To think it doesn’t matter that the name is similar to a famous architect

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I’m losing my mind!!

DH and I are expecting our first baby. We need a name that works in Arabic and English.

Our surname is Hadid, we love the name Zara. However DH thinks it is odd that her name would be one letter away from the architect Zaha Hadid.

I think Zara Hadid is a lovely name and that the architect is irrelevant.

thoughts?

I just double checked as in my mind they were related, like nieces. And they’re not 😂

Another one here who hadn't heard of Zaha Hadid so vote for Zara (but avoid Bella and Gigi).

I really don't think it's an issue.

I'm aware of the architect but it wouldn't put me off using your name.

its a lovely name (congratulations by the way) and the Architect in question was a magnificent woman so the connection is only positive for me. I don’t think that many Brits will know or remember her tbh.

It's a lovely name, but it did immediately make me think of the architect, and I suspect it will for a lot of people, depending on your circles. Obviously, this may not be a problem for you. It would for me. I discarded a name I really liked for DS because of a resemblance to a film director's name.

I mean, I really liked that director's work, and I like many of Zada Hadid's designs, so the connotations of both are really positive, but I tried, when finding a name for DS, to find a name that had as few connotations as possible.

Never heard of Zaha Hadid , but love your name choice.

I’ve heard of Zaha Hadid.
and yes your chosen name is close and would remind me of her. But it also sounds pretty common place so I don’t think it would be wrong for you to choose it, unless you actively dislike Zaha Hadids architecture and wouldn’t want even a passing association with her.
You’ve chosen a good solid name.
enjoy her!

I was at an event a few years ago with a lot of architects in attendance, and Zaha Hadid turned up - the reaction was unanimously positive, lots of fan-girling! She is very well regarded by most architects IME.

I know people with the same names as a well-known actor, a C-list entertainer and a concert pianist. It happens.

And those are exactly the same names with the same spellings.

As others have said, Zara isn't Zaha.

If you were calling her Zaha it might invite questions about whether you named her after her namesake but Zara wasn’t the name of the architect.

Zara is beautiful and timeless.

A lot of people have heard of Zaha Hadid,

she is a super role model.

It’s a beautiful name op.

I’ve heard of the architect but she’s not well known enough for it to be an issue. She’s dead and has a good reputation so it’s not likely she’s going to become famous in future for negative reasons.

It's a really beautiful name OP.

I've never heard of zaha hadid

If Zaha Hadid’s parent had been posting on ‘Baby names’, I would probably have advised against the juxtaposition of Zaha and Hadid. Zara Hadid, on the other hand, flows beautifully!

It’s lovely …. and not as though it’s Christopher Wren!

My guess is that most people couldn't name any famous architects.

Zaha Hadid is hardly Albert Speer. You'll be fine.

If it's who I'm thinking of, the only time I've heard of Zaha Hadid was when Meg mentioned her on Motherland, and I had to Google her to find out who she was. But it seems any association will be positive. Zara goes well with your surname, it's a lovely name.

It is the first thing I thought of!

However by the time the baby is older the architect will be less known as part of an entirely different generation.

It's not a bad reference to have if you really love the name ☺️

Same.. people will mis hear it but does it matter?

Zara is lovely and works really well in both languages, which is unusual, most names work better in one and are 'ok' in the other.

Zara Hadid flows really well too. If I did associate with the architect it would only be a positive.

It's a shame more people haven't heard of her. Tell your daughters because 'see it, be it'. I loved being close up to her work in Seoul, she made truly cool, modern but not stupid buildings.

It's a great association, use it.

i mean zaha Hadid is an architectural icon so if the baby was named after her it would be.

hadid is a very common Arabic surname so there’s no point getting caught up by similarities. Mohammed is the most popular name in the world that hasn’t stopped anyone