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Oh help! English sounding muslim boys names

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difficultdecision · 07/08/2009 16:24

We have a lovely DS (Adam) and am now 15 weeks pregnant with what is probably another little boy according to the most recent scan.

Obviously we are delighted either way but a girl would have been easier as we have a handful of girls names that we love already.

The complicating factor is that we are an english muslim family, with both muslim and non muslim grandparents to bear in mind and a few german speaking relatives thrown in (just don't ask!)

Names we quite like,

Noah
Sami
Daniyal
Isaac

erm, that's it and we already have a daniyal and an isaac in our circle (although not that close).

can anyone suggest any more?

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Tortington · 07/08/2009 16:26

yusef?

TwoHot · 07/08/2009 17:31

Isa
Rabb
Raeef
Bari
Zayn

A lot of names cross over very nicely have a nice sound. Perhaps once a name 'belongs' to a baby it transcends its origins in a family?

pranma · 08/08/2009 14:44

Jem

HerHonesty · 08/08/2009 19:59

Ali

rashid

Firawla · 08/08/2009 21:54

TwoHot you can't call a baby Rabb!! i think it would be considered Haraam, that's for Allah.. :\

Zakariyya is always a good one for english people to find easy i think

even Ibrahim & Bilal are quite easy for people? or Rayan?

foreverchanges · 08/08/2009 22:03

aman ?

foreverchanges · 08/08/2009 22:08

sorry aman prob to much like adam

i like kamran

rayan is a beautiful name

wheresclaire · 08/08/2009 22:19

I love Sami. Is it pronounced like Sammy?

bluemango · 08/08/2009 22:57

Weird, we're in exactly the same position (including the handful of German speaking relatives!).

I can't really help, though, as we keep coming back to Noah, Daniyal, Adam and Aden.

BTW do you know if spelling/pronouncing it Noah (as opposed to Nuh or Nooh) is ok? I would think that because it refers to the same person it should be, and I know names don't have to be Arabic, but I've had mixed reactions.

We've only got a few weeks left so I'll be watching this thread. Good luck!

lovemybabyboy · 08/08/2009 23:05

Zaki
ousman (could shorten to Ozzy)
Harun (could shorten to Harry)
Arun (sounds a bit like Arron)
Tijan (could shorten to T-jay)
Tamsir
Omar
Barack (Could shorten to Barry)
I like all the names on your list too, especially Sami and Noah.

victoriascrumptious · 08/08/2009 23:09

Sayid. Is that Muslim? Totally love that name

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difficultdecision · 09/08/2009 08:44

Thanks everyone, I like Zaki and Zayn, Harun is nice too and we know a lovely Harun that goes by Harry so it wouldn't 'feel' strange if you see what I mean. Ibrahim is nice but I know too many little 'ibby's at the moment and I like Zakariyya but DH doesn't (he's ok with Zaki)

Wheresclaire - yes Sami sounds just like sami so can be shortened to sam.

Bluemango - salaams! nice to hear from someone in the same position. The debate about anglicising arabic names is complicated but a lot of scholars have said it is fine and since it only has to be a good meaning name - not even an arabic name - we would go for Noah as Nuh is hard to pronounce for english speakers and would probably end up sounding like Nur which is much more a girls name.

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HerHonesty · 09/08/2009 08:47

harun/arun is a hindu name, no?

pseudoname · 09/08/2009 08:49

Laith - it means lion

pseudoname · 09/08/2009 08:50

Laith is Arabic so a lot of Muslims use it.

cascade · 09/08/2009 09:26

Zakir
Matiur
Samad

Do you want turkish muslim names or asian muslim names, just going through class lists of pupils I teach!!

duchesse · 09/08/2009 09:32

My friend's two boys are called Sameer (always known as Sam) and Adam. Their cousin is Zac (full name is whatever Zachary/ Zacariah is in Arabic, can't remember what).

saadia · 09/08/2009 09:45

foreverchanges SIL's dcs are called Kamran and Rayyan and funnily enough she had a patient (she's a GP) whose dcs were called Cameron and Ryan.

difficultdecision a friend of mine recently called her ds Mikhail but I think there is some debate over whether or not angel's names are permissible.

I know they are not that English sounding but I really like Hashim and Hamzah - they are easy to pronounce. Or what about Daoud (David).

msled · 09/08/2009 09:50

Zak/Zac is a good shortening to lots of those names. Sami is nice.

TwoHot · 09/08/2009 11:45

oops

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difficultdecision · 09/08/2009 11:57

HerHonesty - Aaron/Haroon was Moses' brother and a prophet in Islam.

cascade - either are fine

saadia - it's hard as I do like david and it's a family name but I struggle with daud/dawud/daoud. I could anglacise it but as it is so easy to pronounce in arabic I would feel a bit bad for doing so. Rayyan is nice.

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ScummyMummy · 09/08/2009 12:08

Omar
Sever
Samir
Elias
Abbas
Liban

Tryharder · 09/08/2009 13:30

Omar is nice. Wanted to call DS2 Omar but DH wouldn't let me. Love Zachary also but again, vetoed by DH!!!!

My friend's DS is Jamal - it's Muslim but sort of cross cultural, almost American.

nomorecake · 09/08/2009 15:45

my favourites are listed here

dreamnoor · 02/03/2010 18:26

Can Bari be a name on its own, or does it have to follow another name?