Arabic boys and girls names

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I live in Scotland/am Scottish, however my step mum and her family are Middle Eastern.

im considering an Arabic name for first or middle, so would like some suggestions.

I love Hiba.

Would like one with a good meaning, and one that works well in Arabic and English.

Yasmin
Sara
Hanna
Leila
Alma
Julie
Hanan
Reem
Zakia
Sofia
Mariam
Saja

Girls names:

Imani
Sara
Hanna
Sally
Noor
Maryam
Laila
Aliya
Dunia
Sherine
Ranya
Dalia
Nancy

Boys names:

Any biblical name

Although with boys’ biblical names, sometimes the Arabic and English version of the name differ a lot.

Adam, Haris, Yacob, Zac

Sara, Miriam, Layla

Oh there are also a couple of other Arab Scottish names

Aran
Harris
Laith

I like Samir. Just take care not to confuse Persian and Arabic names, they are different and there may be sensitivities.

Many good names suggested here!

I agree that Hiba is a lovely name.

Mervat is also a beautiful name for a girl.
I like the name Tareq/Tariq for a boy.

As previous poster said, you could use biblical names (but the Arabic version). Some will be similar, such as Musa for Moses, or Nuh for Noah but others might be quite different, such as Yunus (Jonah).

Similarly, Hawa (Eve) is a lovely name, or Maryam (Mary), Hajar (Hagar), Sara (Sarah) and so on.

Other names for boys:
Ali
Umar
Hamza
Sa'ud
Laith

Girls:
Zahra
Zohra
Warda
Layla
Jameela
Hana
Nura

Maryam, Zara and Sofia
Aran, Joseph and Laurence.

Why not use your step-mother's name as a second name?

I love Danah , Loulwah and Badriyah for girls. Boys names I love are Zaid , Fahad and Yaqoub.

I named my daughter Halima :)

Boy names

Ibrahim
Atlas
Ismail
Ilyas/Elias/Ellis
Idris
Bashir (nn Bash)
Ramzi
Rami
Ayman
Ehsan
Alif (nn Leaf)
Zaki
Arham
Ayan
Yasin
Emil
Emin
Yassir (nn Yass)
Elzin

Girl names

Amra (pronounced Um-ruh)
Zehra
Norah
Safiya
Eshaal
Sabeel
Zeena
Zia
Yara
Haniya
Zaida/Zadie
Sidra
Namira
Esra (Turkish form of Arabic name Asra/Isra/Izra)
Aya

Lulu is both. Pearl in Arabic but understood in UK.

i love love love Laith. I discovered it just after I posted the thread.

I don’t want to go too obviously Arabic or Islamic, if that makes sense. Like bashir, it’s too much for me. Whereas Laith and Hiba are more subtle, to me at least anyway.

I just wanted some ideas so thank you guys.

im floating them with my step mum seeing what she thinks.

Laith is both an Arabic and Scottish name, something not many people know.

I think Aran and Haris/Harris are good cross-over names