nice muslim names that sonund english

[e14 don]

please suggest some names, were expecting twins (hoping its twin girls *fingers crossed)

we thought of hannah and sarah or hasan, hakim or imran

please leave comments and your suggestions please

[Saeed Al-Muslim]

As Salaamu Alaikum,

I don't really care for English names. The following are my favourites:

Girls:

Dujana – After the Sahaabah/Mujahid Abu Dujana.
Hanifah – After Imaam Abu Hanifah. Hanifan, which means Islamic Monotheism.
Taqwa – God fearing/piety.
Ahlam – I don’t know why I like this name, some girl had it at college, always liked it.

Boys:

Talha – After the Sahaabah/Mujahid Abu Talha.

Ma’aSalaama

[Khadija222333]

Male: Muhammad, Abdullah, Saad, Rashid, Faisal, Yusuf, Imran, Yasir, Ali, Hamza, and Adam.

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Female: Khadija, Ayesha, Asiya, Zainab, Fatima, Asma.

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[ADZ w3]

:salams

YAHYA *smiles* i luv that name..and YACUB..

[mom2joseph2004]

Sarah, Jenna (love that name), Hannah, Maryam (could use Mary for short), Layla, Russia, can't think of any others

For boys, Adam, Joseph/Youssef, David/Dawood, Jacob/Yacoub

[Eyup]

Adam Idris
Adam, Dawud
Adam Yaqub


Sarah, Hana
Zara, Sara

[dhakiyya]

Lots of Muslim names sound nice in English. MashaAllah we named our daughter Ruqayya (which is pronounced Rukayya but English people at least can say it) and everyone in the family (non Muslims as I'm a revert) said what a nice name it is, and they can all pronounce it too mashaAllah.

avoid names that start with dhal or start with/contain any of the letters in Arabic that don't exist in English. Particularly avoid names with Ha' (as in Hamas, Himaar etc) in the middle cause English people can't cope with it at all. Ahmad becomes Aaarrrm-id :rolleyes: for example.

Also avoid names with unusual stress patterns that English people can't cope with (for example my former Arabic teacher said she knew someone called banaa' which gets pronounced as "banner" in English :rolleyes: )

Basically just say the name with a completely English accent, and if it still sounds nice and mostly like it should, inshaAllah it won't be mangled by English people.

Also avoid names that start Abdu or Abdul, Umm or Abu cause English people will only use the first part of the name - use them as middle names and something English people can handle as first names inshaAllah

[Abu Noah]

Sami is nice for a boy, for a girl I'm not sure Nureen maybe.

[K h a l i l]

I think SAHARA sounds very nice..

[dhakiyya]

boys names that sound nice in English:

Hassan, Omar, Ali (though might get pronounced like the word alley; in US english is pronounced like Ollie), Bilaal, Abdullah, Sami

Osama, Hussein and Jihad also sound very nice in English, but non Muslims may assume certain political connotations lol :p .... and Jihad might become JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEhad in the wrong hands :rolleyes:

girls names that sound nice in English:

Jannah, Hannah, Saara, Jameela, Layla, Naadia

InshaAllah if I think of more later I'll come and post them

[Arsalan]

Eden and Adam

[Muslimah Wifey]

Besides some of the very good suggestions already mentioned... Here are a few more I thought of:

Leen (or Lena) (in Arabic means like gentle) I know someone who chose this for her daughter and they spelled it Lynn.

Also 2 more I thought of Lana and Dina.

[angel*]

:inlove: Sahara!

Mmmmm others......*thinks*.......... Ikhlas, Liya, Rebekah, Anna, Hannah, Shakirah, Salina. Arabic names and they kinda sound english :o

[zaki]

call one "Za" and one "Ki" :D ;)

[e14 don]

[QUOTE=dhakiyya;2060513]boys names that sound nice in English:

Osama

such a blasting name lol

[ummbilal]

Besides some of the very good suggestions already mentioned... Here are a few more I thought of:

Leen (or Lena) (in Arabic means like gentle) I know someone who chose this for her daughter and they spelled it Lynn.

