English sounding Muslim Girls Names???? Plz help :-)

[yasmin85]

Please share some english sounding muslim names. We would like something that is easily pronounced but is still muslim or arabic origin. Many thanks.

sara

I've had Muslim friends named Sadia (which did not rhyme with Sadie but was more like SAR-dee-uh), Ayesha, Amina, Sameera, Reem, Rania, Nasreen, Haleema, Nadia, Zeinab and Maryam. I think Maryam is an especially pretty name. Names like Noor, Layla, Hannah, Sara, Jennah, Amira, Samira, Yasmin, Sophia, Safiyyah, Zara, Samina, Hamdah and Rania might also work well.

Sara
Zarah
Farrah
Alia
Aysha
Sira
Layla
Leila
Sophia

Farihah
Sabine
Sabihah
Shelina
Shibli

Shireen/Shirin is popular as a crossover name in some circles. I think it means "sweetness".

I'm Sarah (not Muslim). I worked in a primary school in a very Asian part of Leeds and whenever any of the girls' asked what my first name was, they all seemed very approving of Sarah as a name. Other Muslim/English sounding names I love are Leila, Rezwanna (which I think sounds a bit like Rosanna when you say it quickly) and I believe Brangelina have an adopted girl called Sahara (which is somewhat like Sara) and by extention of the kid being brought up by the Pitt-Jolie's or Jolie-Pitt's, probably has a certain amount of street cred/cool attached to it now!LOL

Samah -pronounced summer

Yasmin

Amira - beautiful

My friend's dd's (named for same reasons) are Laila & Madina - shortened to Madi.

The girls I have known with names that do in either culture have been called Maryam, Laila and Tanya (that girl was Persian so I assume it's in the Muslim world as well).

Farrah, Hannah, Sara and Yasmin are all lovely but I really like Amina.

shaista?
latifa
rahma
may
nadine
sabrina
Asia
Sana
Serena/Zerena

I know two sisters called Yasmin and Zarah.

I live in an area with big Muslim population and friends who have never had problems with pronunciation of their names by non-Muslims are Amira, Rania, Farah, Safia, Rukhsana, Sonia. All beautiful names (my favourite is Amira, just lovely).

or Nadia- that's a lovely cross-cultural name.

Can't believe that people have problems pronoucing those names Sudden. there again DD has an English name that most people seem to have a problem with and we didn't even think it was that unusual. One Mum even gave me the face the first time we took her out and said "oh, erm, have you made that one up?".

Forgot to say, have a Muslim friend named Tessima which is beautiful. If she wants it to sound more English she just calls herself Tess which again is a such a lovely name.

We know a muslim Amber. Lovely.

They are the friends who DON'T have problems :) I have an Irish name and have had a lot more blank looks!

Ah yes, have just reread your post and spotted the "never". That makes all the difference.

Sorry for my mixed up rant.

Sara
Rita
Anita

Aisha - Aida - Amal - Aya - Basma - Bouthaina - Celya
Hanan - Hiba - Iman - Jihane - Kenza - Lilya - Lina
Majda - Malak - Maria - Marwa - Maryam - Mya
Nada - Nadia - Najat - Najwa - Nisrine - Nouhayla
Oumnia - Raja - Rania - Reem - Rita
Safia - Sakina/Soukaina - Salma - Salwa - Sara - Sophia/Sofia
Yasmina/Yasmine - Yousra - Zineb

Not that all the above sound English, but they are easy to pronounce in English. Unlike Ferdaous and Ghizlane, which are pretty names but may be difficult for English speakers.

My brand new (muslim) cousin who lives half way across the world has just been named Zara Sofia which I think is just gorgeous (and would not be at all out of place round here either!)

Aiza
Ayesha
Aleena
Raabia
Haleena
Hana
Alishba
Maha
Maryam
Zaina
Salma
Rabeena
Zulekha

I have taught a lot of children who are muslim and very few I find difficult to say/pronounce tbh. I think many work very well.