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Sorry, I consider it highly prejudicial to jump to conclusions about names one doesn't like being chosen "just because they sounded cute" before one has actually interviewed the parents about this. And why are you assuming that the parents of all of the children on this list have to be from YOUR culture? There are thousands of Muslim immigrants in both the UK and North America who would be very well acquainted with the meaning of Zamzam in Islam; it would be a name from THEIR OWN CULTURE, not one they chose from another one.

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One thing I have learned from being a name expert over the years is that you CANNOT assume what the parents' reason for giving a name was unless you ask them personally. Sometimes a silly name is "just a silly name", but often there are very "non-silly" reasons.

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ZamZam is NOT made up of sounds which are presently very popular with people who create names. It seems much more likely to me that it was a name given by Muslim parents who know about the well in Mecca than that it was created like Nee-Nee or Boo-Boo.

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And it's a Muslim name, so of course it's irrelevant that it's not mentioned in the Bible. If you Google ZamZam, you find all sorts of references to the use of the name for real estate projects, schools, etc., around the world because of its connotations for Muslims.

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http://www.zamzamtower.com/

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http://www.zamzamacademy.com/

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http://www.matmedia.org/zamzam/index.html

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The thousands of references to Zamzam in an Islamic context on the web make it much more likely this is a name used by Muslim parents than one created by parents who have no knowledge of the name's religious significance.