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What should I name my DS?

31 replies

sigh18 · 06/12/2024 10:19

I have recently moved to UK and wanted to ask which ones of these names would work best here in terms of pronunciation and doesn't have any funny meanings in other cultures:

Essa
Moosa
Azlan
Mustafa
Zain
Nael

I am leaning towards Azlan and wanted to see if it could work alright here.

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SoNiceToComeHomeTo · 06/12/2024 10:45

Azlan is a terrific name and pronounceable.
Essa sounds like a girl's name.
Moosa sounds like 'Moose' the animal, and would lead to teasing.
Mustafa is well known and pronounceable.
I'd be unsure about pronouncing the others.

Ygfrhj · 06/12/2024 10:41

Azlan is a lovely name even with the Lion, Witch and Wardrobe connection.

Essa and Moosa might be mistaken for girls' names because of the -a ending.

Mustafa feels like an old man's name to me but maybe that's because there is an older man in my husband's family with that name.

I like Nael, not heard that before but has a nice sound (I'm assuming it rhymes with the river Nile and not the word nail which might be incorrect?)

ItsADampColdNight · 06/12/2024 10:35

I was going to say Azlan before I saw that was your preference. I love it! Love the meaning too (I think it means lion?)

wellingtonsandwaffles · 06/12/2024 10:33

Zain is common and quite nice

I've taught most the others so not that unusual

Azlan sounds nice, it has strong Christian connotations for me as Aslan the lion is effectively God in the Narnia stories.

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 06/12/2024 10:25

Zain and Mustafa are both names you hear in the uk quite a bit so people know how to pronounce them.

Azlan will be very pronounceable , people will associate it with the lion the witch and the wardrobe though and misspell it Aslan. I think it’s a nice name though.

I haven’t really heard the other names and wouldn’t be fully sure on how to pronounce them. People will learn when you tell them though so depends on how much you care about that.

MillyMichaelson · 06/12/2024 10:25

Yes, I like it!

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