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Under: Question of the Day, Uncategorized @ 1:17 pm on Friday, 01.4.08

What are your top 3 favorite Arabic names for boys? Arab-Brazilian-American boys, to be specific:D

So far on the list:

Adam

Dean

Please share, as baby is on his way and we (I am part of ‘we’ as I am the sister wife) are no where close to agreeing on a name! So Your help is greatly appreciated.

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secratea

01.4.08 @ 1:50 pm

Majd Eddin :D not because it’s my cute brother’s name, but because it’s totally adorable! (it’s a 100% Arab though)

Qwaider قويدر

01.4.08 @ 2:14 pm

Layth
Ward
Joury (boy/girl)
Karim
Karam
Kamal
Yousef
Jaber

Names to say away from:
Anas
Faraj
Atan (boys and girls)
Dole

7aki Fadi

01.4.08 @ 2:27 pm

Noah: is my favorite boy name and it works in all cultures.

Jacob or Ya32oub

I like Zaid: you can spell it Zade and it’s not too arab sounding.

Good luck.

kerr

01.4.08 @ 2:50 pm

Omar, Ali, Isam, and of course Kheiri.

globalorama

01.4.08 @ 3:22 pm

Sebastian
Amare
Laith

or you can go with Osama. It is understood in all cultures!

secratea

01.4.08 @ 3:22 pm

oh, i just noticed that you said three. Here you go:
Majd Eddin
Omar
Faris

Hala

01.4.08 @ 6:41 pm

Faris
Yazan
And like 7aki Fadi said, Zade. It is easy on the ears :)

queenie

01.4.08 @ 11:39 pm

Khaled
Laith
Yazan
Firas
Deya2 (I think this works for a boy or girl)
Fida2
Jameel

I know you said three, but there are so many good ones!

salam

01.5.08 @ 2:11 am

zaid, adorable..its my sons name, but I regret calling him that now. out of every 5 boys around there are like 2 zaids, so thats a lot..I like Sanad a lot, and also Sari..not saaari but sort of pronounced suri or sometimes seri, which measn something like the head of a group..but do let us know what you decide on:)

Tala

01.5.08 @ 7:21 am

i second all who said (Zaid) Zade, Omar, Seri(cute), Yazan

i like Ghassan, Hakam, Rakan, Zane Eddin, Naji, Ramez

Iman

01.6.08 @ 12:42 am

secratea, I like Faris and Omar .. Majd is a nice name too

Q, Ward? an Joury…:d quite creative… I like Yousef

7aki fadi, I like Zaid and Noah

kerr, Omar, Ali are nice…Kheiri? naah!

globalorama, Laith is nice… lol yep Osama is universally known

Hala, I like both Faris and Zaid …

queenie, Khaled, Yazan, Laith and Faris are very nice names…

salam, I like zaid too … My nephews names are: Hani, Omar, Ahmed, Ali, Mohamed, and (Sammy)Khaled (both parents were stubborn about the name so they hyphenated it) … never heard of Sari … but sounds nice and has a nice meaning too. I will let you know what name the baby gets inshallah:)

Tala, yes all are nice names … I like Naji and Ramez too… Ghassan, hmm well… I tend to associate names with people I’ve met, knew, know…and this name doesn’t bring back too pleasant of memories…

Thank you all for your responses:)

Hal

01.6.08 @ 2:37 am

I like Faisal, Bakir, Nimer, Fadi, Ghaith, Sami and Jad.

Name picking is exciting! :D

Isra

01.17.08 @ 12:34 pm

Well, its my first time in your page. Let me suggest you, I am also thinking about names.. And as a brazilian, I could help a bit:)

Ali is a great name

Muhammad, Ahmed - is also good, specially for the sake of Islam

Imran is good, combines with your name Iman and has relation with Mariam, which could be your option for girl in future, inshAllah

Anas, Kassem, Karim, Amin, Abbas.. - short and easy names

Tarik, Taha ..- from the Quran, nice too

Mansoor - kind name and lovely name, i`ve known only good people with this name

Nagib, Omar - reminds a strong personality

Danyal, Ishaq, Issa, Mussa - names that have a relation with christians or jews

Hassan - a very beautiful name, easy for brazilians and anyone to speak..

May Allah bless your effort, Ameen.

Rihab

01.19.08 @ 3:15 pm

cool! this will be helpful as i’ll soon be having a nephew, and my sis & husband can’t seem to agree on a name, since they want a name that’s Arabic but also easy for a non-Arabic speaker to pronounce since her husband is American, or alternatively, they could have a name that can be alternated between Arabic and English, so here are some ideas we came up with (don’t you love how i made this all about my sister :F):

Wael
Raed
Nabil
Yassin
Adam
Daniel
Fares
Noo7/Noah
Yusef/Joseph
Ilyas/Elijah
Is7aq/Isaac
Yunis/Jonas
Thulqarnain/Alexander
Thulkifl/Buddha

i’m kidding with the last two :F

Rihab

01.19.08 @ 3:17 pm

oh there was also Zakaria/Zachary, but I don’t like the Arabic version…

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Feeda

05.28.08 @ 3:16 pm

Jamal (Jimmy), Kamal, Saber, Ronny, Rami, Sonny, Majdi, Waseem, Sami, Louay (pronounced Louie), Malik, Ameer, Salim (Sal), Diab(Americans spell it Deeb so u can probably make it Dieb), Muneer (Money lol), Aziz, Mazin (I picture nicknamin my son A-mazin like amazing), Tariq (Ricki), Yazin, Naser, Nasir, Farid (Fred), Nabil or Bilal(Bill), Nader, Sherif, Amjed(AJ), Kaseem, Amar, Gabriel (more of a girls name but if u nickname it to Gabe, sounds better), Hakim, Bassam (Bass/Sam), Ibrahim (Abe), Baraq (Brock), Tamer (Tommy), Mansour (Manny), Jaleel, Izz al deen (Izzo), Majed (Jed), Talib (Tal), Akram, Rashid (Rush), Adil (Dill), Jafar (Jeff), Muhtadi (Teddy), Muslim (Slim), Mu’tazz (Tazz), Rabi (Robby), Raed (Ed), Rakin or Makin (Ken), Rais, Xavier, Seif, Allan, Cyrus, Matin (Matt, Tony)

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