muslim baby names

[Poohbearsmom]

Hi
im only 6wks so very early days but would love any ideas, thanks xxx

No such "Muslim tradition".

loads of really nice names listed

also what about

zinnira
zayana
taymiyyah
tahiyyah
suhayla

Pooh, I like all of your names very much.

I'm better with girl's names.

I've always loved the names Zaynab and Habiba.

Faria or Faariha (have seen it spelled both ways).

Zahra
Umaira
Naima

MavisEnderby I don't know if you will see this but I wonder if I work where you do! Same dr I think??

Really not a tradition? My GCSE Religious Studies teacher must have been behind the times (and was a practising Christian andyway LOL.)

GladioliBuckets, I have neber heard of that tradition either.

Poohbearsmum here are a few I liked when myself looking for names

boys
Adel/Adil
Amin
Basil
Bilal
Farid
Fawzi
Hamzah (I I had another boy that would be him)
Idris
Imad
Ismail
Jalil
Jibril
Kamal
Mahdi
Mohamed
Murad
Nassim
Nouredine
Rashid
S alim
Sofian
Sharif
Sami
Samir
Tariq
Tayyeb
Uttman
Wail
Yaqub
Yunes
Yussuf
Zachariah
Zaf ir

girls
Abida
Aisha
Amal
Arub
Asiya
Bilqis (love that one)
Farah
Fawziah
Hajar
Hala
Hanan
Hayah
Hawwa
Hibatullah
Ibtisam
Ilham
Iman
Jamilah
K hadijah
Mahbubah
Malak
Nabilah
Nawal
Raja
Ruqayyah
Safa
Saidah
Sawdah
Siham
Tarub
Yusra
Zaynab

Do not criticize the too harshly as amongst them are my 4 DCs names
Hind Huda

Why have Hind and Huda gone down like that

My DS is Anwar which is gorgeous, means light. I love Merieme and Zahara for girls, Bilal or Zacariyya for boys. Would use any except merieme who is my SIL! And I think she might use Zacariyya for her DS when he arrives.

If anyone would like to see the Turkish version of these names with a slightly different spelling, let me know.

I like mindysimmons' suggestions. They are beautiful.

Pooh - Whichever name you intend to choose, talk about it with a native speaker of Arabic. Some names that sound good to Anglophone ears could have pronunciations or nicknames with unpleasant meanings in Arabic, which you wouldn't necessarily pick up.

For example, Zinnira or Zinia could easily become "Zina" in the UK, which you wouldn't want your daughter called.

Zahra is nice and Noor.

I am Irish/Scottish and hubbie is Muslim. Would love some name ideas that work for both cultures. Any ideas?

I love Maryam and other similar versions.

people shouldnt make zinnira into nickname of zina cos that is really bad...
but that name is known in arabic its one of the early sahabiyat, so its okay 2 use, even tho the origin is roman (i think? cos this sahabia was roman, radhiyallahu anhaa)
obviously we hav 2 b careful tho not 2 give them inappropriate nicknames or let other ppl do that..

My friend has Zakira for a girl which is lovely. Zahra is a lovely girl's name and I also know of Hana.

Hi my hubby's name is Shohaib and pronounced "Show - hay - b " this is the name of a prophet and there are lots of variations of spelling and pronounciations not least because of the translation process between Arabic and English script. For a girl interesting but true - "Lucy" is also an arabic name! It is not common, but definitely used in Egypt. There is lots of crossover of the history books and characters between the Bible, Talmud and the Qu'ran if you are looking for a name that fits with different cultures. Eg; Ibrahim/Abraham, Ishmael, Mary/Maryam, Adam etc.

There is no scripture that deems that you must use an arabic name so you can call him/her a british name as long as the meaning is good. But if you are intent on using a name with religious importance then the Quran reads that 'Abdul (or Abder) Rahman' is the name favoured by Allah for a male.

Girls names:

Laila
Maryam
Zahra

Boys names:

Samir

Don't think anyone has mentioned Yamina. Love that together with Amira, Zahra and Kheira for girls.

^ thats not in Quran its hadith that the 2 most favoured names Abdullah and Abdurrahman, truest are harith and hammam and worst harb and murrah

I like Habiba and Hala as girls' names and Baha, Ishmail and Mustafa as boys' names.

Congratulations!

My dd was named with much help from mums netters...Riven and CoteDazur to name but two

Here's my current lists

BOY

Laith
Sami
Bilal
Badr
Bandar
Rami
Ibrahiem
Saif
Adam
Adham
Kariem
oooh there's loads...
Karam
Ilyas
Rehan
Talal
Rashid
Yusef

GIRLS

strangely enough we started with a liking of Mia or Mya too...I have been repeatedly told by Arabic friends that there is a meaning behind it, and it is an Islamic (Arabic) name in it's own right...but I couldn't find a meaning and so was never comfortable with it. So if you have better luck it may just be a name for you...

others...

Lamia
Ayah
Leyla (but so common now)
Aisha
Lamar
Somayya
Samia
Saffiya
Amal
Talia
Maha
Zahra
Aminah
Hiba
Mariam
Reem or Reema
Magda
Rasha
Rania
Amani
Jude
Leena
Lana

I think most of those names work well in english too, that may not matter to you, but if you are a british convert (like me), you'll probably want a name that Gran and Grandpa can say and that translates well to the playground!

Those'll do for now...but there are loads more if you want them!...getting quite clucky now...lurve baby names!

Just found out i am expecting so have noted down the suggestions I like. Thanks ladies.

CotedAzur are you Turkish and have we spoken befor?

BTW my name has featured in almost all the lists and I always disliked it for beign rather old fashioned.