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Boy baby name poll

61 replies

NoLA2356 · 23/11/2021 22:04

Please help me decide!! Due in 3 days
Saif - pronounced like the word safe
Laith - pronounced like layth
Basil - pronounced like bazel but with a soft “s” not like the herb

Middle and last initials will be A.M.

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Edenember · 24/11/2021 16:25

@ColdShouldersWarmTummy that’s what I was thinking, I’m more confused than ever about the desired pronunciation. That link was the short a hard z sound like it is here. Not a soft s.

Tiredpigeon · 24/11/2021 16:33

Definitely Laith. I know a lovely boy called Laith.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 24/11/2021 17:59

Always loved the sound/look of Laith - and I like the fact it's so multicultural (Scottish as well as Arabic).

NoLA2356 · 24/11/2021 18:28

I know it’s confusing to try to explain the pronunciation but it is like the video as “baa-zzel” but staying with the same sound and pronunciation and saying it with a soft s as baa-ssel. Rather than “bay-sel” like the herb.

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WakeUpLockie · 24/11/2021 18:30

Ok so that is Basil spelled the same as the herb for most of the people here - this is a UK site so we don’t say Bay-zil like those in the states.

I like Laith and Basil :)

WakeUpLockie · 24/11/2021 18:31

*pronounced the same as the herb 8 mean

WakeUpLockie · 24/11/2021 18:31

Oh, LOVE Faisal!

UsernameIsHarderThanBabyName · 25/11/2021 11:07

Really like Laith

CouncilHousedAndViolentBaby · 25/11/2021 12:01

I know a Saif he's lovely so I would go for Saif

CouncilHousedAndViolentBaby · 25/11/2021 12:02

Oh and I like Yaseen I also know one🥰

Elspethelf · 25/11/2021 14:10

I work with two Saif’s and a Basil and the names suit them fine. I think I prefer Saif :)

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