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Islamic names

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sunshine766 · 21/02/2025 16:02

Just found out we are expecting a baby boy!
Looking for some boy names that are close to Quran and have good meanings however I'm white/British and dads Pakistani so looking for something that's easy for both sides of the family to pronounce!

Any idea?!?!

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FancyBrickPoster · 21/02/2025 16:52

Congratulations!

Mikael (mih-kyle or mih-ky-el)
Musa
Ilyas (ill-yahs)
Idris
Yusuf
Saif
Isa
Kayani / Kiani
Ismael
Zakaria / Zaki (both full names, could be Zak)
Rafi
Rakan
Raees
Laith

Personally my favourite is Mikael with the second pronunciation, but I also love Ismael and Yusuf. I’m not sure if you wanted strictly Arabic names, but Kayani / Kiani is an Urdu name, which I figured I would include as your husband is Pakistani. Good luck picking!

Also to note - I think a lot of the names have really lovely nicknames if that’s something you would like to make the pronunciations easier.

Meredusoleil · 21/02/2025 16:37

Adam
Ibrahim
Rayan
Mustafa
Yousef
Danyal
Amir

Neurotoxic · 21/02/2025 16:28

Maybe Adam could work?

OwlInTheOak · 21/02/2025 16:20

Rashid is ra sheed, so may be mispronounced at first but is then easy to pronounce and is a lovely name in my opinion.