Outdated / Out of Fashion names

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But have you really heard names like Ram Ali? There are names without religious connection. Names related to land. As Hindus name their children Ganga, Sindhis (Muslims as well Hindus) named their daughters Sindhu.

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of course NOT! they are more like nicks or names given by illiterate parents…also names like budhhan, budhai, jume’raatii, peeru, mangla, itwaarii, jumman, shukkar, etc

mere ek jaanne waale haiN gaaoN meN unkaa nick-name “bechoo” hai…story yeh hai k unkii vaalidah ke 8 bachche huye magar vo sabhii bachpane men hii mar gaye…to, unko kisii baba/faqeer ne bataayaa k agar vo apni agli aulaad ko sirf “naam ke liye” bech deN to vo bachcha bach jaayegaa…unki vaalidah ne aisaa hii kiyaa…apne maamuuN ke haath Rs.1 meN bech diyaa is samjhaute ke saath ke jab bachcha baRaa ho jaayegaa to vo use vaapas le leNgii Rs. 1 de kar…

…aisaa hii huaa…7 saal ke ba’d Rs. 1 de kar bachchaa vaapas le liyaa…vo bachchaa aaj koii 40 baras kaa hai lol…

…jihaalat kii bhii koii Had hai na Hisaab…apnaa iimaan zaay’a kar liyaa.

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sounds so familiar :hmmm:

They used to give children names like ‘Mirch’, ‘Basar (Piyaz)’ if earlier children died in infancy.

This kharid o farokht story is still followed in our Nanihaal, but at the time of khatna of boys :smack:

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Aanisa Jahan Ara Batool Begum… Good that such names don’t exist any more

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What is the deal with Shahid Kapoor btw. Is the guy Muslim or Hindu?

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his father is a Hindu…his famous show was “office office” [a comedy show]…his mother is a Muslim. so he is half Muslim half Hindu lol

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why? they represent feminine last names.

my mom’s last name was “nisaaN”…i kinda miss those names!

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Sounds like you are speaking from first-hand knowledge, old man. :chai:

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How about Peeno ?

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I think the last person with Aara in her name will be Shamim Aara. Sadly she is on her death-bed and has been in a coma for months. :frowning:

What does Aara mean ?

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Same here…i named one of my twins after a prophet’s name and his dadi & tayas did not like it one bit and said “bahot purana aur thahkaava naam hai”… :smack:

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My nani’s name is Zainab Begum :wub:

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Or what about adding “unissa” to the ends of names…My nana & nani named their 4 daughters:

Najamunissa
Raffatunnisa
Iffatunnisa
Mehboobunissa

And then they all add “ghar ke naam” that they were called by everyone..lol…mighty confusing!

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My great grand nani’s name, believe it or not, was Qadeem-un-Nisa. That means old woman. When she was a new born baby, her parents named her ‘Old Woman’. :smack:

But just to be fair, she died a very old woman. She became a great great grand mother before passing away. :smiley:

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Bilquis

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Akhter

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I think it’s a full name. Muhammad boota. These days people want to go for modern Islamic names. Every one wants to be unique, have unique phones and the same thing applies to the names of children.

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Khanum also.

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Musarat. I hate this name a lot.

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BooTaa is usually a Sikh name…often a Hindu name as well.