Which boy name? Too weird?

[MarniePaysley]

After many months DH and I have finally settled on 3 names.

1. Haris
2. Kaysan
3. Wildan
   Now we just can't pick one, I'm leaning towards Haris as the other two I think are rather unusual, but DH is set on one of the others. Are they too weird? And which name would you pick?

I know a Kaysan, Haris is ok too

I think they are all awful.

OP are your family Muslim? Kaysan and Haries are both Muslim names AFAIK. Also, Kaysan reminds me of Cold Chisel

I know a Haris, his dad is Arabic, he's never had a problem with it being one r, I actually prefer it.

That boy's a Wildan isn't he?

I knew a few people at school who's sirname was Harris (spelled correctly) so to me it's not a christian name and 1 r is a daft way of spelling it.

The other 2 are awful and sound like they are completely made up by parents who are trying to be different.

Haris is Hay-ris not Harris.
Kaysan -what?
Wildan -please don't!

You don't have to make up names to have something a little different. This is a real person you are naming. I know people think that are being yoonike but this child will spend their life having to spell it out or correct pronunciation if you give them one of these awful names.

Definitely Harris

They are all hideous.

Are they real names? And please, call him Harris. You can't just change the spelling because you don't like it.

What about Lewis?

Haris is a genuine and widely known spelling, go for it if you want.

Haris as has been pointed out many times is a perfectly useable Arabic name. I do think it's a bit odd to use it spelt that way if you have no Arabic connection.

They are all awful names and this needs a total rethink from both of you. Haris looks like a spelling mistake; no-one will ever spell it with only one r.

Does your DH also not realise what a burden you would place upon your son by giving him either of the other two names in particular?. Does your DH himself have an unusual spelt name?. Probably not and there's a reason for that.

Names are an integral part of our overall identity; giving him any of those names is guaranteed to make his school days in particular a living nightmare.

Kaysan, when used as a name, seems to be a Sindhi word meaning "wise". In Arabic Kaysaan [pronounced as (C)all + pr(AY) + (S)m(A)rt + (N)ew] means betrayal, Umm Kaysaan means the knee, and Kaysaan also means "kick to someone's backside." None of the meanings are good in Arabic, for this reason Arabs don't used it as a name

My dad is African with Muslim Arab background, we have lots of Haris in our family on that side. So it's a 'real' name in that respect, but be prepared for the fact that he will spend his life correcting the spelling for people.

The other two names just sound made up.

What about Kayvan instead? (I have a crush on Kayvan Novak )

Apparently it means Saturn.

But does sound a bit like Kevin!

Sorry but yes they are too weird. A lifetime of having to spell out his name and correcting people

Haha. Atilla. I would love a name that meant "kick to someone's backside" I think that's hilarious.

All the names look either made up or misspelt to me .

Harris is quite nice. But with two r's.

Kaysan sounds like some sort of disinfectant or sanitary product and Wildan looks like wild 'un, as in "the little lad's a wild 'un" - am I pronouncing it wrong?

Harris with two r's is fine - other two sound desperately try hard

Haris is the best of the lot, though I did wonder were you Muslim. I much prefer Faris.

The other two are dire.

Harris is the only one I think is okay but spell it with two r's please!

Queso = cheese & too close to Que-san.
If it's Hay-riss then why not spell it Hayris, you're adopting it from another alphabet so no definitive way to translate to English, anyway.