Azur for a baby boy?

[Shainago]

Hi everyone!
What do you think of the name Azur for a baby boy? Without an E. It's the Arabic/Persian spelling of Azure and it both means sky blue and Gold is help

Do you have Arabic heritage?

If you have some Arabic heritage, ok I guess (I suppose it’s a bit like calling your child blue? but people won’t realise that)

If you don’t I think it’s a bit random and unless people know the colour they may struggle with pronouncing it.

Try hard and cringey.

Thank you for your opinions. Yes I'm Arab.
Do you think Azhar would sound better?

I like it but prefer Azhar which sounds very elegant.

Noted, thank you

I really like the name Azur. That’s the name of my friend’s son. She says it’s a Hebrew name meaning ‘help’. I think it’s lovely, and prefer it to azhar.

Is it actually a name or just the colour?
I'd think most people will have come across the colour at some point, Denby have had an Azure dinner set for years and I'm sure I've came across it on paint charts too

Sounds lovely

Azur reminds me of azzurro - Italian for blue and the football team is called azzurri. I think Azhar is more beautiful and elegant.

How is Azhar pronounced?
It looks great, but I'm not sure how it's said.

@RosieCockle

Try hard and cringey.

What a knobby comment.

'if it's not Harry, it's try hard and cringeyyyyyyyyyyy'

@RosieCockle

Try hard and cringey.

It's try hard and cringy to use a name from a different culture when you belong to that culture?? Should everyone in the U.K. use English names regardless of their background so as not to be try hard??? Actually it would be more try hard if Arab boys were called Harry and James tbh.

OP I prefer Azhar. It's more masculine than Azur.

Are you Arabic or Persian though? Azhar (Al-Azhar) is the name of one of the main mosque/Islamic university in Egypt. Historically it's a big part of Islamic culture in the Mediterranean "Arab" world. So it's go strong religious connotations to me - and no doubt many other (but possibly not all?) Muslims.

For Azur, I'd pronounce it Az-oor.
But you'd also have Az-you-r.
And Az-uhr.
That last one is similar to Azar (ohh-zaar), which is a Persian girls' name.

Don't dislike the name, but maybe not as straightforward as it would be with the e on the end!

I think it’s gorgeous

I like it a lot. I like Azhar too. Probably I'd lean slight more Azur, but I'm not Arab, so have less insight.

Thank you!

Yes im Arab, and it's pronounced Az-Iur (u as in human)

I really like Azur. Like the meaning as well. Good choice.

Thank you very much x

@Shainago

Thank you for your opinions. Yes I'm Arab. Do you think Azhar would sound better?

No I prefer Azur

Azhar is sharper and more aggressive

Noted. Thank you x