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Muslim baby boy names help me chose

56 replies

Conundrummum123 · 11/04/2026 22:09

I’m expecting my third child, a boy and were stuck name wise. So pleaseeee helllpp mmmeeeee :)

we thought we gave my other children fairly easy to pronounce names that wouldn’t cause them hassle in their life (wrong no person can say them despite them being short) and I definitely don’t want to do that again, so they must be easy to pronounce and not be too overtly ‘Muslim’ (sucks because discrimination is real, and sometimes having a very ‘other’ name is a blocker) but we still want Muslim name.

our contenders are

rayan
elias
rafi

what do you prefer and why?

our extended family is so big that names like Ismail, Adam, Zakariya, Harris, kamran, Aydin, Ayman, Zaid, zain are already taken

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Conundrummum123 · 11/04/2026 22:39

ShetlandishMum · 11/04/2026 22:35

Elias, Rayan or Zain.

Zain isn’t on the list it’s already been snaffled up by someone else lol

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Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 11/04/2026 22:37

Elias

ShetlandishMum · 11/04/2026 22:35

Elias, Rayan or Zain.

Bezaz · 11/04/2026 22:17

Rafi is my fave of those!

dontforgetme · 11/04/2026 22:16

Elias is gorgeous op, love it.

Twoshoesnewshoes · 11/04/2026 22:15

I like Rafi best, it’s a name that’s great for all ages.

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