Arabic/English names

[Vivaea]

Hello everyone!

Expecting in September, husband's native language is Arabic and mine English. We want an Arabic name but one that is relatable to English speakers also.

So far we have:
Sayeed or Samir for a boy
Sara or Yasmin for a girl

I'm more fond of the boys names at the moment - my husband loves Sara but it's a name that's already in my family and quite common. I like Yasmin when it's pronounced the Arabic way (Yasmeen) but hate Yaz!

Surname begins with an A.

Would love some additional suggestions!

Adam
Zara
Salma
Nora
Faris
Laila
Hana
Maya
Farah

Adam

Maryam

Zakariah
Adam
Idris
Mikhail
Zain
Malik

Lana
Lara
Nadia
Amira
Dalia
Lina
Layla
Lila
Zara
Soraya

Adam
Rayan
Idris

Laila
Zara
Samira

Girls:
Saffiyah
Zeynab
Maryam
Daniya
Layla

Boys:
Zayd
Zakariya
Muhammad
Ali
Zayn
Hassan
Yusef
Yunes
Ibrahim
Jibreel
Kassim

Obsessed with Samir. And I love Yasmin too but hate Yaz for short.. here's some other suggestions:

Boy names:
Ali
Amir
Malik
Hassan
Khalil
Cairo
Bilal
Anwar
Navid
Youssef

Girl names:
Amina
Aisha
Amira
Jamila
Zara
Safia
Nadia
Samar
Yara
Suraya

What about Zara rather than Sara?

I would spell Yasmeen like that if you want that pronunciation. I have known it to be spelt that way. Less confusing as Yasmin would get Yas-min a lot.

I like Samir.

Alternatives:-

Layla
Aisha
Aliyah
Amira
Farrah
Maya
Hana
Anaya
Nyla

Adam
Zayn
Ali
Omar
Jamal
Nasir
Nasser

Maya
Noura
Norah
Sanna
Yera
Eliana
Ada
Aïda
Ida
Safena
Malika
Ayat
Habiba
Hayat
Sephine
Seraphina
Alaia

Émile
Sufjan
Wissam
Yanis
Ilyas
Ephraim
Sabri

So many lovely names - thank you! I like Zara as a variation. Layla is jumping out at me too.

Zara, Ayesha,
Ashar, Laurence and Amir.

Samir - I just hear smeer.

My ex was half Syrian half Irish and chose an Irish name for his son and an Arabic one for his daughter ; his reasoning was that girls get away with an exotic name whereas boys will likely suffer from some form of racism… He called his daughter Soraya
I like Nimri which means tigress ;) If it is a boy then I would not chose one of Mohamed's hundreds or so names. I would go for Seif which means wolf

Arabic spelling of Leila is like this and not Layla.
And it can be pronounced Lee-luh / Li-la / Lay-la

Its a fab name! 😬

There are some really pretty names.

Dalia
Nura
Amirah
Farrah
Halima
Khadijah
Shakila
Yasmina
Zaida

Amira / Amina
Zoya
Nayla
Leila
Zakia
Aliyah
Liana
Anaya / Inaya

Mikael
Musa
Rafi
Zaki
Raees
Ismael
Ilyas
Idris
Saif

Top 3 girl names: Amira, Zakia, Liana (+ Leila, Nayla)
Top 3 boy names: Mikael, Musa, Ismael (+ Saif, Ilyas)

Congratulations!

I actually know/met girls and women with some of these names:
Aaliyah
Aifa
Amina
Dina
Eira
Erina
Lana
Lina
Mia
Nadia
Nora
Tara
Rani
Yara

The boys names are very boring.

Iliyas is nice (and I know a few north Africans who have anglicized the spelling to Elias).

Hana can also be Hannah. Nora and Dalia. I also love Marwa.

Every other little girl in MENA is Maryam at the moment.

Issa is a big fave of mine. Sami/Samir also great.

I totally get this - and it's something I've raised with my husband too. Although we don't live in the U.K. we may return in the future and I'm trying to make the baby's life as easy as possible.

We're avoiding the Mohamed variations and any names that might be associated with terrorist groups (as terrible as that is to say, my husband gets it).

I love Elias! It's quite close to my daughter's name (from a previous marriage) - I'm sure she'd be very happy with it!

Hana is a bit too close to my own name!

I'm loving so many of these names - too many to choose from now!

Could possibly be more gender neutral
Rayan
Ziya

Boy’s names:
Amir
Idris
Danyal
Deen
Haroon
Hasan
Hesham
Jibril
Jibran
Murad
Musab
Omar
Yusuf
Zakariah

Girl’s names:
Amal
Amirah
Ayah
Dina
Dana
Dania
Iman/Eman
Lamya
Layan
Leena
Maha
May
Safiyah
Samira
Sara/Sarah
Sora

Not sure if you have decided on names yet! My partner is Lebanese and I’m half Irish, half English. I always loved the name Laith (means lion) - before I met him, and it happens to be Arabic and what I would call ethnically ambiguous 😂 so that’s what we called my first son. People do get it wrong often, which surprised me (I say Laith, like Faith with an L).

We called my second son Sami for a week, but then changed it to Haitham (means eagle). I know it’s a bit tongue twister-y as their names are very similar with the ‘aith’, but we do love the name and it’s the only one that suited him!

Other potential names (we didn’t want any religious ones)

Boys:

Hayder
Rami
Hani

Girls:

Maya
Farah
Amal

Good luck!