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Original poster

Modern sounding Muslim baby boy names please :)

138 replies

Sleeplessemma · 17/05/2021 07:39

Hi all,

I’ve just found out I’m having a baby boy, so I’d love some more modern sounding baby names suggestions. The reason I say modern is my family are white British so are very hostile to anything ‘too exotic’ (for want of a better phrase). My hubby’s family is quite large so a lot of names have been taken:

Already gone is zakariya, ali, Harris, kamran, zaid, zayn, zayyan, isa, musa (and about a million others)

So far we like: Deen, Aydin /Aiden and Rayan.

Any other suggestions? We already have girl named Ayah XX

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wanadu2022 · 20/05/2021 11:59

Adil
Ishan
Jamshed
Kabir
Kazim
Kaiser
Jashan
Tanveer

Original poster
Sleeplessemma · 20/05/2021 11:58

Thank you all so much for commenting! Flowers

We do use English middle names, a nice way to placate my mum as my daughter has a very Muslim yet easily pronounced name- we went with my grandmas name. This time I think we’ll use my dad’s name as a middle name! This definitely helps!

So many of the names are taken, it’s the problem with such a large family lol! Our top pics right now are Aiden, Rayan, Dean, Asher and Elias- watch both sides hate the names lol.

We thought about Idris too, but I have a bit of a crush on Idris Elba so probably best to avoid lol.

Ps @BabiSiarc I absolutely love the name Cassia! Xx

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BabiSiarc · 20/05/2021 11:46

I came on to suggest Idris which is both an Arabic and British (well, Welsh) name.
www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2014/07/idris.html

Might it keep both sides happy? Are you using middle names? Could you use a muslim first name and a british middle name?

Ultimately though it's none of your family's business what you call your child, nor is it any of his family's business.

I sympathise because I'm Welsh and DH English, my family will be upset if we don't use a Welsh name and his family will be upset if we use a Welsh name or anything which isn't very traditional and/or biblical, like Elizabeth.

Very tempting to pick a name like Cassia which both sides will hate equally and use the middle name/s to reflect respective heritages!

Otherwise we will look at names which work well in both cultures, like Tomos and Betsi.

The only thing which matters is that both you and DH like the name. Don't let either set of parents bother you into changing the name or using a name you don't love.

Hirewiredays · 20/05/2021 07:02

Jude
Omar

And my favourite: Faisal

cheercaptain · 19/05/2021 23:08

Kamal
Omar

Happinesscomesfromwithin · 19/05/2021 22:51

Yusuf

Mary19 · 19/05/2021 22:50

Couple more
Rafik (Ravi)
Rohaan (Ro wan)

Mary19 · 19/05/2021 22:39

Yacob (jake)
Yusef (joe)
Samir (sam/ Sami)
Ali ( could also be short for alistair /Alexander)
Idris
Ezekiel
Rayan (Ryan)
Shame Zaki already taken lovely name
Sulimam (sol)
Isa
Mikail ( Mike, mikes , mica)

roadwarrior · 19/05/2021 15:05

Tariq
Ferris (Faris)
Mazen
Sami
Khaled
Waleed
Imad
Issam
Jassim

GroovyPeanut · 19/05/2021 02:03

Sorry missed the "n" off Sofian

GroovyPeanut · 19/05/2021 02:02

Tariq
Suleiman
Latif
Mehboob
Sofia
Salim
Rafiq
Haroon
Sadiq
Majid
Anwar
Hassan
Shiraz
Imtiaz
Ashraf

sweetkitty · 18/05/2021 23:48

I teach an
Adil
Ayuub
Ismail

Serin · 18/05/2021 23:14

Adil

Lilo08 · 18/05/2021 23:14

We had a baby boy recently and struggled to find a name. We finally agreed on Izhaan (pronounced iz-aan or Iz-an by our English friends)

wizzywig · 18/05/2021 23:03

Ben?

CommanderBurnham · 18/05/2021 23:00

Love the names you've picked out but don't try and please the families, please yourselves. If there's one particular name you both like then go for it.

They got their heads round you both marrying each other, they'll get over any name too.

WishITookLifeSeriously · 18/05/2021 22:56

Ex h has a nephew called Dilshad, I always think it's so lovely as it means happy heart.

I also love
Kaan
Anouar/Anwar.
Jamil
Kamran
Sami

user1490043295 · 18/05/2021 22:34

We named our boy Aayan

ceilingsand · 18/05/2021 22:30

I like Mica best. Kamarl is good too.

beckyboops · 18/05/2021 22:18

Malek
Omar

BillyAndTheSillies · 18/05/2021 06:48

DS1 is at school with
Yaqub, Ayan, Zaydan.

They're only 4/5 so assume fairly modern names as not the Muslim names in the generation that I grew up with Yusuf/Ali/Adnan etc.

Ruple · 18/05/2021 06:43

Yassin

LillethCrane · 18/05/2021 06:32

Idris
Sami
Saif (pronounced similar to Seth)
Zaki

Namechangedforthistoday · 18/05/2021 06:29

@Puntastic

By the sounds of it, you bent over backwards to accommodate both lots of relatives last time and neither set was happy anyway, so this time maybe save yourselves the headache?
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Puntastic · 18/05/2021 06:25

By the sounds of it, you bent over backwards to accommodate both lots of relatives last time and neither set was happy anyway, so this time maybe save yourselves the headache?

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