My 30 year old Turkish neighbour Yousuf opens the Quran for the first time in life. Curiously going through the list of Surahs, he starts with Surah Yousuf.
Alot of people do take their name seriously, by thinking that they should not contradict it in any way. Like “Saabir” might feel embarrassed (a bit more than others) after showing impatience at anything.
While some people might prefer “sound” over meaning, like a Pakistani girl might choose an acoustical name for becoming an actress in movies.
How do you feel about the meaning/sound of your name and it’s impact on your personality ?
p.s. This topic clicked to my mind after I clicked a thread, with excitment of learning about “Imam Ali” but I later realized disappointingly that I misread the title in a hury which actually was “Iman Ali”
I like my name, I dont know what impact it has on my personality though. The good thing is that pretty much everyone is able to pronounce it well enough, from arabs to europeans to desis to chinese. That helps too.
I like my name, I dont know what impact it has on my personality though. The good thing is that pretty much everyone is able to pronounce it well enough, from arabs to europeans to desis to chinese. That helps too.
Thats strange i know one guy with that kind of name too, his name is well understood and pronounced ( with slight difference of accent) in almost every part of the world.
hope u are not that guy or related to him (personality wise).
yes the very person who got us from heaven to earth...:D
(No offence meant, it is only for humor, if u are offended by any way, can get it deleted)
I have seen some people who changed their names after they realized that their name was not suitable in terms of their beliefs. Some names might sound objectionable to himself in terms of this beliefs, like;
Abdul rasool
Mughal-ul-Islam
Peer ditta
Nabi rasool
Also some names are funny like
Pakistan Khan
Zabita Khan
Just put a khan before anything and you might find a person with that name.
Thats strange i know one guy with that kind of name too, his name is well understood and pronounced ( with slight difference of accent) in almost every part of the world.
hope u are not that guy or related to him (personality wise).
yes the very person who got us from heaven to earth...:D
Allah is the one who got humans from heaven to earth. I cant commit blasphemy and say I am him or related to him personality wise. I am a mere insignificant human.
I don't know the meaning of my name. I know I was named after the daughter of the Prophet (sws), but I don't know what it actually MEANS.
Anyways, I've noticed that my name has really kept me in line. Sometimes I feel bad doing unislamic things with such a name. I mean if I had a less religious name, it wouldn't be so bad. People tend to assume from the start that my family must be religious because I have this name, which is true. I like my name, and I really think I would've turned out to be a completely different person if it weren't for it. :)
This lady who used to teach sunday school at my masjid said that we should all try to be the meaning of our name. not literally, cuz that would be really hard. for example the meaning of her name was “cream of the crop” (I can not remember her name). now it would be realy hard to be cream of the crop literally, but she said i could try to be the cream of the crop of the muslimahs. i mean that is a hrd thing to achieve ofcourse, but that what we should aim to be.
the meaning of my name is praise of Allah. And once i think about the meaning of my name i realize that i’m not really the kind of person that you look at and praise Him for creating a creature like me. err i hope it makes sense so yeah, i strive to become the praise of Allah.
@ Anil Khan Brother, Just my sincere opinion. Please don't take it as an offense but I am only mentioning to you incase you have an option in your mind.
The Prophet (saw) used to change the of a person if the meaning was not good. Infact one of my class fellows in Pakistan had a name shadad (the person who built artifical heaven, and was a kafir) and after his teachers advised him, being a muslim, he thought of changing his name
A person I met in the masjid changed his name from Mughal-ul-Islam to Mohammad Saad.
So, if you don't feel happy with your name, in Islam you always have an option of changing it. Infact we are advised to do so.
I used to dislike the sound of my name and wanted to change my name, till I checked it's meaning in dictionary which were :
Dignity, self respect, honour of a person who prays
^ After reading this, I changed my decision of changing my name.
Suffice it to say, I am probably the most anti indian member here and look at my name!!
The irony is trajic!!!
but atleast i am muslim :).
Anil is also an arabic word. It means indigo plant. Although the main source was sanskrit. Anil means blue, or blue dye or plant from where you extract the dye. Although the name has no magistic meaning but it is not a non-islamic name per defination
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so yeah, i strive to become the praise of Allah.