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muslim\ European sounding names

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iniquity · 18/01/2015 19:14

Looking for boys and girls names for baby no 2 on the way so the name suits both grandparents.

For girls
Camilla
Nadia
Sara
Boys
Adam
Samir

Any others?

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AgentCooper · 18/01/2015 19:25

I love Samir for a boy Smile

Thinking of my favourite Arabic names which would work in an English speaking country, I like:

Girls
Naima
Rima
Aliyah
Nura/Noura
Amal

Boys
Rayan
Aziz (short for Abdulaziz)
Mehdi

I know a Libyan girl called Imberekha and I absolutely love that name! But it's a bit of a mouthful.

cookietrue22 · 18/01/2015 19:35

Girls - Saira, Sehra, Hana, Henna, Aysha, Aisha, Alisha.

Boys - Aadam, Rohan, Ezaz, Esah, Isham, Ali.

I work in a multi cultural school and these are some of the names of students. Quite often the names are European sounding but spelled differently eg Sehra or Aadam, possible compromise?

Tryharder · 19/01/2015 17:13

How about biblical names that would work in both cultures?

Joseph (Yusuf)
Elias (Ilyas)
Abraham

Etc etc

SunnyBaudelaire · 19/01/2015 17:15

Aydin
Sami

Aaliyah
Leila

SunnyBaudelaire · 19/01/2015 17:16

Shakira!!

iniquity · 19/01/2015 22:42

We like the profet names but there are already too many youcefs and ilyas in his family.
I like Leila but he thinks its too common.
Iike Suleiman but he doesn't!

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iniquity · 19/01/2015 22:43

Not sure about shakira peoplei might tease her!

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alteredimages · 20/01/2015 16:43

I love Samy. If you are Welsh there are also Idris and Morgan for boys. Also Adam.

Girls names are Lina, Lara, Mai, Sara. There are lots more but I am very forgetful.

We have a girl called Yasmina and a boy called Nour. They are both Arabic names but easy to pronounce in English. They aren't muslim names per se, they are also used by Christians here.

I would not use Aaliyah, Ali, Naima etc as they have the letter 'ain in them which does not exist in English so pronunciation is tricky. I have never heard of anyone called Shakira except the famous one. Smile

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iniquity · 22/01/2015 20:59

Thanks everyone who replied! Quite a few to choose from.
We have already have a zakarya that fits nicely in our multicultural family.
Though my mum calls him zak.
So that could be added to the list if anyone is looking for a suitable name.

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Gee87 · 10/12/2015 17:03

Boy: Faisal, Zeid, Omar
Girl: Jana, Seema, Lara

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