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Yahya or Eesa?

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Aaliyah1 · 04/01/2014 18:40

I need some help guys with the two above names. We are having a baby boy and like these two names. I wanted to know the opinion of non Muslims (Muslims too Wink) of what you think of them. I'm swaying towards one but my DH is swaying to another Hmm

Yahya is the Arabic for John and Eesa is Arabic for Jesus.

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Cybercat · 04/01/2014 18:53

Eesa. I love that.

BunnyLebowski · 04/01/2014 18:51

Eesa is really lovely and will give you much less hassle spelling/pronunciation wise Smile .

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Dollydishus · 04/01/2014 18:48

Can you give me an idea of how they are pronounced? If Eesa is said like it sounds (EE-sa) then I like that a lot. It works well in English/US English, and is similar in other European languages, I think. (Well, so says google!)

There's a German version and a Nordic version apparently.

callamia · 04/01/2014 18:48

I didn't know that about Yahya. I guess most people will have heard that name before because of the footballer with the same (but differently spelt) name. Eesa sounds like a lovely name - it's pretty straightforward to pronounce too.

lljkk · 04/01/2014 18:42

I was guessing you had thrown scrabble letters up in the air, to be honest.

What about Asa? Sounds like Eesa but is more conventional.
If you don't live in an Arabic-speaking community then they may be names that don't travel outside your culture well.

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