say in regards to the nickname where to place [name_m]Haytham[/name_m] would depend for me largely on if you’re expecting others to use it. If you’re wanting it to be an easy default for others then I’d place [name_m]Albert[/name_m] in first place and [name_m]Haytham[/name_m] in the middle.
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[name_m]Hy[/name_m] would be a cool nickname. Sort of like [name_m]Ty[/name_m] [name_m]Cobb[/name_m] or [name_m]Cy[/name_m] [name_m]Young[/name_m]. I might spell it Hytham for ease since it makes the pronunciation very obvious. I really love [name_m]Samir[/name_m] not as big a fan of [name_m]Albert[/name_m]. [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] is probably my favorite [name_m]Al[/name_m]- name. It only looks like ai in a san serif font.
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Like others have said Id spell it Hytham as [name_m]Haytham[/name_m] I intuitively pronounced like [name_u]Hayden[/name_u]. As for nicknames Hyth might be kind of cool and wouldnt be too out there with its similarity to [name_m]Heath[/name_m] or Hyme (high-me) might be a little more familiar to Americans. Since it sounds like one of [name_u]Jaime[/name_u] pronunciations.
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I really like it! It’s a very handsome name - and I like it the most of the three. Unless it feels somehow wrong to have to change it to Hythem, I would probably change it just to avoid the likely lifetime of regular corrections. But I’m not sure about this, usually would say to stick with the spelling! I would use Hyth, [name_m]Hy[/name_m] and/or Hyme (or maybe [name_m]Hal[/name_m] but I like the others more) as the nickname - or just let one emerge. [name_m]Laith[/name_m] and [name_m]Samir[/name_m] are really nice too, I just think Haythem/Hythem feels more stately! If you’re wanting to use [name_m]Al[/name_m], I would just use [name_m]Albert[/name_m] in top spot.
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Hytham [name_m]Albert[/name_m] ‘Hal’ works brilliantly!! [name_m]Al[/name_m] doesn’t make as much sense to me, since it’s from the middle, but it doesn’t not work.
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It would probably get mispronounced as HAY-tham, yes. I really like [name_m]Samir[/name_m]. Some other Arabic names that are easy to pronounce in [name_f]English[/name_f]:
[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_m]Adil[/name_m]
[name_u]Ali[/name_u]
[name_u]Amir[/name_u]
[name_m]Faris[/name_m]
[name_m]Farid[/name_m]
[name_m]Hamza[/name_m]
[name_m]Hasan[/name_m]
[name_m]Hassan[/name_m]
[name_m]Ibrahim[/name_m]
[name_u]Nasim[/name_u]
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I like it and think you using [name_m]Hal[/name_m] could work. Though the name Hytham would be mispronounced more than [name_m]Laith[/name_m] or [name_m]Samir[/name_m] I think. Is the Arabic culture only on the Dad’s side? It would be good to reflect your culture too, particularly if he will have the Dad’s surname. I must say that [name_m]Samir[/name_m] seems such an excellent, versatile option. [name_u]Sammy[/name_u] or [name_u]Sam[/name_u] is so friendly - hard to imagine anyone with that that name being unhappy with it.
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