What r your kids name?

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I don`t have kids, but i love name Kadira for a girl and Samir for a boy :)
I also like names Zain, Emir,Rehan,Yasin,Elias, Zoya, Ranya, Sara..

And my brothers daughter is Kainaat and son is Bilal, love those names too:)
My friends kids names are Kamilah and Azaan, they are also cute :)

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When my sister in law had her babies, i told her to keep it simple, so now we have Amna and Zain.
I have a frend who likes really different names, her kids are Shahzil, Shafaan, Zohaak and Atruba. .. don't know the meanings though

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2 of my future kids names are Ayden and Aryelle (need to stick a 'y' in there and mess with the spelling a bit or people might call her 'Ariel' like the washing liquid :D)

I like Riad, Adam, Isabella, Ayesha and Aliya as well..

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^I thought of Ariel the Little Mermaid.

My names is Aisha :D and I like my name best out of the traditional Islamic female names.

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^Yeah, love Aisha/Ayesha.. it's very timeless and classic to me (unlike some of my other choices lol), as well as sounding lovely when u say it :)

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My daughter name is Hala n it means glory. This was the name of a sister-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
For future kids i have names in mind, for girl Hana meaning happiness and for boy Hani meaning happy

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for future kids, i have gabriel and imani. i also love aliya.

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we (siblings) have same initials... Our names start with the same letter. I blv ur doin that too... :)
Sounds good n I love it ;)

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My sons name is Ishaan Ahmad

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Ibtehal's mommy here. Her name means prayer or supplication in Arabic. It also happens to be in Quran.

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my son is called Aariz… we got 2 meanings… 1 was “intelligent” and the other “leader of a nation.” either way.. we were happy with it. still are. thought it was a new name cuz we had never heard of it…but boy were we wrong. just seems like we are running into a fair bit of Aariz’ ever since. :hoonh:

we had originally named him Add’an (derived from Eden). but after talking to a scholar, were told its not a good name for a boy as the real name is Eden and its a female name. If we were to call him Add’an, then that would translate to “baby goat” in arabic. we were so not pleased… so he was only Add’an for a week :smiley:

for girl names i SO wanted Summer or Raabail. If i ever have one, inshallah, thats what i will name her.

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alot of times kids are named after a drama serial characters name or actor/actress…thats why you tend to see that name very common at the time when that drama is being aired…or when the film is out…

I saw alot of Laibas after a pakistani drama with this name was on…cant remember its name…

There were also characters from the drama Kesar which was very famous at the time…cant remember the names :bummer:

Then these days its Ishaan…from the drama Sasural genda phool

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My future kids are named Isaak and Mishail :p

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my kids names r Maazin, Manal , Rayyan

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mine 2 lil fairies r
Khadija meaning early baby
Nabiha meaning intelligent

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What is "Islamic Name"? (This was the topic of discussion on the last Iftar/Dinner I attended). What if a GORA sahab becomes a Muslim? Aren't Eve, Abraham, Jesus, Isaac, Mary, Moses, Noah, John, Jacoib etc etc names of paghambers/nabis too?

Why should David or John look for a Urdu, Farsi or Arabic name?

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^ we talked about this pretty extensively somewhere in Parenting earlier too. i think the general consensus was that an islamic name is one with a good meaning regardless of language of origin. muslims come from all over the world and an australian muslim or a swedish muslim is not going to name their children an urdu name, just like urdu-speakers wouldn't give our kids other muslim names from australia or sweden.

plus, i know plenty of babies named Fatima, Zahra, Amina, Ayesha, Hira, Hiba etc. The other names mentioned above are not over-rated, they're just considered old-fashioned. times change, fashions change, people's preferences change. its the same reason why you don't hear little girls being named Edith, Agnes, and Gladys any longer and Emma, Isabella and Olivia are prevalent.

also the fact that people are so much more mobile now, you have to take into consideration how your child's name will be received in the particular culture you are in- "Jahangir" might be a fantastic name in Pakistan where everyone can pronounce it but it would be guaranteed mauled/distorted into who knows what in the US or Canada.

you have to give your children names that they can live with and that they won't hate growing up because of teasing in the school yard.

and then also, what is wrong with giving your children the English version of an Arabic name if you can get away with it? What if you married a gora and Daoud is just too weird for them but David is something familiar and means the exact same thing? Whats wrong with that? For eg: my husband and I have chosen Gabriel, not Jibreel, for our future son (if we have one iA). Jibreel is too foreign-sounding for him and his family, and luckily, Gabriel is easy enough to pronounce and recognize as an Abrahamic-faith name that my family doesn't have an issue with it. Noah is another name we would seriously consider for the same reasons.

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^ I know. My sisters went with "Isaaq" for my nephew (they pronounce it as i-zak) instead of "ishaq"

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If name confuses a person into thinking that the name holder is christian or jew then it only makes sense to avoid such names.

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I have some.

Time comes we’ll see. :chai: