If I love Nina and Maya for a girl.....what would be my son's name?
(75 Posts)DH is from a Catholic background, I'm from a Muslim one. Both atheist.
DH is as British as it gets whereas I'm a wandering subcontinental.
Now we're having a baby boy and just cannot agree on a name!
Please help!
Combining (some) parts of our ridiculous lists of desirable features, we would prefer:
- nothing overtly affiliated with Abrahamic religions in general
- something that does pass with folks from my background as well as his, like Nina or Maya would for a girl
- nothing with any 'hard' sounds like 'K'
- something short
- nothing clearly aligned with being British/American/European/Western nor Muslim/Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi
Ideally a name that 'passes' internationally where you'd have to meet the person before being remotely able to box him into an ethnicity.
I really liked Rafi but DH has vetoed
And I'm just blank after that.
Louis.
It's the best boy's name there is.
Gosh, that's a tough brief!
Do any of these work?
For a boy..
Ash
Finn
Sammy/Sammi
Felix
Rudy
Remy
Pax
Nima?
Leo
Joel?
Theo
Sonny/sunny
Rudi
Ferdinand (Ferdi)
Luca/s
Leon
Julius
Zane
Adam
Wow, that's tricky.
Asa
Nico
Lucas
I'll have a think!
Milo
Luca
Leo/Leon
Jay
Toby
Zane
Sam/Sami
Milan
Idris
Arlo
Rowan/Rohan/Roan
Asher
Bram
Zak/Zack
Aron
Sol
Jago
Haris/Harris
Danny/Dani
Rian
Devon/Devin
Taj
Sasha/Sacha
Lucas
Matias
Alex
Leo
Theo
Arden
Finley
Aidan
Ralph
I agree with Louis.
Most of them just sound so Western to my ears, they're lovely but I can't relate very much. It bothers me because I feel I'll have given up culture, country, last name etc - at least I could get an honourable mention with baby name, so to speak. DH disagrees btw and keeps slipping in Williams and Olivers!
In spite of that I do like Luca/Lucas (but DH says it's too Biblical), Aidan sounds sweet but DH is meh. Zain/Zane/Zayn is nice, though I don't care for a boy-band affiliation but DH doesn't care for it.
I thought Raif was nice (like the Saudi blogger, my heart goes out to him!) - but DH isn't going for it either.
Poor nameless offspring
Luca is not biblical, is it?
Kamran?
I like your Raif and Rafi suggestions though. Shame they're out.
Linerunner, he's insisting it's from Luke so becomes part of the gang with Matthew, Mark & Co.
Oh, just noticed the 'no K names' criteria!
Hard 'K' in Kamran squoosh - though it does have special meaning for me...sadly it won't fly.
I'm sorry this is such a pain!
Rayan
Neil
Sami
Adam
Felix
Xavier
Julian
Based on Latin names.
Zachary
I really like Ash.
What's your husbands choices? Have you any boys names you like?
Noah? Sam? Ali? Was going to say Zayn.Tricky. Trying to give you names of friend's DC with similar backgrounds.
I also like Felix and Zac.
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