I want a stealth Arabic name

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We live in the ME, and I thought it would be nice to have an Arabic middle name to reflect that.

Dh says that would be impossibly naff.

So, what I need is a name that he thinks is a nice normal name, but secretly I know it has Arabic meaning or connection.

Oh, and it doesn't have to be too normal - we have fairly off the wall names for our kids, but it mustn't be obviously Arabic or dh will veto on naffness grounds.

Adil for a boy. Pronounced Ardel. Lovely name, lovely man.
I noticed that posting, but dismissed it as ignorance.
Our DD was born in Oman. For a long time I wanted to call her Zam Zam. DH vetoed it and on reflection he was probably right.

Jessamy? Aisha?

I don't think it is racist. A friend is Arabic and is always being pulled aside for extra security checks egpevially in USA. She hates it but it is a fact of life. Stating that other people behave in a racist way is not racist itself.

I dunno- thought it was more a comment on ignorant immigration/security practice at airports?

and not that inaccurate, ime

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...and what she said

Sarah is the same in Arabic as it is in English

or I like
Alya - said Allie ah

For a boy - Idris!

A good traditional Welsh name that is also the name of an Islamic prophet!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris_%28prophet%29

Also easy to pronounce - Id (as in lid or hid) - riss.

I am Welsh but now live in England in a very multicultural area, have always thought that it would be a good choice if we were to have a wee boy here :)

When we lived in the middle East we got to know our lovely Local neihbours who had a Leila/Layla and a little boy called Zane/Zain which the mum said meant "special gift or sent good things"which is nice.

Also like Zara or Nyah/Nia,and I'm sure there was an Aidan and a Nile/Nyal, at my kids daycare.

Amber?,They seem to have a connection as they use it in alot of their Oud/perfumes.

Bibi-means Female in Arabic.
Jemima/Jemila
Jaspar had Arabic connections.

My choice would be Farah (accent on the -rah) - it means light. Easy to spell and pronounce cross border.

Or how about Leila/Lela/Leila?

Mona? Zein? Zahra?

Dh doesn't like Idris.

Girls names are mostly sorted now. Sort of. Well, we have a lot to work with. Boys names trickier.

which country are you in? Choose from the names there, they tend to vary according to

My friends are Jordanian, and will have

I think because male arabic names don't end in an archetypal '-a' like many girl names do,

Friends of mine are called Saud (Saudi, funnily enough) Basim, Adel, Yassin, Majid, Laith, Khaled, Ghazi, Hussein, Aziz, Salam, Hannan (could work?) Mani

Oops, posted too soon. "Choose from the names there, they tend to vary according to tribe/whether they have Palestinian origins big diaspora or Gulf or heading towards Syria.

My friends are Jordanian, and will have Palestinian and specifically Jordanian names.

I'd avoid names of prophets as a kuffar (I am presuming?) it may cause offence!

Lamya / Lamia?

Arun, for boy, very similar to english Aaron, think was name of Liz Hurley's recent bf

I think Aarons version in Arabic is Haroon.

Liz Hurleys bf was Hindu/Indian.

Rohan for a boy.

It has two meanings and two origins.

Arabic - Is sanskrit for sandalwood.
Gaelic - means red king.

sanskrit is not arabic, it's Indian.

Adam
Zakariya
Abraham

Old testament names will fit in Arabic and English I suppose.

Righto.

I'm calling my boy Cyrus - am half iranian. Like you, my DP didn't want anything too foreign sounding! I give you permission to use it also

I love Cyrus! And Darius. But I have absolutely no excuse to use an Arabic name. Bah.

Maryam is Mary in Arabic. Specifically, Maryam in the Quran is Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus.

EricnorthamsMistress - I didn't read that as offensive, just accurate (unfortunately). I know plenty of people who are ethnically targetted by customs/immigration/passport control, but also a lot who are picked out because of names. (So much so that they laugh about it, but it's a bit of a pain being a canadian with an iranian name travelling to the states (say).)

There'll be another threat by the time 'he' grows up though.