Zayn?

[thebigbang]

I love it. DP likes it. MW thinks "it's ok". My mum hates it.

Wdyt?

Yes, I don't know how to write them how they sound apart from Zane and Zain but they are pronounced differently

No, I'm in the UK.

Zane Zain and Zayn are all pronounced the same, dont get how it can be different??? the Arabic one is pronounced exactly the same as the english one

Personally i like it but prefer Zain spelling, it looks neater to me.

Agree with catinthehat2.

You know, every time I look at "threads I am on" I get a warm feeling, thanks JJJ.

Quite like it, and far better tham being one of several Jacks, Harrys etc.

I know a couple of little girls called Zaynah, which I assume is the female version of Zayn. I think it's a nice name.

don't really like it. But if you had to, I'd go with Zane rather than Zayn, Zayn looks a bit girly (like Robyn)

I know a little boy called Zayn, but he is half Arabic and it suits him - doesn't seem at all naff. I think on a child without his cultural background, I would be a bit judgy.

I 'know' (friend of my brother) a 'Zane'.

He flies Red 5 in the Red Arrows and is a bit yummy. Maybe just because he is a fighter pilot and I watched too much Top Gun as a teenager.

So on that basis, Zane is OK, but Zayn - no.

I would think it was a respelling of Zane, and would think of the author Zane Grey. It's not a name I like, but there's nothing wrong with it.

I prefer the spelling Zain. It is a nice name. If you don't have Muslim background it seems like a bit of a random choice, but it is up to you, not your midwife.

At a push Zane,but Zayn is just chavvy.

I think the big question here is does 'thebigbang' who posted the question have any ethnic connection to such a non British name? I think names are really personal and should mean something to the child/family.

So if you are part Arabic or have any connection then yes, definitely go for Zane, it is a nice sounding name.

If not, then no, it's ridiculous!

But that's only my opinion, feel free to ignore it x

How can it be chavvy? It's just a popular Muslim name, unlike a lot of 'names' which are just random letters put together. Islam is not a colour - there are white muslims so I don't think it's necessarily an issue of having ethnic connections.

It's up to you what you call your child - not your midwife.

If you both like the name and it has a meaning for your family then I would say to go with it.

Prefer the spelling Zain which I think is a great name

Zainab/Zaynab/Zeynep is "a really popular Muslim name" for women. Knowing my "white Muslim" family, Arabs and other Muslims I have met over the years, I cannot think of any who would name their boy "beauty".

Zayn is an Arabic letter that look like a cross between the letter j and a sword.

To the best of my knowledge, in Arabic, Zayn is not a name but sometimes part of a title. Like in "Zayn ul-Abideen" (beauty/best of worshippers).

ick.

it is a name in arabic cote dazur and what's wrong with the meaning beauty have you not heard of boys called jamal and jameel too? its fairly normal?

Yes, I have, actually. Many Zaynabs but no Zayns where I'm from. It wouldn't happen, just too close to Zaynab.

Zain is an arabic name, not a muslim name. There are non muslim arabs called zain.

Please remember arab does not always equal muslim.

Zaynab/Zainab is a much nicer name.

If you like Muslim names then please consider Samir. I always associate it with Samir Rachid, my favourite Coronation Street character.

Samir isn't a 'muslim' name either.

no! sorry, not keen