Middle-Eastern Girl Names

Girl Names
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My husband and I have decided on using a Middle-Eastern first name for our daughter and a more classic (British, American) middle name. We would prefer the first and middle names to have a different number of syllables. We like these name combinations:

[name_f]Ziva[/name_f] [name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
Safiya [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_u]Tali[/name_u] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f]

Use these names for inspiration and let me know in the comments what names you like.

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You have a lovely list, I especially love Safiya [name_f]Grace[/name_f]. It is perfect! :slight_smile:

[name_f]Zahra[/name_f]
Aisyah
[name_f]Alya[/name_f]
[name_f]Amirah[/name_f]
Annisa

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Middle-Eastern… Well that depends, Arabic, Persian or Hebrew? Your list is a lovely mix of these and also of more familiar names nad others less so. I’m curious, why do you want Middle-Eastern names - family heritage or you find them pretty? Answering these questions will help us to give you some better suggestions.

From your list obviously my favorite is [name_f]Ziva[/name_f] :wink:

My favorite Arabic names:

  • [name_u]Amal[/name_u]
  • Malaika (mah-LIE-kah)
  • [name_f]Farah[/name_f]
  • Tasnim (Tahz-neem)
  • [name_f]Khadija[/name_f] (HA-dee-zha)
  • Nawal
  • [name_f]Noor[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Laila[/name_f] (pronounced LIE-lah)
  • [name_f]Zainab[/name_f] or Zayneb or [name_f]Zaynab[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Zaina[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Zara[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Iman[/name_f] (EE-mahn)
  • [name_f]Sahar[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Salma[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Fatima[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Farida[/name_f] (Fah-[name_f]REE[/name_f]-da)
  • Fayruz or Fairuz
  • [name_f]Yara[/name_f]

Hebrew names:

  • [name_f]Ziva[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Aviva[/name_f]
  • Mazal
  • [name_f]Shifra[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Pnina[/name_f] or [name_f]Penina[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Rivka[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Sarai[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Sahar[/name_f] (also Arabic)

Persian Names:

  • [name_f]Leila[/name_f] ([name_m]LAY[/name_m]-la)
  • Shahnaz
  • Farahnaz
  • Farifteh
  • [name_f]Parisa[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Mitra[/name_f]
  • Ishtar or [name_f]Esther[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Yasmin[/name_f] or [name_f]Yasmine[/name_f] (Yahz-meen)
  • [name_f]Marjan[/name_f] or [name_f]Marjani[/name_f]
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I love Safiya [name_f]Grace[/name_f] or [name_u]Tali[/name_u] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]!! :slight_smile:

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Mine and my husband’s heritage is part Israeli, part Caucasian so we’d like a Middle-Eastern name and a classic name for our daughter.

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[name_f]Aziza[/name_f] (Arabic)
[name_f]Persis[/name_f] (Persian)

There’s a lot of A Hebrew names.
[name_f]Atalia[/name_f] (I think this name is stunning, the female in the bible with this name isn’t necessarily the best)
[name_f]Adara[/name_f]
[name_f]Adina[/name_f]
[name_f]Adalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aviva[/name_f]
[name_f]Atara[/name_f]

haddassah
[name_f]Havilah[/name_f] (I’d use this myself but I know two)
[name_f]Zahava[/name_f]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] these help!