We definitely have enough expectant and new moms to have it's own thread.

So here's my dilemna.
This baby is coming in 6 weeks or so and we don't have a name for him yet.
Hubby only likes Jamal and Noor, which don't strike me as keepers.
He also tries to convince me that the man mostly picks the names.....haven't heard that one yet.

Here's my list: Riyadh, Yasin, Hasan, Nasir, Sufiyan, Hafid, Hasan, Anas, Zachariyah....he says it's too long, Jibreel,
and Nasim. Aren't they great names?

We are on the verge of flipping a coin to choose the name. He may come home un named. I just dont
feel like he's a Jamal or a Noor...just doesn't feel..right.

Any suggestions?

Ok since I seen you posted Hasan twice and that is a name I really love (yes it is my husbands name) so just my two cents.

Sufyan.....thats my hubbys name!!! GREAT CHOICE.... i also like yasin, yamen, zane, laith, and omar.....

i vote Yasine thats ahmeds brothers name or other brother is acram, how does each sound with last name

See I knew I had some great names. I like Sufyan first, but I have always loved Hasan..didn't see i doubled it up on the list. It's my brothers middle name, and I loved it so much it's my son's middle name...

Maybe I can sneak it on the birth cert. (insert evil laugh), and just let him call him Jamal.

I like the name Jacob.

I also like the name Cameron.

I do like Noor, that was my husbands choice if we were having a boy. I also like Hasan and I like Idriss and Idir a lot. Yasin or Yacine is good too.

For our girl, I like Laila a lot, and Amira. We are trying to let my mother in law 'choose' the name, she has wanted to name all of her grandchildren and all of her kids totally shut her down. In fact, the last grandchild that was born, her son told her he would use her choice and then at the last minute changed it, she had her feelings really hurt. SO I told Adnan we would go with something she picks, so far that list is down to Noura (female of Noor ) or Meriem. I still have a few months though so I am hoping she will come up with one of my favorites. If not I will probably stick with Noura.

When I had my son and I had it down to 2 or 3 names I really liked, I would stand at the back door and practice calling him, figure out which one I could really see myself yelling, and thats how I made the final choice.. Maybe you could try it )

His first comment on naming was that the grandparents got to choose and then he recanted. Hmph. I understand
it's his first born but i dunno.

Ok here goes....NOOOOOOR, JAMAAAAAAALLLL, NOOOOOORRR, time to eat

Leila was almost my daughters name. I like the male version of Amira: Amir but my sister
has threatened a lost limb if I steal her FUTURE sons name.

Another question... what is the expectations of caring for the newborn are present?
He gave me the ole macho.."I'll change diapers only when necessary"....

and also he wants to wait to have him circumsized...apparently Moroccans do a huge party for the newly cut boy and
I guess it can't really happen with a 2 day old, but if we wait I think it will hurt him more...

Again, I know it's his first so I am trying to go with the flow...

The kid's going to grow up in the U.S., so it's not bad to pick something sort of pronounceable for all the boring Anglos, if having people mispronounce your kid's name would drive you crazy. (if it won't drive you nuts, go for whatever you like.) I like Zachariyah (or Zachariah) off of your list. It can nickname to 'Zach', useful when the boy is a moody American pre-teen.

Oh, and little 'Anas' will be 'Anus' on the playground very quickly.

He gave me the ole macho.."I'll change diapers only when necessary".... just explain honey with a new born this is always necessary

good luck on the name - - I like all you listed...and like the advice re:changing diapers..hahahaa

I've always loved the name Dario for a boy. It just rolls off the tongue so easily.

I love that name too. One of my favorite students in Italy was a Dario, and I've loved the name ever since

ETA: Daria for a girl though only reminds me of the MTV show.

Our son's middle name is Faris, which translate to royal horseman in Arabic. It really fit for our family because we are big "horse" people.

My husband made a deal with me that if he could name our first born son the name that he wanted, I could name all of our other children. Of course they will always have Muslim names.

Our son was circumcised the day after he was born. I'm pretty sure that my husband was maybe 5 or 6 when he was circumcised and yes, they did have a big party! I think it's a personal choice b/w you and your husband about when you want to do that. I know that it was very painful for my son, but at least he won't have memories of it. My husband was okay with this being done. Sadly, he wasn't with me when our son was born.

Also, you have to put vaseline on the place where it was done for a couple of weeks. I can imagine that it is alot easier to do this for a little baby than for a boy that is 5 or 6!

I liked Zacariah from your list because at least in school kids can call him Zack! Remind him that your child will be attending school in the USA. Trust me, I have a very arabic name and my school years were not easy!

I really like Riyadh, as someone stated above if it would bug you to have your kids name constantly mispronounced keep that in mind. My sons name is Elisha...like in the bible...didnt stop to think this being the good old USA not many people have read that lol..the worst was last year we signed up for football as usual and they called him for cheerleading based on the name....his coach got a kick out of it and bought him a pink helmet to tease him lol!!!

The only advice I can give you is to think of all of the names you like. Write them down, and then write beside them all of the possible "bad" names school kids could make out of them. The one with the least "bads" is the one you should choose. I was tormented by my name all through my school years and it really hurt me. I made sure my sons name couldn't be turned into something to make fun of (or at least i tried my best) Good luck on the name choosing!!

amal

My own name isn't that odd (it's Welsh) but due to the American accent in general people aren't able to pronounce it. I get called Sean most of the time. I love my name but I find having people unable to pronounce it properly very wearing.

