The Big Thread of Baby Names

[WendyDarling]

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We have a friend who named their son Noah too

Another friend named her son Shaya. Don’t know the meaning but it’s super cute!

[somegroovychick]

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A close friends son is nyle and my nephew is mikyle so those are out. Shaya is very cute- is it inspired by the actor Shia Labeouf maybe?

[eastern11]

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Adam, Omar

[eastern11]

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Also Liza for a girl, apparently it means Allah ki ata ki hoyi or given by Allah/ God.

[somegroovychick]

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Is that pronounced Ly-za or Lee-za?

[eastern11]

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Lee-za.

[nnabid]

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@somegroovychick

I was gonna say- it’s hardcore Arabic! It’s nice but there is no way hubby would be cool with that and it’s a bit much for me too. I do love Noah though but then I feel like Gabriel and Noah together is very Anglo esp paired with a non desi last name so where does the “desi-ness” come in?

My sister named her newest son Noah. We all call him Nuh at home, and all desi’s call him Nuh, but on his birth certificate it’s spelt Noah. His older brother and sister call him baby Nuh/baby Noah - they understand he has two pronounciations and call him by both (they’re both young too.)

Husband loved Mikael but we are having a girl so that’s out.

[somegroovychick]

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I think if I do Noah, it’ll be Noah. I don’t like how Nuh sounds Plus we kind of tried it with Gabriel/Jibreel and it was so annoying. It ended pretty quickly haha and he’s firmly Gabriel now.

[IS]

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Ateeb

[IS]

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Wania

[nnabid]

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@somegroovychick

I think if I do Noah, it’ll be Noah. I don’t like how Nuh sounds Plus we kind of tried it with Gabriel/Jibreel and it was so annoying. It ended pretty quickly haha and he’s firmly Gabriel now.

Are you def having a boy SGC, or you’re just considering names?

[somegroovychick]

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Considering! We have a few girls names to choose from but only one boy name and I’m not sure hubby will like it.

[Kinzz]

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Congrats SGC

[somegroovychick]

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Thank you

How would y’all spell Zain so it’s pronounced properly and not as Zane. Zeyn? Zein?

[eastern11]

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Zeyn sounds better pronunciation wise. Have you. Thought about Aaron ( Haroon). I know one desi who has a little boy called Aaron. What do you have for girls? Nadia, Natasha, Noreen are all desi- western combos. You could even do Farrah or Charmine ( close to Sharmeen).

[somegroovychick]

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We have Amani for a girl and a couple of others in the same vein. I’m really liking Zain right now for boys- hubby thought it was a girls name. Hmph.

[eastern11]

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Amani is really cute, my friend’s daughter is named Amani but its fairly uncommon. Maybe hubby is thinking of Zain sounding close to Zen! But it’s sweet and short, I dislike desi names that can get easily mangled by Western tongues.

[nnabid]

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Zaina/Zainab is nice for a girl, my sister’s bhabhi’s daughter is called that so that’s out.

[eastern11]

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@nnabid

Zaina/Zainab is nice for a girl, my sister’s bhabhi’s daughter is called that so that’s out.

Zaina is really pretty

[Faexa_Khan]

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my son name is Muhammad besides this name i like Mahir