Re: Is it okay if you give ur child a english name: though u are a muslim/pakistiani?
but there is no issue with desis adopting "arbay" names? or afghan names, or persian names?
If you mean Muslim desis of the subcontinent, then I sure as heck won't name my kids Ram, Krishan, Gopal e.t.c....
One guy I know dug up the name 'Mashaail' for his daughter but somehow through some cross linguistic wrangling of Arabic and Persian the name means a collection of 'Mashals' or torches...
But the guy was ecstatic that the name resembles 'Michelle'...
I guess it all comes down to whom you wish to be most associated with...