I'm all for having a name that is easier to pronounce. It doesn't have to be a common name, it can be different, but if it is one that means your child doesn't have to say his/her name out loud five times every time someone asks about it, then I think that is a good idea.

I find it a pain and I'm 34!

I like the names Hassan and Jibreel.......The reason why I like those names so much is because that is my husband's name Hassan Jibreel!!

My name gets mispronounced here lots of times... but it's pretty simple.

My favorite name is Malik/Malika (King/Queen) which is not bad and most of people can pronounce it. After that goes Hamid (short for Mohamed) but nobody has to know that...

I also like Samir/Samira, sounds nice

And all of these names are pretty easy to say

BTW, my son was nameless for 3 WEEKS since I got to pick his name but I love his name, it worked from where I'm from and it's popular here. I'm glad I took my time and nobody can tease him!
I heard about a neighbor picking a very unpopular name for an unborn yet boy... I hope they'd reconsider - too macho and there's no nickname for it.

That's my 2 cents

Even not on the playground. One of the cooks I used to work with would be called Anus when other were mad with him. Not a friendly name.

Sounds like a good question to ask your husband. You know, the actual father of the baby. Fathers being individuals and all that.


It's something to be hidden? Why exactly?


Stop having your own opinion, your own mind. It doesn't mesh well here.

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Didn't mean anything more than 'English-speaking', charles. (Hence, Anglo. Like Hispanic, but for English.) Or solely English-speaking and likely to say, 'I'm sorry, what was your name? What is that, ethnic? You're not from around here. How do you spell that? That's different!' over and over. Like Samir in Office Space. It doesn't have to be an English name, just easily pronounceable.

Isn't 'Riyadh' just a city name? Even if it isn't, I think the associations with the city would provoke a lot of 'so why did you name your baby after the Saudi capital' discussions.

My husband and I had a tough time naming our son. His family wanted an arabic name, my family wanted a latin name, and I wanted a name you can easily pronounce in english So after a couple of fights and 3 months later, we picked the name Adam and everyone was happy....

MENA men traditionally name the first baby... usually after someone else in his family. father prehaps... but you could always do a first and middle name compromise. I myself like Gibreel, Adam and Iyes.

I didn't take into consideration the mean kids that could his name and turn it ugly LOL.

I definitely want to keep a muslim name. I know alot of baby Adam's so that's the only reason that
name was off the list. Riyadh means "garden" and I forgot its a city name too but I stilll like it!
I find it's hard to concentrate lately too.

I have so much to do....finishing up ultrasound school, my kids start school soon...give birth (sigh)

I'll let everyone know what the final verdict is, thanx all for the suggestions.

On another note: I did make the decision to try a waterbirth, which is offered at the hospital I chose. They say it takes the edge
off. Has anyone tried waterbirths here?

i like yasin (or yassine) and zachariyah out of the ones you mentioned. zach is easiest to mix into the american culture. zach for short! my nephew is named zachary and we love to call him zachy (he's a baby. lol)

I like Zane. It's not difficult to pronounce and it sounds cool. Zayd (pronounced Zade not Zayed, most ppl want to pronounce it Zayed) is a cute one, too. My oldest son is a Zayd.

I love this name for a boy. Never heard it before but it is kind of sticking with me. We are expecting in early March and have Olivia and Rana picked out for a girl but couldn't come up with a boy name. I am liking Zayd!!!!!

Just a little background on the name Zayd (just in case you didn't know)....Zayd is the name of rasoolallah's "adopted" son, Zayd ibn Haritha.

Just noticed on your timeline that your husband's name is Ayman. That's my other son's name.

Congrats on the pregnancy!

As the mother of a recently had baby I decided that I needed to chime in here! I really liked Amir and Tarik, however we let my husband's mother choose a name. I stipulated it couldnt' be too arabic or hard to pronounce and she agreed. So his name is Khalil Ibrahim (my husband's father's first name) - and believe it or not it's easier than my oldest son's name (Mikhail) for most people. As far as the circumcision goes - have you ever seen a circumcision? There was not a chance in hades that I was going to wait until he was old enough to remember. My husband had his done when he was 8 years old, because his dad kept putting it off due to the pain factor (he was the super baby of the family). Anyway with my oldest I had it doen immediately and so we did with the youngest too. We had a Muslim doctor do it and so then he (hubby) was ok by the whole procedure. If you wait you have to really really make sure it stays super clean because when they are not circumcised it's easier to get dirty and infected. On to the diaper bit - my husband said the same however now he changes them all the time except I doubt he would do it in front of his mother and sisters and I am willing to let that go. Anyway the point is that it's impossible, for real for him to expect you to do all that stuff. I put it to my husband like this "You wanted to have the fun bringing this baby into the world, I've carried it and dealt with getting it out of me and there is no way you're not going to help me take care of him!" Now you would think he was the parenting expert, as far as diaper rashes, bathing and feeding go. He also said he wouldn't get up at night with him, well that all changed too, why should I bear all the burden when I work full time outside the house too?? Anyway that's my two cents! Feel free to PM if you want