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I have so many friends that are all having babies right now!! I want to be able to help them with names suggestions, but my knowledge for Islamic names is very limited. I would love to hear your favorite boy or girl names? Posts: 246 | From: but one life to live | Registered: Jun 2008
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quote:Originally posted by of_gold: Mini, Are you raising your child Muslim?
We're not having any children - I'm too old for that. I'll be 42 next month and my husband is 37. I don't want to start over at this point in my life and he does not want to have children. I have a 21 year old son back in the States, but he's not Muslim and doesn't plan to be.
(Besides we have a newborn baby cat.) Posts: 1626 | From: whatever, wherever | Registered: Jul 2008
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quote:Originally posted by Tigerlily: [QUOTE]girls: Jehad
I truly hope this was just a typo and you meant to say Jihan.
No. I have a good friend here in Cairo named Jehad. It is typically a boys name and as far as she knows she is the only girl with this name. She gets teased about it all the time. But aside from the other meaning of the word - it is a nice name for a girl.
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For a boy i like Yassen and Yousef. I always found boys names not so nice
Has anyone heard that in Egypt today people are calling their children more western names I have recently heard of Sandy (For a girl) and Kenzie for a boy! Extended family members asked my husband to think of a good name but he likes quite traditional names such as Ameria, mena - they all looked at him funny Posts: 895 | Registered: Sep 2007
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quote:Originally posted by happybunny: Has anyone heard that in Egypt today people are calling their children more western names. I have recently heard of Sandy (For a girl) and Kenzie for a boy!
My friends are Christians and they named their girls Caroline, Vanessa and Sandra. Only the youngest one - their boy - received a traditional name - Youssef.
When I worked in a KG in Agouza there were the siblings Andrew and Amanda, such beautiful, polite and smart kiddies - I will never forget them.
quote:Originally posted by happybunny: For a girl i like Layla,
That's my dog's name btw. When I first saw her she was five weeks old and all black - black as the night (and she still is six years on). Posts: 30135 | From: The owner of this website killed ES....... | Registered: Feb 2004
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quote:Originally posted by The Ministry of Common Sense:
quote:Originally posted by Tigerlily: [QUOTE]girls: Jehad
I truly hope this was just a typo and you meant to say Jihan.
No. I have a good friend here in Cairo named Jehad. It is typically a boys name and as far as she knows she is the only girl with this name. She gets teased about it all the time. But aside from the other meaning of the word - it is a nice name for a girl.
Shes not the only girl with this name, hubby's neice is Jihad too Posts: 15090 | From: http://www.egyptalk.com/forum/ | Registered: Jul 2004
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quote:Originally posted by happybunny: For a girl i like Layla, Hana and Ameria.
For a boy i like Yassen and Yousef. I always found boys names not so nice
Has anyone heard that in Egypt today people are calling their children more western names I have recently heard of Sandy (For a girl) and Kenzie for a boy! Extended family members asked my husband to think of a good name but he likes quite traditional names such as Ameria, mena - they all looked at him funny
I like Hana, and if we're ever blessed with another little girl, then this is what we'll call her. Our first daughter is Mira - although it irritates me when people here in the UK pronounced it as "Myra".
Our little boy is Danny - my husband says that Dani is a boy's name in Egypt although judging by his family's reaction it's not at all common. He was going to be either Nader (and called Ned here in England) or Jonah. My husband wanted to call him Amir, but that was too similar to Mira's name - so somehow we settled on Danny You're right, Happybunny - boys' names are way harder!
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my husband always liked adam,dont think thats a egy. name either,a girls name for me would be farha i also like fatima
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quote:Originally posted by The Ministry of Common Sense:
quote:Originally posted by of_gold: Mini, Are you raising your child Muslim?
We're not having any children - I'm too old for that. I'll be 42 next month and my husband is 37. I don't want to start over at this point in my life and he does not want to have children. I have a 21 year old son back in the States, but he's not Muslim and doesn't plan to be.
(Besides we have a newborn baby cat.)
Oh, sorry, I didn't read the first post.
