Names…

January 4, 2008 | Category: Question of the day, Uncategorized

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.

17 Comments

secratea
on January 4th, 2008
1
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
on January 4th, 2008
2
Layth
Ward
Joury (boy/girl)
Karim
Karam
Kamal
Yousef
Jaber

Names to say away from:
Anas
Faraj
Atan (boys and girls)
Dole
7aki Fadi
on January 4th, 2008
3
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
on January 4th, 2008
4
Omar, Ali, Isam, and of course Kheiri.
globalorama
on January 4th, 2008
5
Sebastian
Amare
Laith

or you can go with Osama. It is understood in all cultures!
secratea
on January 4th, 2008
6
oh, i just noticed that you said three. Here you go:
Majd Eddin
Omar
Faris
Hala
on January 4th, 2008
7
Faris
Yazan
And like 7aki Fadi said, Zade. It is easy on the ears :)
queenie
on January 4th, 2008
8
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
on January 5th, 2008
9
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
on January 5th, 2008
10
i second all who said (Zaid) Zade, Omar, Seri(cute), Yazan

i like Ghassan, Hakam, Rakan, Zane Eddin, Naji, Ramez
Iman
on January 6th, 2008
11
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
on January 6th, 2008
12
I like Faisal, Bakir, Nimer, Fadi, Ghaith, Sami and Jad.

Name picking is exciting! :D
Isra
on January 17th, 2008
13
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
on January 19th, 2008
14
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
on January 19th, 2008
15
oh there was also Zakaria/Zachary, but I don’t like the Arabic version…
Iman’s » Baby is here
on March 7th, 2008
16
[...] Remember; a few months ago I asked for baby names suggestions? Thanks to all who took the time out to list suggestions. Well the baby was born on March 3rd via C-section at 630 PM … Salam, here is the name as promised… the baby was named Daniel! [...]
Feeda
on May 28th, 2008
17
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)