Muslim baby name help please?

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I’m looking for names that walk that are easily accessible and pronounceable for life in the UK and aren’t incredibly ‘in your face Muslim’ (I know that’s problematic but discrimination is fairly common and people do struggle with some uncommon names, like abdur rahman)

boy and girl names please :)

big families on both sides so most of the names we like are taken

I am from a Muslim family… these are names of children in the family (all living in the UK)

• Leila
• Lina
• Hilal
• Sami
• Sanah
• Yazmin
• Aryan

these names are from cousins etc who were all born in the UK and are or have gone through the school system. I think they are all fairly easy to pronounce?

Im Ashkenazi Jewish and dh is from a Muslim family. Our boys are Noah and Tom.
Boy names we considered:
Mika
Ilya
Rafael
Sem
Sam
Adam
Zak/Zac/Zach
Girls names we considered:
Nadia
Maya
Sara/Sarah
Maria
Bibi
Yara
More I can’t remember!

My friend has a
Halima, Mariam and saffiyah
I work with a lady named Shareen and her sisters are Sana and sophena.
A girl in my daughters friend group is Zarina.
Boys I know
Asif
Adeel
Omar
Azam
Haroon
Zakir

More names from our list
Boys:
Omer
Mendell
Girls:
Esther
Dana

Abram
Zidaan
Aariz
Ayaan
Taha
Ara
Samina
Jahanara

Ashley?

Anita

Noah
Mariam
Zayne

Not keen on Alara and other names with repetitive sounds like Amaya and Anaya. They're samey and don't sound great if you say the name repeatedly.

Yasmin is pretty

Zahra
Rima
Aisha

Only names I wouldn't be keen on would Anas (anus), Rima (rimming) Aryan (Hitler connotations)

I had the exact same question before DD was born.

Faris is the boys name I chose

I don’t think Aryan is a Muslim name?

rima is pronounced Reema though, I think it’s pretty but I don’t think it’s one i would chose

i like Ayah/ Aya/ Aiya- lovely meaning too

Pretty sure that’s not a Muslim name

May
Sara
Sophia
Dana
Hana
Jenna/Jana
Nadia

Adam
Zayd/Zaid
Ferris/Faris
Michael/Mishael
Ryan/Rayan
Zachary/Zachariah

Karim

Also Sami/Sammy for a boy

Nabila for a girl

I like Maryam and Zainab.

Alayna
Maira
Safa
Zara
Alisha

Adam
Danyaal
Isa
Musa
Rayyaan

Dh loves that name but I worry it would be read as a bit ‘chavvy’

I like Akthar, for a boy.

I don’t think Aryan is a Muslim name?

Aryan (or Arian) is definitely Muslim and used in Afghanistan

You’re right just found it on my fave name website
it says

‘Aryan Is is NOT a Quranic name, but Muslims can use it since it has a good or neutral meaning.
Meaning of AryanAryan is a Kurdish, Persian and Urdu name for boys and girls that means “member of the Arya people”. Aryaitself is a word that in Sanskrit, Avestan and Old Persian means “noble”, “excellent”, therefore Aryan means “one who belongs to the noble people”. Arya is the word that the people of ancient greater Persia used to call their own race, and therefore Aryan also means “one who is from Persia”. Ancient Persia includes today’s Iraq, Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan’

that being said probably wouldn’t use it myself given the connotations with Hitler