Muslim European names..

[ChloeMana]

Hi!
I'm 3 months pregnant and me and my partner have been discussing names.. We cannot decide on a single one! We don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet so we are trying to pick a few options for each. I'm looking for a Muslim name as my partner was born here but family is from Libya.. I want something Muslim to carry on the culture however i am white so need something in between. We already have a daughter called Amirah and I can't think of any other names however many books I read. Any help would be greatly appreciated if anyone else has been or is in my position.. Baby dust!!!

Adam, Esa for a boy
Zara, Sarah, Yasmin, Layla for a girl

Also, Hannah

And Zaki

Sara

My daughter has a Muslim friend called Jasmin which I think is a lovely name. I've just Googled and it's french and Muslim.

She has another friend called Zinedine (after the footballer?) but that's not really European is it?

Love some of those names! Making a list now! It's so hard picking something in between. Thanks everyone!

Reema and Elisar (I think that is how it is spelled) are lovely for girls.

Sara
Hannah
Rosita

a lot of old testament names are common to both muslim and european christian culture though spelt differently jacob, isaac, joseph sarah miriam hannah adam noah, moses leah

Sadiah is very pretty.

Saffia / Safia / Safiya
Yasmin
Dania
Soraya
Farrah
Hana
Lina
Hania
Isra
Layla / Laila
Nadia
Samia
Zahra
Salma
Zayna

Adam
Danyal
Haris
Zaki
Rayan
Omar
Idris
Samir
Taj
Zain / Zayn

I've always liked Miriam,Nadia and Monika

Eliza
Safina
Zara

Boys are easier, any of the prophets / biblical type names overlap so

Noah
Issac
Elijah
Joshua

I have some lovely friends, with parents from all over the world, who are Muslim. None of them are from Libya but they have beautiful names:
Zalina
Zehra
Sameena
Farida
Camelia
Rabia

David/Dawood
Simon/Zaman
isaac/Ishaq
Haris
danial/Danyal
Faaris

Maya
Rizwana (sounds quite like the English Rosanna)
Daliya
Kaia
Tania
Zaina

I would be careful with Sameena, it means fat in Arabic. Could it be a mistranslation Providore?

There was another similar thread with lots of good suggestions called Muslim/European sounding names but can't link on phone.

Ha ha her name is DEFINITELY Sameena - I just checked on Facebook! And she's not fat. I'm sure she's not the only Sameena I've come across, although I'm not sure how else it may be spelt.

Issa

it does sound nice.

Here in Egypt s is substituted for th, so Thanaa becomes Sanaa for example. Maybe this is what is happening? Thameena means of great value.

Then again, some people call their daughters Goose, so they might just like the name.

You could go for an anglicised version of a name? Eg Yagoob/Jacob or Daud/David?

Just thinking of the women's names in the office:
Laila
Maryam
Susan
Sonia
Nadia
Dana

Also May, Lina, Lara, Sara.

I know a couple of Samina's too!

Arabic girl names we considered:
Leila (that's DD's name)
Farrah
Aisha
Lana

I also like Zane and Faris for a boy. Good luck!

I've known a few Muslim girls called Sophia as well.