Interesting discussion - parents have lived a life - with great experiences - Islamic belief is that names have an effect on how we live our lives - I am sure elders take that into account when suggesting names - reading through all the entries on this form regarding baby names - all the young parents are looking for unique and gorafied names - which mostly have no real meanining and sound trendy - It just makes you think - would you like your daughter to be named Fatima (very old but very beautiful name) or Jazzmin - because its trendy !
Children are gifts from Allah - and we should thank him by allowing our parents to name them - if they so desire- the rights of parents are huge and do not compare to naming a child
My husband and i had chosen two names and wanted to wait after the birth to see what name suited her best. Once we saw her, we both thought Kanzah suited her better than Eman did as a first name and ended up naming her Kanzah Eman. Neither set of grandparents interfered or expected to name her.
I have a huge problem selecting my daughters name b/c my mother in law wanted her named batul and i was like its so old name and every time i came up with a name my husband was making a point that it wud be pronounced something else here in U.S schools, so finally we agreed on one name and when the crucial time came, that was in labor where i feel i wont survive, my mother in law was we can make batul her middle name, and i was in the mid of labor saying whtever , so we ended naming my daughter haania batul.
oh MashaAllah! beautiful name.. thats exactly what we named our niece, of course with her parents consent :)
may b i have mentined it earlier somwhere.. i have already decided my babies names … i m going to call my first boy Mohammad (InsahaAllah), with Mohammad any other name can be matched like i love love love Mohammad Mustehsun.. another boy name i love, if Allah blesses me with second is Ali Kasawar (dnt know the meaning, a sufi buzurg’s name)
For girls name i love " Anu-Reena"and “Humayl”, again dont know the meaning
i pray to Allah all the time that may he bless me with his Rehmat and Nemat both. amen.amen
btw my dear hubby has no objection on these names, infact he loves them all..
oh! my parents and in-laws both are cool and i m sure there wont be any problem from there side..
Why not let your partner pick what he/ she wants and then you pick your own favorite name.. after some discussion, pick the one you both really like... based on child's overall look, presence or charm.. Simple as that.. I would only involve the the actual parents to pick a name, not the inlaws or anybody else.
