Arabic boy names

Zok · 2024-01-12T23:14:17+00:00

Hi we liked the name owais ( o- way—-ss but some people said it sounds like “ a waste” we’re having trouble deciding we want modern cool Arabic names not with letter M as I dislike that letter

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Mercurial123 · 19/01/2024 13:15

StrawberryJellyBelly · 19/01/2024 11:15

I live in a Gulf state and have done for decades. Ilyas is a name used here and especially over the last 5 years when it’s become more popular.

in fact there is a book of acceptable names that a child’s name has to be chosen from and Ilyas is in it. There’s hundreds of names on it and when a birth is registered the name is checked against the book even down to the correct spelling and variations on it.

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Yes, Ilyas is a Muslim name. I've only ever known Christians called Elias.

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Zok · 19/01/2024 12:47

We’ve gone with a name ending in m and it’s makinh me uncomfortable as I associate m with people I dislike like sister in laws and husband . However it has a nice meaning.

when I pick a western name (Elio) it always goes as a middle name which I’m fed up of

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NorthFaceofthelaundrypile · 19/01/2024 12:23

I know a lovely Ilyas too!
@Mercurial123 - come to think of if my friend Elias, was Christian Lebanese.

FayCarew · 19/01/2024 11:56

@StrawberryJellyBelly , which book is it please?

StrawberryJellyBelly · 19/01/2024 11:15

Mercurial123 · 14/01/2024 12:47

I have a Christian Lebanese friend called Elias. I have never met a Muslim with the name only Ilyas.

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I live in a Gulf state and have done for decades. Ilyas is a name used here and especially over the last 5 years when it’s become more popular.

in fact there is a book of acceptable names that a child’s name has to be chosen from and Ilyas is in it. There’s hundreds of names on it and when a birth is registered the name is checked against the book even down to the correct spelling and variations on it.

NorthFaceofthelaundrypile · 19/01/2024 11:05

I’ve always loved Elias or Bilal, both names of incredibly kind Arab men I knew when I was much younger.

Mairzydotes · 19/01/2024 10:26

Is Adnan a suitable name. I knew a boy called that and thought it was a lovely name

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Zok · 19/01/2024 10:14

Doesn’t it sound like Lisa a girl name ?

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Zok · 19/01/2024 08:54

Do you know the meaning of qais is it قيس some say it means measurements?

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Zok · 14/01/2024 22:32

Elio means sun in Italian but is linked with Greek god of the sun helios so I’m not sure if it’s forbidden to name that
the Greeks worshipped everything at one point

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VestPantsandSocks · 14/01/2024 19:06

Aziz
Abdullah
Yusuf
Hisham
Suleiman

Macramepotholder · 14/01/2024 19:02

@Mercurial123 I've met a few, but of mixed Maghrebi/European heritage. It's definitely the Europeanised version.

Issa is great actually! I forgot about Issa. Fab name. I've got a fondness for Yahya as well.

FayCarew · 14/01/2024 13:21

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FayCarew · 14/01/2024 13:06

I know 2 Ilyases. One Maghrebi, one Pakistani.
The Eliases I know are British (Christian, white).
I know an Issa too, he jokes he's Jesus.

Mercurial123 · 14/01/2024 12:47

FayCarew · 14/01/2024 12:17

I thought Elias and Elijah were Hebrew and are Ilyas in Arabic

I have a Christian Lebanese friend called Elias. I have never met a Muslim with the name only Ilyas.

VivienneDelacroix · 14/01/2024 12:21

Issa is my absolute favourite.

FayCarew · 14/01/2024 12:17

I thought Elias and Elijah were Hebrew and are Ilyas in Arabic

Mercurial123 · 14/01/2024 12:08

JustMaggie · 14/01/2024 08:30

@Zok I'm pretty sure Jude is an Arabic name, I think it means "plenty". Elias is Arabic (his nn can be Eli) and it's similar to Elio. Family are sometimes very hard to deal with. They can be judgmental and harsh with their words. I think the best thing you can do is pick a name that you like and as my grandmother used to say, leave it in the hands of God. However your family takes the name, at least you know you like it and you did your best.

Isn't it Joud or Jood?

JustMaggie · 14/01/2024 08:30

@Zok I'm pretty sure Jude is an Arabic name, I think it means "plenty". Elias is Arabic (his nn can be Eli) and it's similar to Elio. Family are sometimes very hard to deal with. They can be judgmental and harsh with their words. I think the best thing you can do is pick a name that you like and as my grandmother used to say, leave it in the hands of God. However your family takes the name, at least you know you like it and you did your best.

anybloodyname · 13/01/2024 11:19

Raed

My friends Arabic partner

Love the name

FayCarew · 13/01/2024 11:17

Adel
Ilyas
Hasan
Izak
Younis
Yusuf

Guavafish1 · 13/01/2024 08:22

Ayad

Mercurial123 · 13/01/2024 08:22

Also like

Aiman
Emad
Aadam

JSMill · 13/01/2024 08:15

Amir is actually pronounced Emeer.

SM4713 · 13/01/2024 04:58

Omar
Nader/Nadar
Malik
Amir