Looking for modern Muslim baby boy names

[Thejoysof2boys]

I'm really struggling to think of Muslim baby boy names.

I like unique and trendy names whilst my husband wants to stick to traditional Muslim names, not easy!

I have found a few modern Arabic names like Cairo which I believe would be acceptable what do you think and let me know if you have any suggestions?

Thank you everyone, Baby is due in just 5 weeks!

I'm still very undecided and open to new suggestions but at the moment I think we've decided on him being either Asher (Arabic form is Ashar) or Cairo. What do you prefer?

I think I will have to wait until birth and then decide once I meet him!

Cairo is great, funky and cool and works shortened.

I named my son Omar x

I like Asher much better than Cairo.

It does not seem fair that baby's dad gets to choose middle name, surname AND first name.

Any biblical name works as the bible predates the Koran, if you use anglicised spellings it's a nod to your culture. My friend has an Adam and a Rachel and she's originally from Dubai. They then have long Arabic middle names are Khan is their surname.

I love Cairo and really like Kaiser

Also like Aslan and Abbas both mean lion I believe

Cairo is not great. Asher shortened to Ash is better.
I like the names Esa, Samir, Zacharaia, Hadi. why does his Dad get all the choices? You need to address that asap. Does he get control over anything else?

Asher.
I think Cairo will date ( lots of places as names at the moment iyswim, eg Brooklyn, Paris, Chicago, etc)

A friend of a friend has a little boy called Moyes (I'm not sure on the exact spelling or what it means) but she said it's a muslim name.

I would never use my surname, as I believe this should be the father's. Also we have DS1 who has his surname so definitely want my kids to have the same surname.

If I can find a suitable name then I have no problem with choosing a Muslim name for the first name - Asher is looking like the most likely option.

If that doesn't suit him at birth then I'll have to rethink my options!

I just love the name Cairo something keeps drawing me back to it not sure what! But yes I hate that it's a city 😣