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I like Hana, and if we're ever blessed with another little girl, then this is what we'll call her. Our first daughter is Mira - although it irritates me when people here in the UK pronounced it as "Myra".
Our little boy is Danny - my husband says that Dani is a boy's name in Egypt although judging by his family's reaction it's not at all common. He was going to be either Nader (and called Ned here in England) or Jonah. My husband wanted to call him Amir, but that was too similar to Mira's name - so somehow we settled on Danny [Smile] You're right, Happybunny - boys' names are way harder!
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Ah my youngest daugther is called Hana and i do love it. The only problem is here in the uk people write it Hannah!
Your husband has good taste dolphin as that is my sons name! It is common in Egypt, we liked it because it suits him wether in Egypt or the uk. It was so hard GOI, he had no name for about a week!
TL my cat is called Layla! Posts: 895 | Registered: Sep 2007
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I like Yousef as it can be Yuppie and I like Tarek as it can be Tikka... I don't think there are many nice boys names out there but I like some of the nicks.
For girls I like Kyra (pronounced Kee-ra), Ayisha, Hanna and Ahela
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quote:Originally posted by HandsUpHandsDown: I have so many friends that are all having babies right now!! I want to be able to help them with names suggestions, but my knowledge for Islamic names is very limited. I would love to hear your favorite boy or girl names?
Name him Habib if it is a boy or Habibah if it is a girl. I went to school with a black habibah and she always got pick on. I like Rakim, Kaseem, Kareem, Rasheed, Rashida, LaTisha
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I love Ibrahim for a boy and Cedra for a girl. Cedra is from the Koran as well.
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quote:Originally posted by Tigerlily: [QUOTE]Originally posted by The Ministry of Common Sense: Seif
Yes a beautiful boy name and not common at all in Egypt. I looked after a little boy named Seif in Cairo.
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Tiger Seif is actually quite common, I know so many of them. But maybe that is a new trend.
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Yes according to USG the babies are twin girls. But the due date is still a month later inshaallah, hope everything runs well.
I would like to have twin's name which sounds 'almost' the same. I have proposal for my hub, such as: * Rania-Riana, * Aura-Aurelia, * Arrafika-Arrakika, Those could be Arabic, Islamic, or Universal names.
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Congratulations, CC - that's lovely news for you! Good luck with the delivery.
My husband has gorgeous twin nieces who are about 7 called May and Ma'yaa (not sure how the second name is written, but it's pronounced like My-ARR)
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Rude girl: Rania-Rana, Samira-Samiha, I will keep it.
TL : yes, USG can detect anything right and wrong, first, it detected boys, cause they showed 'balls', but then no 'balls', but whatever, the important thing is they will be healthy babies, girls or boys.
My cousin are twin girls, my brother has twin girls, the niece of my husband is also twin girls.
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quote:Originally posted by Culture Club: cause they showed 'balls', but then no 'balls'
Lol, you are funny!!
If my doctor would detect twice boys when they are actually not I would wonder from where he received his degree.
Can't complain about the doc I had in Cairo who told me in week 11 that I most likely gonna have a girl - and he was correct (thank you Dr. Hamza ). And you are right, it doesn't matter as long as the children will be healthy. But - your husband will want to have a boy too later on. You know that, right?
Well, CC, all the best for your delivery next month. Ah you must be SO excited, a new chapter in your life is about to open - MOTHERHOOD. Enjoy! With twins you will need a lot of help. All the best and keep us posted here on ES. I am thinking about you and I am so happy for you and your husband. Posts: 30135 | From: The owner of this website killed ES....... | Registered: Feb 2004
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Like TL said with double trouble you will need all the help you can get , but it absolutely worth it nothing compares to being a mother best thing that ever happened to me (and believe me a lot happened ;-) ) its hard work but enjoy .
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Just one thing CC don't dress them the same if you have 2 girls/boys
Posts: 3945 | From: ' Res Contr ' Amor non es guirens, lai on sos poders s'atura | Registered: Dec 2007
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My favourite is still Samia for a girl.... followed closely by Jannah.
My best friend (Egyptian) and his wife have just named their baby girl Lara.... but they call her Lulu more than Lara!!
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