If you're having a baby boy and you're Muslim..

[Curioussness]

What would you call him?
Really struggling for names, we don't like the tradition names either

James. In my (Muslim) family we don't do religious names at all and make a point of choosing names that are suitable to whatever country we are raising the children in.

But loads of people have Arabic names in the UK - I don't see how they would be 'unsuitable'...?

I live in a Muslim country - Saif seems to be very popular for boys here just now and I like it a lot. Friends have considered Zaki, Rafi, Yahya

Not Muslim, but I like:

Zakariah
Zain
Adam
Idris
Musa
Esa

Kasim
Omar
Raqim
Reza

Samir

Kamil, Khalil, Raheem or Hakeem.

I'm not Muslim, but I really like Omar.

Habib
Salim
Iqbal
Amir
Yussuf
Brahim
Are these too traditional?

I have a Muslim friend and he loves my Dgs's name Jacob!

I'm not Muslim either, but I think Kasim and Khalil are gorgoeus.

Zayn or Zakaraiah which can be nn Zak

Abbas, means lion

We have an Aden and Zakaria who get a shortened to Zaki.
I also like
Malik
Kalil
Suleiman (my fav)
Hamza

Ds is Daniyal

Im British Muslim married to a Middle Easterner
Our boys are Adam, Samy and Zakaria.
I also like Zain, Zaid, Dani

Sami
Adam
Yusuf
Saif

Whoever suggested Suleiman I second that what a great name!

I’m not Muslim, but I like names which cross boundaries so aren’t obviously of a specific religion- just so the child can’t be pigeonholed for stupid reasons really. Zain and Rohan fit that brief. Also Idris. And I once knew a lovely chap called Neal which also is known in several religions.

My son is called Zain. Having a daughter this time and I like the name Zara or Eliza.

My friend called his son Nayel which I think is great.

My brother is Kamran but he pronounces it like Cameron. It's convenient because even people who aren't familiar with more unusual names recognise it as a name, and shortens easily to Kam. I also hear it used less than Zain.

I also like Hani.

I think it's lovely to pay tribute to your heritage and choose a name from your culture.
How dull if we all chose the same names. Nothing wrong with James but it's a little bland imo.