Modern Arabic Boy Names

[nada92120]

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 love Laith and Hamza. Adil is nice too. Would any of those work?

Also, could,you ask your husband to come up with, say, 10 or 15 suggestions? Not fair that he offers just two the turns down all your ideas!

Headtilt, I love the name Laith, unfortunately a very close friend of ours has just recently given birth and named her some that.

I completely agree, I'm going to try and get at least a few more names out of him :)

Ayman
Yusuf
Raihan
Junaid
Zaid
Malik
Ismail

Hi everyone! Thank you for all of the great suggestions... I'm almost a month shy of my due date and we have agreed on the name Saif. I really like it and was finally happy to have decided.. However I got many mixed reactions that abroad Saif would be made fun of because it sounds the same as the English word, Safe. Any thoughts.. ?

The Kh in Khalid would just be pronounced as a K by English speakers. If you're okay with that then Khalid won't actually be difficult for people in the US.

If your husband likes Abdulaziz and you like shorter names, what about just Aziz?

Oh sorry, didn't see the second page of this thread. I don't think it sounding like safe would be a huge problem in my opinion, although Sy-eef is a nicer pronunciation to my ears.

I like Saif! I know it sounds similar to the English word safe but atleast that makes it easy to pronounce though! I don't think people should make fun of it. I haven't come across any/many compared to layth that you hear a lot but it has the same kind of feel as layth to me (probably cos they rhyme)

Hi,

check out:

www.arabicenglishbabynames.com
It lists the names that work in both cultures.

Good luck!

I think Saif is a nice name. My 2 DSs are called Samir and Zain.