Modern Arabic Boy Names

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Hi everyone, I just found out I am having a baby boy and while I had a long list of girl names I liked I do not have many boy names. So far I have chosen names like zayn,laith,hadi, and elyas. My husband likes none. I like 1-syllable names that are short and easy, but he likes names a little more 'traditional'. We live in the US but are of Arabic origin and practice Islam so I'd like a Muslim/Arabic name that would be easy to say in the US. I liked names like ayman also but just thought it would get my son teased in school! I have one daughter named 'Tala' so I would like something to match that as well. Any and all suggestions are welcome :)

I know a lovely little saif (sy-eef)

a samir/sameer (never seen it written down)

And a really nice hamida. But she is a girl...

Rayyan is nice. Just seen that in post above

DS1 has a friend called Hayder and it could be because he's a real little sweetheart but I love that name now.

I know a Jaraah too and again since he's a lovely guy I like that name too!

Omar and Karim are my favourites. Just wish I could get away with an arabic name for my baby but no arabic/islamic heritage at all :(

Getyourselfchecked, I love those names too! Karim is my nephew though and husband vetoed Omar... and every other name I liked. He is so difficult and is stuck on Khalid- I hate that name and feel like it is especially difficult to pronounce in the US.

I'm trying to convince for Adam now...any more suggestions would be helpful!

Thanks :)

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant, great suggestions!

My dad's name is Samir, obv. I like it but he doesn't lol.

Seif was one of my top names, he says he likes it but not enough to name his son...We have to deal with pregnancy for 9 months we should get a larger vote shouldn't we? Lol

Tamir?
Know a lovely Aydin, and also a Ihsaan..
I like Idris but not to everyone's taste I know.

Isa is a beautiful name. It means Jesus.

What about Tayab?

Hi ladies
How about Nael?

Anyone that has more suggestions would be much appreciated.

I shared a million choices with my husband.. ( Adam, Zayn, Zaid, Rayyan,Jassim,Saif,Amir) and probably many more.

He didn't like any. He likes Khalid and Abdulaziz. I hate both and feel like they are SO difficult to pronounce correctly in the US or nearly anywhere outside the Middle East for that matter.

If anyone has anymore names please share!

Thank you

Zaidan?

Sorry - not read the thread My Sudanese friend has a little boy called Zaki which I LOVE. Also like Amir a lot.

Congratulations!

I only have girls but would have chosen Adam for a boys name.

How about Kamran?

I saw someone on TV on a US show called Khalid and it was pronounced weird. In the UK (depending where in UK I suppose) I don't think we struggle as much.

Kamran is nice, so is Jassim...and Hayder!

Qasim (Kassem).

My brother is called Khalid and he really struggled with it. No one can ever pronounce it properly!

Love the name Laith.

Congratulations btw!

khalid isn't hard but if they called him kalid without the h sound its not so bad is it? I think it depends if its completely unpronounceable, but slight differences I wouldn't be bothered, its to be expected.

There are so many boys names and most are pretty easy to pronounce.

OP don't go with Saif like you said he could get teased for that.

I don't think you need to be limited to 1 syllable names to make ti easy to pronounce, and most boys names are pretty easy to pronounce.

it sounds like your husband likes strong sounding muslim names like powerful sounding ones. you mentioned Khalid for example. So I can understand why he doesn't like any of the ones you suggested. Nothing wrong with them just you have a different style to him. Why doesn't he help you then! lol

Danyal-aka Daniel
Harith 0r Haris
Jibran
Jibril
hamzah
Idris
Aadam

Khalil or Kaleel
Sufyan
Tariq
Zakariya

too many I like I would go for Prophets (as) names and Companions of the Prophet first, but I havent mentioned many because I don't think that's what you're after

My FIL is a muslim chap. We called our son Ben and he liked it as it's an Arabic name. We didn't tell him that we had planned to name him after a Scottish mountain but couldn't pick which one so covered them all . It's all good.

dot yes I thght I included that then I deleted it I think. Benyamin aka Benjamin is a muslim name.

Our 3 have arabic middle names - DS is Omar.

Also love Haris and Laith.

Hi Cocoab, Thank you!!!

My husband has been insisting on the name Khalid. Its a nice name but that was my major concern, its so hard having a name in the US with the KH sound.

Hi Katarzyna79 , thank you for your suggestions.

He mentioned a few names.. Khalid..Abdulaziz..Hamad.

But all of these cant be properly pronounced in English. There are so many letters in Arabic that are difficult to say in English which seems to be my biggest problem.

My favorite name so far is Adam with runnersup being Zaid, Zein, and Amir.

I do like Hassan a lot and he's 'okay' with it, but I have gotten constant negative feedback when I mention it to anyone. Especially since its not my 'favorite' name I'm very hesitant.

A Muslim friend has just called her new baby Nabeel - I love it! I love Khalid, too. How about Habib?