Urdu/ Arabic/English boys names

[OhEliza]

DH's parents are from Pakistan and also speak Arabic, I'm white British. We're after a name that will work with both sides of the family, and have tonnes of potential girls' options, but boys a trickier!

Current top pics are below, but there's nothing I truly love. Let me know what you think, and anything with a similar vibe?

Adam, Aiden and Danny have already been nicked by siblings in the same boat, unfortunately.

Zachariah / zaki
Samir
Laith
Raif
Raphael/ Rafi
Benyamin
Tahir

Haris

Haris is my FIL 😆

But yes, exactly along those lines would be great....

Sami
Karim
Esau
Omar
George (seriously!)
Jad
Alain
Raza
Fadi
Nabil

Oh, forgot Nabih!

I love Laith. I think it has a lovely sound and looks appealing written down. I also really like Samir nn Sammy

Raif is lovely too but I do prefer Laith. I actually asked DH about using Laith but decided it would be culturally inappropriate as we are both white British

Suggestions:

Nabeel
Ibrahim
Ismail
Ali
Sachin
Zaid

Jad.

A very old and traditional Arabic name but one that’s rarely used.

I think in the whole of the country where I live there are only 7 people with the name.

I dont know how the Urdu affects things, so apologies for anything that cant work, but
Ibrahim
Yusef
Isaac
Noah
Zayn
Kamran
Rayyan
Elias
Kiran

Oh you're all amazing, thank you!

Zaid and Rayyan certainly going on the list. And I'm intrigued by George!

Ayden and Zaki work well - I know children of the same ethnicity with these names. Also I know a little boy called Hari.
How about Yusef or Kyan?

Dara

(cf Dara Shikoh)

I love the name Eesa

We have the same situation, our son is called is Esa (lots of spelling variants - Eesa/Isa/Eisa) and I just adore it, so far no issues with people understanding. I feel your pain though as this was the only single name we agreed on!

I would stick to Arabic

I've known people in your situation and these names have been easy

Isa/Easa
Zakariyya
Danyaal
Benyamin
Zaid
Ibrahim
Musa
Dawood

Akram

Nadim

Friend of mine with Arabic speaking extended family has a little boy called Bassam. His English speaking friends call him Bas. I’ve always thought it was cute and really unusual

Kabir
Jahaan
Saahal
Javed
Farhan
Kaifi

Rami
Sami
Younes
Dani
Faris
Jamal
Enes

Isaac seems to be the Arabic name of choice for my friends. Three in the last year alone.

Malik

Idris

I'd be wary with Benyamin - it is viewed by a fair number of Muslims (at least, by my family and everyone in their social circle in their country) as being a Jewish name. That may cause you problems, maybe not!

Firas

Hi,

Check out:

www.arabicenglishbabynames.com

You may find this website useful when picking a bilingual baby name.

Good luck!

Raif is lovely