Muslim Names

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Hi there, hope everyone is ok. Just looking for some info please!!?? My OH is muslim and I'm non-practising Christian. When discussing how we would name our children we struggled. He wanted Muslim names and I agreed if we could have English middle names. It took some time for him to accept this, but he did. We have DD who is 3 and another one on the way a boy. We had no trouble with out dd names. More tricky now. He now says we won't; have a middle name for our son as its not done for boys??!!! I said this isn't what we agreed before. The more he digs his heels in the more I dig mine in. Any thoughts please??? thanks x

How about Zac? Zachariah or Zacharias or something like that is also a "Muslim" name.

I also recommend the Relationships board if the arguing continues...

Thanks for your reply. My friends son is Zac so already taken! nice though. I think we can find a first name, its more his sudden disagreement for a middle name. For me, in this current climate, I feel its good to have a more balanced name of Muslim/English. People get judged so much with a Muslim name these days.

I think your husband needs to compromise, the baby is having a Muslim first name like he wanted so you should get your wish too. Dont back down OP it's both your child and you should both have equal input! Say to him that you'll happily only have a first name if it's Christian...I'm sure he won't agree to that so why should you. Good luck xx

Oh and my nephew is half Muslim and has a middle name FWIW

What have you both agreed on for his first name, if we know it will be easier to suggest a middle name.

Just thought of another! Zain (or Zane). On trend as an "English" name but still quite traditionally "Muslim".

We have an Adem, depending on who is saying the name it is pronounced slightly differently, from a traditional English Adam to the stress on the A for the Islamic way.

Yes, I second Zane !

I'm a primary school teacher and loads of my Muslim boys have middle names. One of my previous pupils was called Mohammed but he always used / was known as his middle name which is a quite common name from the bible and the Koran.

Don't choose Mohammed- practically every Muslim boy has this name

DH and I are Muslim but both non-practicing and our DS has a Muslim first name and 2 English middle names! I won't tell you his name because it's quite identifying but we nearly used Rayan which is a lovely Arabic name which can also be Anglicised.

I love the name Reza (contentment, happiness).

Most boys have the name Mohammed/Muhammed but have a middle name which they use, otherwise in a family which Mohammed would know which Mohammed was being called?

Elias
Hanif
Yusef

And Omar

Ok. I'll stop.

Adham

Well unless we have an inkling as to what the first (Muslim) name is how can anyone really suggest a suitable middle name?

That must sound very judgmental, sorry. But I'm sure you know what I mean.

Idris with adam as middle name?

Unless I have misread the original post OP isn't asking for advice on a potential name but on the fact that her husband is now refusing to have a middle name for their son altogether

haven't decided on first name yet. We are not getting on to feel at the moment so discussions have not been taking place. Just feeling really upset that he seems to have changed his mind about having an english middle name. We almost split up years ago over these discussion about names etc. I just feel I don't have the energy to be back in this place again :(

Will your husband accept crossover names like Jacob, Isaac or Samuel?

i meant 'getting on too well'.

Danyiel - Daniel
Ali
Adam

Any good?

do you mean these suggestions for middle name?

thanks for your name suggestions, but it is more about him agreeing to have a middle name at all. He only dropped this on me today and with thing the way they are right now I can't even discuss it with him today. I feel mentally exhausted with everything