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Here are my names...be nice!

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ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 22/07/2008 16:21

I'm going for Arabic with an english middle name, but with the boys I want something that could be shortened to something easy. So-

Girls-
Laila (fave)
Samira
Zara/Zahra/Sara
Amina
Mina
Leila

Boys-
Abdel Ali (Ali)
Bilal (Billy? But I like Bilal as it is)
Kamil (too girly?)
Nasir (Nas...too rapper?)
Samir (Sammy - fave)
Ismael (not easy to shorten but I love it)

I REALLY like Laila Rose or Samir ...something.

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susiecutiebananas · 22/07/2008 22:41

I love the girls names, works really well across both cultures, and Rose as an english middle name, is just beautiful with names you have suggested, also, a very english name

Not so sure about the boys names, but only because they're not so familiar to me. I must say though, that the names suggested by Redinthehead, for boys are lovely !

"Kamran (Kam), Rohan (ro),Haris (Harry) and Suleiman (Sul), but settled on Aydin (known as Aydie)" All of these again, sound so lovely, really 'boys' names IYSWIM? sound like good strong men!, also they cross both cultures really well too.

Good luck! AS with another poster, I'd also say, stick with you 'gut instinct' / fav's... they're your favs for a reason...

When I was pg with my DD, i was convinced she was a boy. At the scan they told us she was a girl, I couldn't believe it.I had no idea what names I liked for girls, there were a few i'd always thought I'd have... a week or so later, I just looked down at my bump and I knew her name was going to be Isobel, Charlotte [surname] I just knew. It was really odd.

When I told my DH, he went really quiet, and I thought he didn't like it. He then said, "my granny was called Isobel, spelt the same, and it was my mums middle name and my niece is called Charlotte" his aunt was called Charlotte Isobel!! I had no idea at all, it was a lovely moment.

I told a good friend ( ex boyfriend actually) about it a few days later, and he said, "don't you remember you had a dream you had a toddler called Isobel with red hair and we were playing with her in the garden, but she wasn't mine" It had freaked him out at the time and he'd not forgotten it! Oh how true it bloody was, I do have a red haired toddler called Isobel who we play in the garden with together often !!!!

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 23/07/2008 07:30

Susie, thjat's really sweet! I just see this baby as my daughter and she's called Laila Rose, but I don't know what I'll do if it's a boy!

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Bbbee · 23/07/2008 07:34

all lovely.

Elkat · 23/07/2008 20:26

I love Zahra - whichever spelling. It is a very pretty name and goes well in both (British / Arabic) cultures. Also, think Samir works well in both cultures too, because it can always be shortened to Sam, if he so desires or full name - whatever takes his fancy. HTH

susiecutiebananas · 24/07/2008 00:40

Well, Kat, if your baby is a girl, then definitely stick with Laila Rose. Its a truly beautiful, elegant and pretty name

I was definitely ( ahem- with no consultation with DH! ) going to call Isobel "TOBY,Charles... plus 2 other middle names from his family! until 'he' was a she!!!

I had NO idea what a girls name could be so didn't think about it. LIke I said above, once I knew, it just came to me and really stuck. It would have been the same if we'd not known until birth, i'm sure of it. She has always suited her name.

So I think for you, if it turns out that Laila Rose is not growing in there but you have a little boy growing, you will find his name, and it will be just right for him too

good luck

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