Middle Eastern Names

kellyrn9956 · July 2011

All right, you baby name experts. I need help. (Not pregnant....have some time to think about this).

My DH is adopted, and he is Kuwaiti. He was given an American first name and to honor his Middle Eastern heritage, he was given the middle name Khalid. He would like to continue this tradition, but I don't know any Middle Eastern names!

Anyone have any Middle Eastern names that you like for boys and girls?

The first names that we like:

Charlotte, Ramona, or Hannah for a girl

Wyatt, Jordan, or Henry for a boy

Are these names too "traditional" to include the Middle Easter heritage?

Moneypenny424 · July 2011

For girls, Sahar and Noor are two of my favorites.

For boys, I love Ismail and Hassan.

Wish Upon A Star · July 2011

Khalid is a Muslim name. I have had several Muslim students in my class over the years. Here are some of their names:

Girls: Faridah( Fu- read-uh), Samira (Suh-mee-ruh), Aaliyah, Afrah,Lamiya (Luh-Maya), Aisha,Ashika, Saratu, Nana-Yassine

Boys: Kareem, Rashad, Munir, Fares, Mohamed, Sadiq, Khaliff

jjilly7 · July 2011

my friend's family names are (lebanese):

Boys:

salim

malek

fayez

elie

rayan

fadi

Girls:

katia

khouloude

ashtar

syriana

Aline

Dalia

ArcadianDreams · July 2011

Aaliyah and Aisha are the two I like the most for girls.

kellyrn9956 · July 2011

I kinda like Charlotte Sahar and Wyatt Hassan. Hmmm...

ant8355 · July 2011

I actually like Khalid (immortal), but if you'd prefer a different name I like Khalil (meaning- close friend), Amani (meaning-security or trust), Xavier(meaning-bright in Arabic)

For girls I like

Aanisah/Anisa( meaning-good natured), Amira (meaning-princess),Farah (meaning-joy), Yasmin (meaning-friendliness)

austenreader85 · July 2011

I love Leila (also spelled Laela and Layla- I think they're all legit- meaning dark beauty) and Amira (princess in Arabic and speech in Hebrew). I have a cousin named Sanaa (mountaintop, splendid, brilliant). I also like Amina. Jasmine is also nice.

I really like Old Testament Bible names, most of them would be also be an appropriate nod to Middle Eastern heritage.

PitterPat11 · July 2011

My cousin has middle eastern in him as well and his name is ryan. His middle name is Kurosh (not sure if this is the right spelling) and I also have always loved the name Naveed, spelling not sure here either.

kellyrn9956 · July 2011

I am now totally hooked on Charlotte Sahar ... WDYT? Too much?

Might just go with Khalid as a middle name, to honor DH. Wyatt Khalid and Jordan Khalid sound pretty good to me...Henry might have to get thrown out of the running.

Now, if I could just get KTFU so that I can use them some day!!!!!!!!!

kellyrn9956 · July 2011

PitterPat11:
My cousin has middle eastern in him as well and his name is ryan. His middle name is Kurosh (not sure if this is the right spelling) and I also have always loved the name Naveed, spelling not sure here either.

Henry Naveed is kinda nice.

nanalovesjason · July 2011

I love Arabic girls names!

Especially: Layla (dark/night), Amira (princess), Amina (pronounced Ameena but don't know the meaning) and Noor (light) but you can make it Nora if you want to Americanize it a bit.

Don't have any Arabic boys names that I am particularly fond of but I have some male Arab friends named:

Tariq (NOT pronounced Tar-eek. all the vowels are short. Tar-ik.)

Osman- pronounced Oss-mann

Ahmed- Don't throw a "kh" sound in there, its ah-med not akh-med.

Congrats on your baby and love that you are incorporating his/her Kuwaiti heritage!

kmv68 · July 2011

Girls:

Jenna, Yasmine, Leila, Maneera

Boys:

Terek, Omar

krahgozar · July 2011

My husband is Iranian and his name is Armon. We are having a boy and we like the names Amir, Naveed, Kian, Farshad, Sayeed.

starlight8323 · July 2011

kellyrn9956:
Charlotte, Ramona, or Hannah for a girl
Wyatt, Jordan, or Henry for a boy

Are these names too "traditional" to include the Middle Easter heritage?

No. If you are going to continue the tradition of your DH's name, you have to have both parts. So the "American" first name is just as important as the "Middle Eastern" middle name. I think these choices are all great!

Just so you know, although Ramona is an English name, I see it first as a Spanish name. The rest are all pretty typically American (although Charlotte is originally French, I don't think of it first as a French name.)

As for Middle Eastern names, I don't think I can help. As you know, there are many different countries in the Middle East, as well as many different cultures (many of which are enemies of each other).

Now I could be wrong, but IMO, saying that you need a "Middle Eastern" name is like saying you need a "European" name, because your ancestor is from Ireland. Then if someone gives you a list of Geman names, they are European, but they won't honor your ancestor's Irish heritage.

I don't know much about Kuwait, so I don't know what would be most appropriate. But here's a list of many different cultures from www . BehindTheName . com You can find the one that's closest to your DH's heritage and it will give you a list of names from that culture.

https://www.behindthename.com/usage.php

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