Younes or Ata?

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So hubby has requested an islamic or at the very least an islamically permissable name for this baby boy.

Family names that are already taken include:

Rayan
Adam
Daniyal
Sami
Zakariyya
Hassan
Idris
Mika
Yaqoub
Haris
Benyamin
Noah
Zain
Ziyan

Basically all of the nice ones. The two names that stood out to me when looking are:

Ata and Younes

What do people think? Any other name suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Prefer Ata to Younes.

How about:
Yusuf/yousef
Zaid
Ayaan
Saif
Laith
Musa
Dawud
Ibrahim
Rashid

I can probably think of some more.
Btw any name in any language is islamically acceptable as long as it has a good meaning, so that is a pretty wide net he has given you. Sounds like he wants something Arabic/Persian though.

I'm not familiar with Ata and Younes. How are they pronounced?

How about Elyas?

I was going to say Elias/Elyas

I like Ata, Younes is more popular (in my world anyway). Isa is one I would use if I had another boy and I like Emir too.

I like Kamran & Adnan

Anis?

Younes is very handsome! I like that one best.

Good luck with your name quest and congratulations!

I am unfamiliar with these names, but is Younes pronounced yoo-nis? So the as the western female name Eunice? In which case I would avoid it and go for Ata.

*the same as Eunice

Do you have other you like?

Younes is quite popular. Never met an Ata though. Is it pronounced Ah-ta?

Ata pronounced ar-tah

And younes pronounced you-nez as opposed to eunice.

Elyas is lovely but we have a family friend called Ilyas. Musa, Isa are nice too thanks i will put them to DH. Thanks for the suggestions!

DH has already said no to Kamran.

I agree starface he has given me what looks like a wide net but actually in reality will only go for certain names!

They both sound good to me. I think I slightly prefer Younes.

Xavier
Yushua
Jamal
Kasim
Arham
Saeed
Tariq
Qadir
Muneer
Kiyan
Nadeem
Saleem
Kashif

2 little Muslim boys I know are Talha and Arif, which both seem nice and easily pronounceable names.

Laith and Quais are my favourites.

I like:
Sayf
Tambir
Tahmid
Sahil

Of your options I prefer Ata but they are both nice.

I know a Syrian guy called Amar, I like that name too, pronounced Amm-ar.

Also know:

Khalid
Sohail
Asif
Wahab
Zahid
Saeed
Hossein
Abdul
Jamal
Yasin
Nayaf

Omar
Haitham

Yunus/Younis is more popular than Athar locally (the spellings I come across most). I prefer Athar, but both are ok.

Lol. Yes it's not the acceptability islamically but also the cultural identity they really want. Some nice other suggestions. I also like Tamir (From dates, but implication is having lots of them and therefore wealthy/blessed). Also, Hisham is nice too. Both less common. I like Imran, Sulaiman too.

Oh I also meant to say I have seen Ata spelled Atha, but often mispronounced. I actually also like Osama as a name, and I personally think associations with that are reducing now.

Thanks ladies. I love Omar, Jamal and Amar but have all on my side of the family. The trouble with big families!

A friends son is called Sohail. And some of the other names are taken also by family friends.

Also Dh's and current Ds's names have both now been suggested which means we're on the right track!

I like Yasin, Kiyan and Quais. Will add them to my list.

Ooh, I really like Younes. Sounds very Lebanese.