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[Opinions] English and Arabic names
by Siân (Sharley)
1/30/2017, 11:13 AM
Can you think of female names that work both in English and in Arabic?I'm trying to name a character's baby and the parents are English and Iranian, but live in the UK.
What would you name a baby in that situation?Any help is appreciated.

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- Loads of Randomness
2/1/2017, 4:11 PM
Amina, Amira, Karima, Layla would not sound too strange in mainly English speaking areasDana, Hana, Nadiyya, Sara, Yasmin, Zahra all have similar sounding English names

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- Angrboða (Moirrey)
1/30/2017, 6:24 PM
Sara is an English name that is also Persian/Arabic. Leila would also work.
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- Nicholas (DundiculutNicholas)
1/30/2017, 6:23 PM
Lina
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- Nicholas (DundiculutNicholas)
1/30/2017, 6:23 PM
Lina
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- Pink Princess
1/30/2017, 2:01 PM
Yasmin or Amira.
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- Tassiegirl
1/30/2017, 12:38 PM
Jamila is a good name for a girl, I think. Both my husband's grandmothers were named Jamila, must have been near the top 10 names of the era.How about Samir, for a boy? Easily said, and is often nick-named Sam, in the mid east community.
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- Ew_Chloe (New_Chloe)
1/30/2017, 11:55 AM
I've thought of this, back when I was studying Islam! Here's some I thought would "blend in" with english culture (some of these names I got from other sites specially for Muslim parents, so the meanings might not match up with what BTN has):Hana, Hanna
Jana, Jannah
Jasmin, Jasmina
Jenna, Jennah
Sara
Ambar, Amber
Ashalina
Arya (this works well, now)
Ada
Daria
Dina
Eliza
Elma
Farrah, Farah
Kas
Kyda
Lana
Leila, Lila, Layla
Lena, Lina, Leena
Lulu
Lujaine, Lujayn
Marah
Mariam
Maria (one of the wives of the prophet)
Maya
Mina, Meena
Mona
Mysha (I love this one, it means "happy for her entire life")
Nadia
Nadyne
Nida, Neda
Nureen, Noreen, Noureen
Raina
Ruksana, Roxana
Randa
Sabina
Salma
Sarina
Warda
Zara
Zora

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- Anneza   +2
1/30/2017, 11:40 AM
Er ... did you mean Iran (majority language is Farsi, which is an IE language) or Iraq?When I was a child we had neighbours: Scottish mother, Polish father, two kids. Daughter Wanda, maybe on the assumption that she'd change her ln when she grew up and married; son Roderick.
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- Siân (Sharley)   +1
1/30/2017, 12:51 PM
You're absolutely right.Originally, the character was Yemeni and it honestly had not occurred to me that I had switched languages/cultural backgrounds.
My mistake. Thanks for the heads up.
Now I've gotta decide if I wanna switch it back or keep it as is. O.O
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- Serafina Starstrider
1/31/2017, 4:28 AM
Well if you want an Arabic or Persian name then I like Samira nn Sam.
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- Tisiphone
1/30/2017, 11:24 AM
Rosina. I used to have a Persian boss who found the combination of 'L' and 'R' in my first name impossible to say. He asked me my middle name so he could call me that, and then told me it is also used in Iran. I also met a girl named Roseyna (same pronunciation) given her name by her Pakistani father
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- CN
1/30/2017, 11:16 AM
Lina. That was my first thought.
Some version of Sara/Zara/Zahra would probably work as well.
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