Muslim name conundrum

[blueorange94.livejournal.com]

Originally posted in the pregnant forum.

Hello all! I have a Muslim coworker whose youngest son is already 18 months old. His legal name is Zakariya Ian [VaguelyItalianSoundingLastName]. She hates the baby's first name: in fact, she's worried he's going to start thinking his name is "The Baby", because hardly anyone in the family uses the name at all, since no one else is super keen on it either. So she and her husband want to change his first name. They definitely want something from the Quran (and perhaps something that can be nicknamed), and they're leaning towards Benjamin. She also likes Daniel.

She asked for my opinion/suggestions, but my knowledge of the Quran is pretty much zero (I don't know how much overlaps my meagre Biblical knowledge). I asked her if it was okay if I posted on LJ for ideas. She said, "Sure! Someone may suggest something I never considered that may turn out to be perfect!" :) I just feel so bad for her. I can't imagine hating your child's name so much that you don't even like saying it. She actually cringes when she does. And before anyone asks, they just really had no idea what to call their son when he was born, apart from his middle name (a family name), so they picked a name at random in a "something has to go on the form" moment.

For perspective, her other kids are named Mujahid, Junayd, Rania, and Zayn.

Any ideas will all be passed on to her! Thank you!

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[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

A woman from church (Zoila) has two kids: Lillian James and Kai Jameson.

I can only guess that their mns are honoring a family member.

What do you think about outright male names for girls? I've never been a fan, but for some reason, I think Lillian James is super cute.

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Sibset

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Chozyn & Chrystyana

What in the actual f. Chozyn?! Like "Chosen"?? Oi.

Overheard at playgrounds and other kid locales

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Little girl, about 3, wearing pink tutu, named Spring. Librarian asked her mom to repeat it so that's definitely the name. They were Asian so it's quite possible that this is a literal translation of her name in another language, since 春 is not n uncommon component in Chinese names, I assume it might be the same for other Asian languages.... Or maybe they are just hippies. LOL. I wouldn't choose this name but it could grow on me. It's cheerful.

Got talking with a grandma at the playground watching her 7-ish yo granddaughter, Faryn. I thought I did a good job keeping my face pleasant when she said the name, but she sighed, rolled her eyes, and said "Yeah, I know. I didn't pick it. I named her mother Anne!" LOL. She spelled it for me, hence how I know it's with a y.

Lastly today, a mom was calling her daughter Cassie. No big deal, right? Well, the daughter did something wrong, and like many parents, she pulled out the full form of the name to scold her. But it wasn't Cassandra. It was Cassius. I did NOT do a good job keeping my face straight there but luckily the mom was focused on her child.

Most of the names I hear are actually pretty nice, but that just makes these seem worse by comparison!

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