Crystal Bracelets...Thank you for your reply. Can you tell me how a Pakistani would pronounce Ariana and Amelia? I am born and raised in the west and sometimes have difficulty understanding the differences in pronunciation. We named our first daughter Amber (pronounced AM-BER); however all our Pakistani family and friends would pronounce it UM-BER. In arabic it is pronounced AM-BER; however, it seems that Pakistani's pronounce it UMBER and so we spent a lot of time correcting people. We don't want to have that problem with our second child so we are trying to choose names that will be accepted in both the eastern and western world. Any other ideas on popular Pakistani names would be greatly appreciated. Thank you again for your input.
I am due to give birth to our second child very soon and my husband and I have narrowed our baby name list to the following: For a girl, we have chosen the names Amelia, Ariana and Inaaya and for a boy, we have chosen the names Adam, Daud, and Zane. We will make our final choice after the baby is born; however, I would love to hear what everyone from our own community feels on our name choices. Please feel free to express your opinions and suggestions. Thanks in advance!
how do you pronouce the name Inaaya? in-eye-ya or in-ah-ya?
Crystal Bracelets...Thank you for your reply. Can you tell me how a Pakistani would pronounce Ariana and Amelia? I am born and raised in the west and sometimes have difficulty understanding the differences in pronunciation. We named our first daughter Amber (pronounced AM-BER); however all our Pakistani family and friends would pronounce it UM-BER. In arabic it is pronounced AM-BER; however, it seems that Pakistani's pronounce it UMBER and so we spent a lot of time correcting people. We don't want to have that problem with our second child so we are trying to choose names that will be accepted in both the eastern and western world. Any other ideas on popular Pakistani names would be greatly appreciated. Thank you again for your input.
I haven't heard anyone named Amelia here, so I won't know. I'v only heard the Western pronunciation of Amelia. As for Araina, it would be pronounced something like Aa-ree-ya-na. The "Aa" would be like it sounds in Amna / Aamna.
some names acceptable in both cultures:
Girls: Sophia, Maria, Riya, Anya, Tania, Mikyla (my daughter's middle name), Lyla, Saba, Sheeba, Sara, Aden (means heaven)
Boys: Xavier (Zaver in Pushto), Abrahim, Adam, Mikael, Daniyal,
love Arianna and Amelia and they both have good, solid meanings. i don't think people in pakistan would have any issues pronouncing either. Amalia/Amaalia is also pretty and comes from the arabic word "amal" meaning hope/aspirations. it might an alternative if you feel Amelia is too foreign-sounding for easy pronounciation.
I couldn't find a solid meaning for Arianna -- one I found was that it's a derivative of the Greek Ariadne -- but she's tragic. And the other was Aryan -- like the race.
Sahar, i keep finding the meaning "very holy one" or "holy one" for Arianna. and yea, its greek.
i think Arianna and Aryana are pronounced differently too.
Aryana is persian and i think its pronounced with a hard "y" sound- Ar-YA-na.
Whereas Arianna is greek and is softer- Ar-EE-anna.
one of my friends just named her little girl Anya - the meaning i've found states it is Russian and means "favour or grace". she, however, also found a meaning like "In God's favour" or something like that in a book. i'm thinking books are more reliable than the interweb for names.
lately, i've really been digging the name Rio/Reo for a boy or a girl. its Spanish for "river"... yay or nay?
i think i just like how it sounds- short and sweet.
I love the names Ariana and Inaya/Enaya and they are becoming so common
At least 4 people I know have named their daughters Ariana or Inaaya … ugh, I’m so mad.
me and husband are already bickering on names, he likes the old school names like fatima, i like names that are different like enaya, as you mentioned.
arent your in laws or parents going to have a say in the naming..i know they always do...and you end up naming the kid something u probably didnt want..lol
@nadz.... hehe, we are sooooo over THAT. My hubby was just over-excited and now he has changed his mind.... now we are actually "discussing" names :p
We have kind of agreed on a girl name .... boy names we're still discussing, plenty of time left.
zidane? as in zinedine? as in the disgraced/celebrated french footballer? lol
It is a rather uncommon North African (mostly Algerian) name of Arabic language origin. Zidane can be interpreted as derivative of "Zaydane" which in turn comes from the verb: "Zada" meaning "to add".
also found this
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Zinedine =
Zidane's first name is Arabic for "Ornament of the Faith",
Zidane =
while his family name is Arabic for "Increases or Grows the Faith".*
