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arabic boys names

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rosiedays · 04/02/2013 11:38

hi, I need to find an arabic boys name that i like and everyone here can SAY. At the moment DH and i just roll around laughing at all his Abdulla/Amed/Osama/Hamdi/Mustafa/ sugestions!!!! I need to find something that will work here and in the Middle East!!
I liked Ali but there are 3 under 5's in his family called Ali.
We're not very religious but DH would not even concider anything but an arabic name, ( baby will have all his names as is traditional)

any Ideas?

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Milasmummy · 31/01/2019 21:40

Hi,
you can check out
www.arabicenglishbabynames.com

it lists all the names that work in both cultures. Good luck!

MsInterpret · 08/02/2013 03:11

How about:

Tariq
Yusuf

?

ripsishere · 08/02/2013 03:00

Adil (Ard-l)
Hanif
Mussa
Idris
Saiful
Hilal
Are all names of the boys in DDs class (Malaysia)

PixelAteMyFace · 07/02/2013 22:53

Eamon is just another way of spelling Aymen, which is an Arabic name

dubai71 · 07/02/2013 14:10

Malik?

MoppingMummy · 07/02/2013 14:06

Eesa
Rayan
Ryhan
Hanif
sami

What are your girl name ideas?

binkybonk · 07/02/2013 13:09

sleepcrisis has got it down, love all those names, they are perfect. My son has Idris but that's because it's also Welsh Grin

FaceLikeAPickledOnion · 06/02/2013 22:59

Elias

mackerella · 06/02/2013 22:26

Just thought: other (Middle Eastern) family and friends have "Frenchified" names like Henri, Charles, Alfred (!), Natalie, Virginie, Suzanne... but these are probably not "Arabic" enough for your DH Grin

CoteDAzur · 06/02/2013 21:57

Kuzey ("North") is Turkish, not Arabic nor even remotely religious. Eamon is Gaelic, I think.

mackerella · 06/02/2013 15:01

Based on family/friends, some reasonably cross-cultural names might be:

Iskander (i.e. Alexander)
Sami (Sam)
Hanny/Hani
Rafik (could have the nn Rafi?)
Samir
Magdi/Magdy

I assume your DH is a Muslim? I can think of a few other names, but some of them might be too "Christian", iyswim? For example, we also have a Girgis (George) and a Youeel (Joel) in our family, but I'm not sure if those names are also used by Muslims?

HardlyEverHoovers · 05/02/2013 21:59

Adam and Haris spring to mind as cross cultural, or Zakariya which can be shortened to Zaki

Gunznroses · 05/02/2013 21:53

I like:
'Farouq' or 'Faruk'.
Taofiq
Mosin

sleepcrisis · 05/02/2013 21:37

I have a Sami which I obviously love, but also top in the running were Isa, Rafi and Idris

JellyBeanDavey · 05/02/2013 20:55

Jamil...

My family are all Arabic blood so it literally runs in the family

raisah · 05/02/2013 20:51

Zakariah
Zahir
Zayin
Ryhan

DaveMccave · 05/02/2013 20:45

Zane

NymphadoraTonks · 05/02/2013 19:07

Veer?

keiratomm · 05/02/2013 17:10

Basim - the smiling one!

marsiay · 05/02/2013 07:53

Yaseen
Bilal
Zaid/Zayd
Husam
Firas
Hakim
Jalal
Hilal
Laith
Faisal

Resource: Arabic Boy Names

milkymocha · 04/02/2013 18:47

Yasin?

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rosiedays · 04/02/2013 18:07

thanks All

DH has ruled out Noah as apparently i can't say it properly!! friends in same situation have called their son Adam so thats out. Sami is in the running, one of his best friends at home is called sami. i also like Zac

Will check out lovemybabyboy thread.

girls names are so easy!!

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Moominsarehippos · 04/02/2013 17:36

My sister was complimented on her good English in the states recently. That was after she told the, she was Scottish. It really isn't easy...

Anyway, names. I wouldn't go overtly religious (unless you are a particularly religious type) first name if you are not living in a religious country (as we didn't for DS). I suppose because we are a mixed family, it didn't seem 'fair' for the child to have a completely foreign name, as I am his mum and part of him/his culture too (does that make sense?). The very religious grandparents absolutely loved the name we chose and why we chose it (after a very very dear, late relative). All the family that emigrated to Canada/UK/US did the same. Their kids have pretty international names, as they are keen for them to feel that they 'belong' in their new country (not called a 'bloody foreigner' and asked if they speak the language, etc).

I like Sami though.

lovemybabyboy · 04/02/2013 17:04

Just saw this thread! I started a similar thread a month ago but have bumped it up to the top today! Maybe have a look there and see if there is anything you like.
So far some that me and DH like (either him, me or both of us) are:
Jamal
Jamil
Adam
Noah
Omar
Bilal
Idris
Sulayman
Zain

He always suggests Muhammed we are on DS3!! Have had a girl name picked since I was expecting DS1!
He also suggested Abdoulie which is his best friends name and I am starting to get used to it but not sure how my family would take to that name.
Its so difficult!!

mercibucket · 04/02/2013 16:03

i have a normal english name and still get told i speak good english when i go to the states. some people are just not that good at foreignHmm