Also 2 more I thought of Lana and Dina.

what abour Samira, or Asma, Layla and most english people can do Aisha

[*hayat*]

Salam,

http://www.muslimnames.co.uk/

i personally like the names Aisha, wajiha, Fatiha, Noor
hope u have healhty babies,

[.: hayat :.]

please suggest some names, were expecting twins (hoping its twin girls *fingers crossed)

we thought of hannah and sarah or hasan, hakim or imran

please leave comments and your suggestions please

girl: salwa and salma (if twins)
boy: ahmed and kutaiba (if twins)

[.: Anna :.]

these names should be easy for english ppl i think

Noora
Noor
Layla
Mariam
Hanna
Sara
Aaliyah/Alia
Safiyya
Safa
Jenna
Anisa
Amira
Amber
Aziza
Zayna
Leena
Deena
Saba
Yasmine
Samira
Samia
Maya
Karima
Reema
Danya
Farah
Fatima
Aisha

Adam
Ali
Sami
Omar
Mohammed
Danyal
Samir
Eesa
Moosa
Caden
Ilyas
Deen
Sayf
Rashid

[Nazias]

please suggest some names, were expecting twins (hoping its twin girls *fingers crossed)

we thought of hannah and sarah or hasan, hakim or imran

please leave comments and your suggestions please

Just out of curiousity :scratch: why is that you want Muslim names that sound English?

Insha'allah, you have healthy children who grow up to be pious!

[THE PATH 2]

Just out of curiousity :scratch: why is that you want Muslim names that sound English?

Insha'allah, you have healthy children who grow up to be pious!

ameen

and curious too:D

some muslim names do sound english as they are in common with jewish names



one of the rights of children is a GOOD NAME

that should be the intention:)

[EmHachem]

I love for girls Hannah and Jennah and for boys Zein (Zane) and Zachariah

[Phil]

My twins are called Adam and Iwan (in the nursery they pronounce it Ewan).

Daniel is a popular choice.

[KhadijaC]

Maria: Prophets wife

Ana: Prestige, self respect

Aliyah: Exalted, noble.

Alesha: Protected by god

Amelia: Trustworthy, beautiful.

Daria: Learned, knowing.

Eliza: Unique, precious.


Muslim names can be found here:

Website: http://www.muslim-names.co.uk/muslim-baby-girl-names-A-1.html

[dhakiyya]

Just out of curiousity :scratch: why is that you want Muslim names that sound English?

Insha'allah, you have healthy children who grow up to be pious!

Because if you are from England and your family are non Muslims, you need to give your kids names they can pronounce. :p It can't do a lot for a kid's self confidence if none of their grandparents or aunts and uncles can pronounce their names, or any of the teachers in school and so on. There are enough problems that you encounter as a revert to Islam, and potential problems for the kids with non Muslim family members, conflict of values and so on, you don't want to add to that unnecessarily by choosing a name for them that the family can't pronounce. We want our kids to have Muslim names and an Islamic identity, but some names are easier for English people to pronounce and sound nice in English as well as Arabic. My daughter mashaAllah is called Ruqayya and thats easy to say in English, and several non Muslim family members have said what a lovely name it is. Alhamdulillah.

[Nazias]

Because if you are from England and your family are non Muslims, you need to give your kids names they can pronounce. :p It can't do a lot for a kid's self confidence if none of their grandparents or aunts and uncles can pronounce their names, or any of the teachers in school and so on. There are enough problems that you encounter as a revert to Islam, and potential problems for the kids with non Muslim family members, conflict of values and so on, you don't want to add to that unnecessarily by choosing a name for them that the family can't pronounce. We want our kids to have Muslim names and an Islamic identity, but some names are easier for English people to pronounce and sound nice in English as well as Arabic. My daughter mashaAllah is called Ruqayya and thats easy to say in English, and several non Muslim family members have said what a lovely name it is. Alhamdulillah.

I posted and then I thought that afterwards! :idea:

[dhakiyya]

I posted and then I thought that afterwards! :idea:

:up:

[Leena_Cnd]

Leen (or Lena) (in Arabic means like gentle)
Also spelled Leena or Lina :embar:

Other's that are 'easier' to pronounce in english :
Maryam
Saarah

Praiseworthy Names :
http://www.idleb.com/cgi-bin/links/detail_page.cgi?ID=219292#abdul


~

[soprano]

please suggest some names, were expecting twins (hoping its twin girls *fingers crossed)

we thought of hannah and sarah or hasan, hakim or imran

please leave comments and your suggestions please

how about nice muslim names that sound muslim?