Daniyal or Laidan?

[Noodlethedog]

Hello, our baby boy is half Moroccan/English.

The final 2 names we like are Daniyal and Laidan. Which do you prefer and why?

Thank you

Daniyal because although he will have to spell it out all his life at least he won’t have people saying “ what? Aiden? Jayden? Hayden?
They are both ok names but unfortunately not too usual here, no reason to just go for the same names as everyone else as long as you accept the fact that nobody will be able to spell it/will have heard of it

I prefer Laidan.

I think Daniyal is likely to be misspelled (as Daniel) or mispronounced (as Denial).

Hmmmmm - what's the surname?

Daniel.

Daniyel will mean a lifetime of "It's not spelt that way" "D-a-n-i-y-el - yes, that's right, it's D ..."

Laidan seems like a tweaked Aiden, are there other names that seem to be more established, iykwim?

Laiden.
With that spelling people are likely to assume you are bein ‘unique’ rather than honouring his cultural background.

Laidan only because daniyal/ other variations are very very common choices for anglicised Muslim names. I'm just bored of that name. Along with Sara/ Zara/ amber/Amelia. Sorry, I know its a harsh response

Neither. Daniel is better.

Not harsh at all, really struggling to pick.

I wanted Adam but it's been done to death on his side of the family (large).

I'm really not keen on Omar/Ali, etc.

Zac is currently 3rd in the line, but I was put off because it's a diminutive.

Dont really like either of them. With those names you'll never be able to pick up anything pre-named - cups, plates, wrist bands, sippy cups etc. I can get named stuff for dgs (with a classic name), but not dgd with an unusual one. Daniel or Aiden would be ok.

If you're not mad about them then neither!
Zac is better imo. Would you use Zachary as a full name and Zac for short?

In this country, Daniyal will look as though you don't know how to spell.

I prefer Zac from all your options by a mile

DS is half Algerian and his name is Zakariah, Zak for short. I like Daniyal though.

I like Daniel - we chose a name that was pretty international (loads of variations of it!) so it's Fekketto VeryLongAndHardToSpellSurname - plus it was also my late dad's name so it ticked all the boxes.

Although he ended up with an other variation of his name to some relatives - Fek-koohhh.

Oh well...

If we went for Zac, he'd just be Zac. There's a longer form for UK and a different longer form for Morocco, so I'd rather just Zac. We also considered Dan for that reason, but I hate just Dan, ditto Sam. Zac feels different.

Really can't give surname, it's double-barrelled (Moroccan/English) so quite identifying.

Daniyal is like denial. Its horrid.

So arabic french types of names?

Yacob/jacob?
Barack
Yaseer
Marwan
Haroon
Jamal
Kamal

Zakariah?

I wouldn't go for a first name and a surname that is Moroccan - reflect both his parents?I'm making assumptions that you/dad is English English).

Both sides of the family are important and to be honest, I'm sure he'd soon be fed up being asked where he comes from, how long he's been here, when did he arrive in the UK, where he learned English... (I see it a lot first hand - not people being nasty Hut still, it wears a bit thin).

Zak is lovely...if my dd had been a boy, I would have gone for Zak. I like Ali as well...out of Daniyal and Laiden, I'd go for Laiden as I think it will cause less confusion.

www.google.co.uk/amp/www.momjunction.com/articles/moroccan-baby-names-for-girls-boys_00407871/%3famp=1

I like Beni and Sami

We have Zacs, Adams and Samis in the family. All nice names.

Daniyal looks like you can’t spell or trying too hard-similar to my friend’s son Jhohnee. Zac is lovely and so is zachery. Don’t saddle your son with a name that will constantly cause comment, and not in a good way

Laiden has grown on me.

They are both fine.

Zac is one of my favourite names though.